Summer cocktails are perfect this season. Make them fizzy and extra refreshing with sparkling water, fruit, and lots of ice.
Create these refreshing cocktail recipes at home with store-bought soda water or, better yet, make your own with a sparkling water maker. The SodaStream Drink Maker lets you carbonate plain water in seconds with a press of a button. With this compact unit on your benchtop, you can enjoy bubbly drinks any time with your choice of flavouring, free from added sweeteners!
Summer Sunrise Cocktail Recipe
This sparkling drink is the perfect twist to the classic raspberry lemonade.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1L sparkling water, flavoured with Zeros Cranberry Raspberry
- Raspberries, plus extra to garnish
- Enough ice to fill your glass
- 30ml vodka
- 15ml limoncello
- Sliced lemons, to garnish
Instructions
- Prepare the flavoured water. Fizz 1 bottle of cold water. Add a capful of SodaStream Zeros Cranberry Raspberry.
- Add raspberries to a highball glass. Muddle until raspberries are pureed.
- Fill glass with ice. Slowly add in vodka and limoncello, and top with Zeros Cranberry Raspberry flavoured sparkling water.
- Garnish with raspberries and lemon slices. Serve and enjoy!
Peachy Fresh Cocktail Recipe
Brighten up your usual sparkling peach soda with sprigs of fresh basil.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 peach, sliced
- 1 nectarine, sliced
- 6 basil leaves, plus extra to garnish
- 30ml lemon juice
- 45ml gin
- 30ml simple syrup
- Sparkling water
- Enough ice to fill your glass
Instructions
- Combine the sliced peaches, nectarines, and basil leaves with the lemon juice and gently muddle in the glass.
- Add gin, simple syrup, sparkling water, and ice.
- Garnish with basil leaves. Serve and enjoy!
Love drinking mojitos? You can also add this Raspberry and Vodka Mojito recipe to your summer party checklist.
Recipes and images are adapted from SodaStream.
