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We present to your attention the rating of the best alcoholic cocktails with orange juice according to the editors of the AlcoFan website. When compiling a list of drinks and their place in the TOP, we were guided by taste, popularity, availability of ingredients and ease of preparation at home.
Council. To make cocktails aromatic, it is better to use freshly squeezed orange juice (fresh), and not packaged – reconstituted from concentrate.
1. Screwdriver
In fact, just vodka with orange juice, but a beautiful legend has stopped this mix into a cocktail. It is believed that the “Screwdriver” was invented by American oil workers who worked in Saudi Arabia, where alcohol is prohibited. In order to disguise, resourceful workers combined orange juice with vodka, and stirred the cocktail with a regular screwdriver.
Ingredients:
- orange juice – 150 ml;
- vodka – 50 ml.
Recipe: Fill a tall glass with ice, add vodka and orange juice, mix with a screwdriver. You can decorate with a slice of orange. Drink through a straw.
2. Tequila Sunrise
The recipe for tequila with orange juice and grenadine was invented at a hotel on the border between Mexico and the United States, and the drink gained popularity thanks to the Rolling Stones, which drank only this cocktail during the 1972 tour.
Ingredients:
- clear tequila – 45 ml;
- orange juice – 90 ml;
- grenadine (pomegranate syrup) – 15 ml.
Recipe: fill a tall glass with ice, pour in tequila and orange juice, add grenadine in the center of the glass. Stir, garnish with an orange slice. Serve with a straw.
3. Mimosa
The recipe was invented by the legendary bartender Frank Meyer in 1925. Before that, for some reason, no one thought of mixing champagne with orange juice. In Britain, “Mimosa” is considered wedding alcohol, and in France – the best hangover cure.
Ingredients:
- champagne (sparkling wine) – 40 ml;
- orange juice – 40 ml.
Recipe: pour champagne and orange juice into a chilled champagne glass, stir, garnish with orange zest.
4. Jagermonstr
The cocktail combines the popular German Jägermeister liqueur and orange juice with pomegranate syrup. The result is a sweet drink with a characteristic herbal taste and a light citrus aftertaste.
Ingredients:
- Jagermeister – 30 ml;
- orange juice – 150 ml;
- grenadine – 20 ml.
Recipe: Fill a tall glass with ice, add Jägermeister with orange juice and grenadine. Stir, garnish with a slice of orange, drink through a straw.
5. Martini Orange
A simple combination of martini bianco and orange juice. It is remembered for its mild sweet and sour taste. Optimal proportions are 1-2 parts of juice to 1 part of vermouth.
Ingredients:
- white vermouth (Martini, Cinzano, etc.) – 50 ml;
- orange juice – 100 ml.
Recipe: Pour vermouth and orange juice into a chilled martini glass (cocktail glass). Mix. The finished drink can be garnished with orange peel.
6. Golden slipper
The cocktail is a mixture of whiskey and orange juice in equal proportions. A sugar border is used for decoration. The author of the recipe and the origin of the cocktail are unknown.
Ingredients:
- whiskey (or bourbon) – 60 ml;
- orange juice – 60 ml.
Recipe: make a sugar rim in a rock or old fashion glass, then fill the glass with ice, pour in whiskey and orange juice. Stir and garnish with an orange wedge.
7. Rainbow (Rainbow)
First of all, this cocktail is remembered not for its taste, but for its beautiful appearance – correctly laid layers resemble a rainbow.
Ingredients:
- vodka – 50 ml;
- Malibu liqueur – 30 ml;
- Blue Curacao liqueur – 20 ml;
- grenadine – 20 ml;
- orange juice – 150 ml.
Recipe: Add grenadine to a well-chilled tall glass, then slowly pour in orange juice in a thin stream. Next, mix Malibu, vodka and Blue Curacao in a shaker with ice. Strain the resulting mixture through a bar strainer into a glass to get the top blue layer. Garnish the drink with a slice of pineapple or orange, drink through a straw.
8. Garibaldi (Campari Orange)
A cocktail with a bright citrus taste and a slight bitterness in the aftertaste. The recipe appeared in Milan in 1861 and is named after the Italian independence fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Ingredients:
- Campari bitter – 50 ml;
- orange juice – 150 ml.
Recipe: Fill a highball glass to the top with ice. Pour in Campari and orange juice. Stir and garnish with orange zest if desired. Serve with a straw.
9. Bahama Mama
Tropical cocktail with a bright fruity rum flavor. According to legend, a mother from the Bahamas prepared the drink for potential suitors of her daughters.
Ingredients:
- light rum – 30 ml;
- Malibu coconut liqueur – 30 ml;
- dark rum – 15 ml;
- pineapple juice – 60 ml;
- orange juice – 60 ml;
- grenadine – 1-3 drops;
- ice – 150 grams.
Recipe: Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour the mixture into a hurricane or highball glass. Garnish with a slice of pineapple, orange or cocktail cherry. Serve with a straw. A slightly different cooking technology is shown in the video.
10 Planter’s Punch
Refreshing Jamaican fruit cocktail. The first written mention dates back to 1908 in the New York Times.
Ingredients:
- dark rum – 45 ml;
- orange juice – 35 ml;
- pineapple juice – 35 ml;
- lemon juice – 20 ml;
- sugar syrup – 10 ml;
- grenadine – 10 ml;
- Angostura – 4-6 drops (optional)
Recipe: Mix rum, juices, sugar syrup and grenadine in a shaker with ice. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a highball glass filled with ice. Add a few drops of Angostura if desired.
