Cocktails!
Looking for more excitement in your love life?
If you are shy, why not let your cocktail talk for you? Setting the mood by
placing a small orchid, rosebud or edible pansy on her drink lets her know you
think she's something special.
Garnishes of succulent fruits also create an atmosphere of sensuality. Pineapple
wedges, peach sections, nibbles of mango and slices of star fruit give an exotic
twist to any cocktail. If you're at a bar, request maraschino cherries with
connected stems to signify your coupling.
Some restaurants have chocolate covered strawberries often served with champagne
- why not make your own.
Another subtle extravagance: rub the rim of your glass with lemon then dip
it in cocoa powder or coloured sugar crystals.
Cocktail Aphrodisiacs lead to stimulation. For the at-home mixologist, there
is an endless supply of passion-inducing beverages.
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The TakeMeToBed Chocolate Cherry Shot
Ingredients:
1 Shot glass of Chocolate or Cream liqueur
Maraschino Cherries
Cocoa powder
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This is great fun to drink! Choose a spot on your lover's body that
you can lick and cover with cocoa powder. Sensually lick their skin
then sprinkle the cocoa powder over the licked wet area. Then place
a maraschino cherry in your lover's mouth. Then take the shot in
your hand, then slowly lick (the cocoa powder off your lover), suck
(the cherry out of your lover's mouth), drink (the shot in your
hand) and enjoy! Mmm
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Sex On The Beach
Ingredients:
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Peach Schnapps
2 oz Orange Juice
2 oz Cranberry Juice
1 Highball Glass
Garnish: Lime or Pineapple Wedge.
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Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a
highball glass.
Garnish with a lime or pineapple wedge.
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Between The Sheets
Ingredients:
3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz Light Rum
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
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Shake it up and strain into a cocktail glass with a lemon zest.
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Maitai
Ingredients:
1 oz Light Rum
1 oz Gold Rum
1/2 oz Orange Curacao
1/2 oz Orgeat (Almond Syrup)
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz Dark Rum
Garnish: 1 Maraschino Cherry
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Shake all but the dark rum with ice. Strain into old-fashioned glass.
Top with the dark rum. Garnish with a Maraschino Cherry
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Mojito
Ingredients:
Light Rum
Mint
Lime
Sugar Syrup
Garnish: Mint or a wedge of Pineapple
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Put a good clump of mint in an old-fashioned glass along with a
third of a jigger of sugar syrup. Crush or muddle the mint with
a muddler or wooden spoon. Cut a lime into quarters and squeeze
all four of them into the glass, dropping in two of the hulls. Add
a shot of light rum, fill with ice, and stir. Garnish with Mint
or Pineapple
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Strawberry Daquiri
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Rum
1/4 cup Frozen Strawberries
Ice
Sour Mix
Garnish: Lime
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Put a scoop of ice in a blender with the rum, strawberries and a
splash of sour mix. Shake or blend thoroughly. Serve in a fancy
stemmed glass with a lime wedge and a straw.
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Caipirinha
Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz Cachaca
1 Lime (cut into 8 wedges)
2 tsp. Granulated Sugar
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Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass.
Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass.
Stir well.
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Manhattan
Ingredients:
Bourbon
Red Vermouth
Garnish: 1 Maraschino Cherry
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Shake one jigger each of bourbon and vermouth with ice and strain
into a chilled cocktail glass. Or serve on the rocks in an old fashioned
glass. In either case, garnish with a cherry. The flavour is much
improved if the Manhattan is allowed to stand for two minutes in
the fridge.
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Gin Sling
Ingredients:
2 oz Gin
2 oz Lemon Juice
1 tsp Superfine Sugar
2 tsp Water
1 Highball Glass
Garnish: Lemon Twist
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Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a
highball glass. Garnish with the lemon twist.
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For more great cocktail ideas and recipes, go to
www.cocktail.uk.com
takemetobed.co.uk