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MOCKTAIL LAVENDER FRENCH 75

• ½ cup of ice

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1 oz lavender simple syrup

• ¾ cup of your favorite probiotic soda (Olipop, Poppi,Culture Pop Soda, etc)

• Top off with Sparkling Water

FOR THE LAVENDER SIMPLE SYRUP

• 1 cup of water

• 1 cup of organic cane sugar

• 1 tsp dried lavender

FOR THE LAVENDER FRENCH 75

• ½ cup ice

• 2 oz gin

• ½ oz orange liqueur

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1 oz of lavender simple syrup

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Make the Simple Syrup: Bring water to a boil in a small sauce pan. Dissolve the sugar by stirring and add the dried lavender. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.

2. Chill the glasses: For best results, chill the glasses in the fridge while the simple syrup cools.

3. Shake things up: Add ice to a cocktail shaker. Add gin, orange liqueur, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously.

4. Pour the bubbly: Pour into chilled glass and top off with prosecco and frozen berries. 

5. Salute or cheers!

With Non Alcoholic Spirits

• Non Alcoholic Vodka: I use Seedlip Spice 94, it has a beautiful botanical flavor to it. Other varieties include Strykk, CleanCo, and Arkay (which I have not tested).

• Non Alcoholic Orange Liqueur: I use and recommend Lyre’s Orange Sec, it is the best alcohol free version I know of.

• Cranberry Juice: Use 100% juice not from concentrate and with no sugar added. Cranberry juice cocktail is not the same thing and it will make your mocktail super sweet and lacking in flavor.

• Lime Juice: Freshly squeezed is the best. Bottled lime juices just do not cut it, BUT if you have to use bottled Santa Cruz Organics is the way to go.

• Tonic Water: I prefer Fever Tree tonic water because it is what I always have on hand. You can also use other neutral flavored or lime flavored carbonated beverages like mineral water, club soda, seltzer water, sparkling water, etc.

• Orange Juice: Freshly squeezed tastes the best (and you only need one squeezed orange). If you go for bottled orange juice, make sure it contains no pulp and is 100% orange juice not from concentrate.

• Cranberry Juice: see note above.

• Lime Juice: see note above.

With Non Alcoholic Spirits

• 1 ½ ounces non alcoholic vodka – Seedlip Spice 94

• ¾ ounce non alcoholic orange liqueur – Lyre’s Orange Sec

• ¾ ounce cranberry juice; – 100% juice with no added sugar

• ½ ounce lime juice; – freshly squeezed (about a half lime)

Without Non Alcoholic Spirits

• 1 ½ ounces tonic water; – or neutral flavored mineral water, club soda, seltzer water, sparkling water.

• ¾ ounce orange juice; – freshly squeezed or no pulp with no added sugar

• ¾ ounce cranberry juice; – 100% juice with no added sugar

• ½ ounce lime juice; – freshly squeezed (about a half lime)

Optional Garnish

• 1 lime – twist* or wedge

INSTRUCTIONS

Made With Non Alcoholic Spirits

• To a cocktail shaker, add the non alcoholic vodka, non alcohol orange liqueur, cranberry juice, lime juice, and ice.

• Place top on cocktail shaker and shake 5 to 10 times.

• Pour into martini glass and garnish with a lime twist* or wedge, as desired.

Made Without Non Alcoholic Spirits

• To a cocktail shaker, add the tonic water, orange juice, cranberry juice, lime juice, and ice.

• Place top on cocktail shaker and shake 5 to 10 times.

• Pour into martini glass. Garnish with a lime twist* or wedge, as desired.

What are non alcoholic spirits?

• Non alcoholic spirits are made the exact same way as alcoholic spirits but undergo one final step. In this step the alcohol is removed so they contain little to no alcohol at all. To know if you are buying non alcoholic spirits, look for an ABV (alcohol by volume) between 0% and 5%.

• 4 ounces espresso – I use Lavazza (whole beans)

• 2 ounces heavy whipping cream

• 2 ounces simple syrup

• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

• pinch salt

• cocoa powder – to rim glass

• coffee beans – for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

• Dip the rim of your martini glass into simple syrup and then cocoa powder. Set aside.

• Into a cocktail shaker add ice, espresso, heavy cream, simple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt.

• Shake vigorously for about a minute or so. Pour into two martini glasses and top with a few coffee beans.

Directions

• Step 1
Put your cocoa powder on a plate and place your martini glass upside down so the rim is covered in cocoa powder.

• Step 2
Add 50ml of milk to a mug and microwave until boiling. Make sure you watch over this so it doesn’t spill over.

• Step 3
To the hot milk, add the chocolate and instant coffee and stir until melted.  Set aside and allow to cool slightly.

• Step 4
Take your shaker and add the coffee mixture, vodka, kahlua and crème de cacao.  Stir until fully combined. It doesn’t matter if your cocktail is still a little warm, we like it this way.

• Step 5
Pour into your rimmed martini glass and serve. If you have spare chocolate feel free to grate this over the top of the drink at the end for extra indulgence.