Miss my first love
If you don't have a blender to crush herbs and spices, use a rolling pin or a large wooden spoon. Improvisation and DIY components are an important part of the cocktail experience and don't overlook improvisation tools. So we can make our own, squeeze enough lemon and lime juice to make two cups of juice (you can adjust the ratio to your taste), and mix it with two cups of simple syrup. The product is easy to buy, but its taste is blunted by preservatives and processing. It's a good sour mixture, a key ingredient in many classic cocktails. You can never go wrong with better, fresher ingredients. Now you're ready to make your favorite drink. Fill clean, sterile bottles with seasonings of your choice - from crushed peppercorns to fresh herbs to citrus peels - pour in spirits, and wait a few weeks. But that doesn't mean you need to buy dozens of different vodkas or other spirits, because you can make your own. Wine adds body, acidity and refreshing astringency to cocktails, helping you balance sweetness and fruity with other ingredients.įlavored drinks have become an important part of the bar scene, opening the door to a variety of new and old cocktails. Sangria and similar wine-based punches are the wines of choice. Those leftovers from day to day lose some of their distinctive flavor, but they're still very useful as an ingredient. The concept of "leftover wine" is common on social media, but not in real life. How to make a crystal clear cube: Start with distilled water, then boil and cool twice to remove excess oxygen, then freeze. Fill the cavity of an ice tray with berries, fresh herbs, fruit slices or edible flowers, then freeze them and use them in a compatible cocktail. Using custom ice cubes is a great way to enhance your visual appeal. The taste of a cocktail is most important, but so is its appearance. To enhance your cocktail experience, add flavors like spices, herbs, fruits and even vegetables to the water. Simply boil a cup of water and sugar separately, then pour into a clean bottle or jar and refrigerate until needed. Instead, bartenders use a liquid sweetener called simple syrup. The sweetener of choice is not sugar, because even the best sugar dissolves slowly in a cocktail shaker. Jams, jellies and preserves bring sweetness, flavor and color to cocktail creations. Whether you disconnected first, or who broke up with who, it does not matter, it will bother you hearing they are with someone else and that is okay, because love does not just disappear.īalanced cocktails have enough sweetness to balance the sour and astringent ingredients, and that sweetness doesn't have to come from juice or simple syrups. Whether you have moved on or in the process, there will always be jealousy. It will leave you up in the darkest hours of the night wondering how they are sleeping and leave you curious during the day while you are just cruising down the highway. My ex as well will openly admit the passion he still feels for his ex, is it threatening? Well, of course, but how can I judge when I feel the same.Ī first love will remind you of any Nicholas Sparks book ever written and have you crying by the end of his films. My newest relationship was wonderful, do not get me wrong, but we both went in knowing it was going to be an adventure to break down those barriers we both spent so much time building up. Why? Because I 100 percent do, in all the best ways. If the question were to arise, “do you still love him?” I would immediately answer yes. I must say I have always been honest with myself and everyone else.