4 easy and delicious cocktails to make at home

It's mid-day: have the best cocktails from the bon viveurs at K West… And all the best spirits to make them with

Best cocktails from K West hotels
Duncan Bell
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With Dry January turning to Drinking Relatively Responsibly February, we've teamed up with Michal Golecki, Head Mixologist at Studio Bar at K West Hotel & Spa to give you the low-down on making the very best cocktails in your gracious home. Or on a park bench or bus shelter, or whilst sprawled in a gutter; we don't judge.

Tequila-based: Tequilita Sunrise

As Michal says, “The Tequilita Sunrise is easy to mix up at a moment's notice, beautiful to look at, and deliciously fruity”. 

Ingredients

50ml Tequila; 50ml orange juice; 10ml Grenadine.

Method

Pour the tequila over ice in a tall glass and top with orange juice and add the grenadine Add more grenadine for a sweeter flavour. Garnish with a slice of orange or grapefruit.

Here's our roundup of the best tequila to buy.

Vodka based: Raspberry Caipiroska

"The Caipiroska cocktail is a Russian twist on the well-known Brazilian cocktail caipirinha," says K West's mister Golecki. 

Ingredients 

50ml Vodka; 4 lime wedges; 2 tablespoons sugar; crushed ice; 3 raspberries

Method

Muddle all of the ingredients together, and pour over ice into a rock glass or tumbler. Garnish with a couple of raspberries. If you like your cocktails on the sweeter side, you can always top up with lemonade.

Here's our roundup of the best vodka to buy.

Gin based: Elderflower G&T

Michal says: “This delicately coloured, refreshing take on the classic gin and tonic makes this the perfect beverage for spring."

Ingredients

50ml Gin; 25ml elderflower cordial, 15ml fresh-squeezed lime juice, tonic.

Method

Shake ingredients together with ice cubes and strain into a tall glass, top up with tonic. Garnish with a lime wedge. 

Here's our roundup of the best gins to buy.

Rum-based: The Cuba Libre a Casa

“This cocktail is a great way to elevate a simple Rum and Coke!”

Ingredients

50ml dark rum; Coca-Cola; 1 lime

Method

Squeeze the lime into a highball glass over ice. Add the double shot of rum and then fill the glass with Coca-Cola. Stir and add a quarter of the lime.

Duncan Bell
Duncan Bell

Duncan is the former lifestyle editor of T3 and has been writing about tech for almost 15 years. He has covered everything from smartphones to headphones, TV to AC and air fryers to the movies of James Bond and obscure anime. His current brief is everything to do with the home and kitchen, which is good because he is an excellent cook, if he says so himself. He also covers cycling and ebikes – like over-using italics, this is another passion of his. In his long and varied lifestyle-tech career he is one of the few people to have been a fitness editor despite being unfit and a cars editor for not one but two websites, despite being unable to drive. He also has about 400 vacuum cleaners, and is possibly the UK's leading expert on cordless vacuum cleaners, despite being decidedly messy. A cricket fan for over 30 years, he also recently become T3's cricket editor, writing about how to stream obscure T20 tournaments, and turning out some typically no-nonsense opinions on the world's top teams and players.

Before T3, Duncan was a music and film reviewer, worked for a magazine about gambling that employed a surprisingly large number of convicted criminals, and then a magazine called Bizarre that was essentially like a cross between Reddit and DeviantArt, before the invention of the internet. There was also a lengthy period where he essentially wrote all of T3 magazine every month for about 3 years. 

A broadcaster, raconteur and public speaker, Duncan used to be on telly loads, but an unfortunate incident put a stop to that, so he now largely contents himself with telling people, "I used to be on the TV, you know."

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