Cool drinks for a hot day

The smouldering summer heat can leave you feeling fatigued, lethargic, dehydrated and thirsty.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-03-12 18:03 GMT
Si Pang and Apple Chamomile Iced Tea

Chennai

While water is always the best way to beat the heat, try these refreshing summer sips that will not only quench your thirst but also cool your senses.

APPLE CHAMOMILE ICED TEA

Ingredients:

60 ml Apple juice 

120 ml Chamomile tea 

1 Green apple

Method:

  • Pour apple juice in a tall glass. Fill the glass with ice. Pour chamomile tea infusion over ice slowly. Add more ice when it melts and continue till the glass is full.
  • Garnish with thin slices of apple.

HOME-MADE STRAWBERRY GINGER-ALE

Ingredients:

10 ml Ginger juice 

15 ml Lime juice 

30 ml Strawberry puree 

Soda- Top up

Method:

  • Pour ginger juice, lime juice and strawberry puree in a tall glass. Top the glass with ice. 
  • Pour chilled soda and garnish with mixed berries.

Recipe: Nanda Kumar, Bartender at Crowne Plaza Chennai

SI PANG

Description:

Fresh watermelon and mint muddled together, shaken with orange and apple juice.

Ingredients:

Watermelon 5-6 chunks 

Mint leaves 8-10 nos 

Orange juice 60 ml 

Apple juice 60 ml

Method: 

  • Take the mint and watermelon chunks, muddle together.
  • Add apple and orange juice.
  • Put 3 to 4 cubes of ice. 
  • Shake and strain. 
  • Serve in a collin glass.

Recipe: Afzal Khan, F&B Manager, Vivanta by Taj Connemara

SUMMER WALK

Ingredients:

80 ml Watermelon 

80 ml Tender coconut water 

60 ml Pomegranate juice 

Add Pineapple juice according to the sweetness.  

Method:

  • Mix all the ingredients in a shaker with lots of ice, pour in a hurricane or tall glass and serve. 
  • You can pick one of the following options for the garnishes.
  • A watermelon piece with a green peal.
  • A cinnamon stick.
  • A coconut thread.
  • A round pineapple piece.

Recipe: Arun Kumar, Senior Mixologist- Chipstead, Taj Coromandel

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