World Cocktail Day 2023: From Margarita, Cosmopolitan to Mojito & Martini, check out some easy cocktail recipes 

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World Cocktail Day is celebrated on May 13 every year to honour the art and history of cocktail making. It marks the publication date of the first definition of a cocktail on May 13 in 1806

World Cocktail Day: History

World Cocktail Day is an occasion to appreciate the skill and creativity involved in mixing various spirits and ingredients to create unique and delicious drinks

World Cocktail Day:
Significance

Some popular cocktails that are served by multiple bars and restaurants around the world include Martini, Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Margarita, Cosmopolitan, and Mojito

World Cocktail Day:
Famous cocktails

Ingredients: Cooking salt, Tequila, Orange flavoured liquor, Lime juice, Ice and Lime wheel

Sprinkle salt on a small plate. Wet the rim of a cocktail glass and dip the rim in salt to coat. Combine tequila, brandy, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake. Strain into the salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with a lime wheel

Margarita cocktail recipe

Ingredients: Vodka, Lime Juice, Triple Sec and Cranberry Juice

Combine vodka, lime juice, triple sec, and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Cover, shake, and strain into a cosmopolitan or martini glass

Cosmopolitan
cocktail recipe

Ingredients: White rum, mint, lime wedges, sugar, club soda, ice cubes

Place mint leaves and 1 lime wedge into a glass. Use a muddler and crush to release mint oils and lime juice. Add remaining lime wedges and 2 tablespoons sugar, and muddle again. Fill the glass with ice. Pour in rum and fill the glass with club soda

Mojito recipe

Ingredients: Gin or vodka, dry vermouth, olive or lemon peel as garnish
 
Stir the gin or vodka, dry vermouth and a little ice together or put them in a cocktail shaker to combine. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick or a twist of lemon peel

Martini recipe 

Ingredients: Simple syrup, water, bitter element, ice, bourbon, rye whiskey, orange slice for garnishing

Stir the simple syrup, water, and bitters in a glass, add the ice cubes and bourbon and garnish it with an orange slice

Old Fashioned recipe

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