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30 ml Crème de Pêche (or 60 ml fresh white peach purée)
90 ml Prosecco (well chilled)
Garnish: peach slice (optional)

Method

Pour the crème de pêche into the bottom of a chilled flute. Top gently with Prosecco and stir very lightly once. Serve immediately — the Cipriani original goes from glass to hand in seconds.

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40 ml Vodka (citrus or plain)
15 ml Triple Sec
30 ml Cranberry juice
15 ml Fresh lime juice
Garnish: flamed orange peel

Method

Shake all four with ice hard for 15 seconds — the drink should be ice cold. Double-strain into a chilled coupe. Express and flame a strip of orange peel over the top, then drop it in.

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60 ml Crème de Pêche
120 ml Fresh orange juice
Garnish: orange wedge

Method

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the crème de pêche, then top with fresh orange juice. Stir twice — gently. Garnish with an orange wedge.

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30 ml Elderflower Liqueur
90 ml Prosecco (well chilled)
60 ml Soda water
Fresh mint sprig
Lime wedge

Method

Drop fresh mint and a lime wedge into a large wine glass. Add the elderflower liqueur and gently muddle the mint (don't shred it). Fill with ice, then top with prosecco and soda. Stir once gently.

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50 ml Tequila Blanco (100% agave)
20 ml Triple Sec
15 ml Fresh lime juice
Garnish: salt rim, lime wheel

Method

Rim half the glass with salt (rub a lime wedge along the outside, dip in salt). Shake all liquids with ice for 10 seconds. Strain into the prepared glass — over fresh ice or up in a coupe. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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50 ml Bourbon
20 ml Crème de Pêche
20 ml Fresh lemon juice
8-10 fresh mint leaves
12 ml Simple syrup
Garnish: mint sprig, peach slice

Method

Lightly muddle the mint with the simple syrup in the bottom of a shaker — bruise, don't shred. Add bourbon, crème de pêche and lemon juice with ice. Shake hard for 10 seconds. Double-strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a slapped mint sprig and a thin peach slice.

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45 ml Cognac
22 ml Triple Sec
22 ml Fresh lemon juice
Garnish: lemon twist, sugar rim (optional)

Method

Optionally rim the glass with caster sugar. Shake all ingredients with ice for 10 seconds. Double-strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lemon twist over the surface and either drop it in or discard.

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40 ml Dry gin
30 ml Triple Sec
20 ml Fresh lemon juice
1 fresh egg white (optional but classic)
Garnish: lemon twist

Method

If using egg white, dry-shake all ingredients (no ice) for 10 seconds first. Add ice and shake hard for another 10 seconds. Double-strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lemon twist over the foam.

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40 ml Blanche d'Armagnac — Baco
40 ml fresh lime juice
20 ml elderflower liqueur
20 ml cane sugar syrup
Mint leaves, cucumber
Ginger beer (to top)

Method

Muddle the cucumber and mint in the shaker. Pour all the ingredients into the shaker filled with ice cubes. Fill the glass with ice, then strain the entire shaker over. Top with ginger beer.

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50 ml Armagnac Grand Assemblage — 12 ans
20 ml Cointreau (or triple sec)
20 ml fresh lime juice
1 spoon of honey

Method

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon zest-wedge.

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40 ml Blanche d'Armagnac — Ugni Blanc
20 ml peach cream or peach liqueur
10 ml lemon syrup
20 ml fresh lime juice
Ginger beer

Method

Pour all the ingredients into the glass filled with ice cubes, except the ginger beer. Stir with a bar spoon. Top the glass with ginger beer. Garnish with a sprig of mint leaves and lime zest.