Is your best friend’s hen party coming up and you still don’t know what drinks to have for the big night? Find out how to make the 4 most famous cocktails for a hen party and leave everyone open-mouthed!
Mojito, Cuban flavour
Cuba would surely be among your first choices to bid farewell to your friend’s single life. However, if you’re on a tight budget, you’ll have to make do with drinking the essence of this land by preparing its cocktail par excellence: the mojito.
How do you prepare a Mojito?
- Add cane sugar, lime and a few mint leaves to a glass.
- Crush the ingredients until the juice is obtained.
- Add crushed ice to the top of the glass.
- Pour in the white rum to fill a third of the glass.
- Finally, add the soda or sparkling water to complete the cocktail.
- And enjoy the party as if you were at the real Rio Carnival!
Margarita, Mexican passion
The semi-dry tones that tequila brings to this cocktail will transport you to Mexico itself. The perfect cocktail to raise the temperature and make you lose your shame to the rhythm of rancheras. Come on!
How do you prepare a Margarita?
- Add ice, three shots of tequila, one shot of triple sec and the juice of a lime to a cocktail shaker.
- Close the shaker and shake until the ingredients are well mixed.
- Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a glass and top with a layer of coarse salt.
- Pour the contents of the shaker into the glass.
- Pick up your Mexican sombrero and sing the first ranchera!
Cosmopolitan, dive into the big apple
Sex and the City has made such an impact on our minds that we can’t think of a more glamorous cocktail than the Cosmopolitan. Who hasn’t wanted to feel like Carry Bradshaw out drinking in the Big Apple? We explain how to make the quintessential cocktail of the city that never sleeps!
How do you prepare a Cosmopolitan?
- Frost a glass with lemon and salt.
- Add ice, 45 ml vodka, 15 ml cointreau, lemon juice and cranberry juice to a cocktail shaker.
- Shake the shaker vigorously to mix everything together.
- Strain the mixture to remove the lemon pulp.
- Pour into a glass and add an orange peel.
- Dive into the streets of New York with the most glamorous cocktail!
Agua de Valencia, add a citric touch to the evening
A cocktail created in the capital of the Turia that has unmistakable citric touches in the Valencian night. A perfect cocktail both to drink in this city and to travel to the beaches of Valencia from any other point of the peninsula.
How to prepare Agua de Valencia?
- Squeeze oranges, preferably from the Valencian orchard, and reserve the juice without pulp.
- Add a bottle of champagne or cava, a glass of vodka and a glass of gin.
- Add sugar to taste and stir the whole mixture well.
- Leave to cool in the fridge for a couple of hours so that the drink is ready.
- Enjoy the authentic taste of the terreta with this delicious cocktail! Hey, that’s great!
Have you already decided which cocktail to enjoy at the hen party?? We definitely recommend you try them all, but in moderation!
