For those looking for something cooler to quench your thirst on a hot summer afternoon or evening, our Jamaican summer drinks will all add a little fizz & sparkle as well as being so easy to make. All are good enough to use if you are entertaining at a summer party or barbecue, and we’ve listed our favourite non-alcoholic summer cocktails too for those guests not partaking of a tipple. We do recommend using Jamaican white rum if you can, as its aromatic qualities add that extra hint of summer.
Watermelon Sangria
MAKE-AHEAD
2 pounds seedless watermelon, peeled & cubed, plus 1/2 pound watermelon cut into balls with a melon baller (if available) and skewered on picks
1 bottle dry white wine
6 cl Genesis (light white rum) – not the overproof version! Use vodka instead if you can’t get the light white rum
4 cl Mille Fleurs Wild Orange Liqueur (o/w Cointreau or Triple sec)
4 cl citrus syrup
Ice
In a blender, puree the watermelon cubes. Pour through a fine strainer into a pitcher. Add the white wine, light white rum, Wild Orange Liqueur and Citrus Syrup. Stir and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Stir again, then pour the sangria into ice-filled white wine glasses and garnish with the skewered watermelon balls.
De Mocking Bird Ting
2 cl Mille Fleurs Wild Orange Liqueur (o/w Cointreau or Triple sec)
2 cl Campari
10 cl grapefruit juice
Ting (Ting is a popular Jamaican bottled drink made from grapefruit juice – Americans would call it a Grapefruit soda)
Pour all ingredients into a highball glass with ice and fill the glass up with ting and stir.
Super Cooler
4cl passion fruit juice
2cl dry light white rum (Genesis) (Not the overproof!)
2 cl Mille Fleurs Wild Orange Liqueur (o/w Cointreau or Triple sec)
2 cl lime juice
Prosecco
Shake all liquids, minus the Prosecco, with ice and pour them into a wine glass and fill it up with Prosecco.
Mocking Bird Fizz
4cl light white rum (Genesis)
2cl Mille Fleurs Wild Orange Liqueur (o/w Cointreau or Triple sec)
8cl pineapple juice
4cl orange juice
1cl lime juice
1cl simple syrup
dash Angostura Bitters
soda water
Put Genesis, orange liqueur, pineapple juice, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup, angostura bitters and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Pour into a tulip glass and top up with soda water. Garnish with an orange peg.
Mocking Bird Super Fizz
4cl Light White Rum (Genesis)
2cl Wild Orange Liqueur
8cl pineapple juice
4cl orange juice
1cl lime juice
1cl simple syrup
dash Angostura Bitters
Prosecco
Put Genesis, orange liqueur, pineapple juice, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup, angostura bitters and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Pour into a tulip glass and top up with Prosecco. Garnish with an orange peg.
Mocking Bird Fizzle
8cl pineapple juice
4cl orange juice
1cl lime juice
1cl simple syrup
dash Angostura Bitters
Put pineapple juice, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup, angostura bitters and ice in a tulip glass and top up with soda water. Garnish with orange peg.
