{"id":479,"date":"2018-07-25T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misplacedone.com\/thewillards\/?p=479"},"modified":"2018-09-26T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T12:26:01","slug":"buddys-summer-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/buddys-summer-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy&#8217;s Summer Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[bg_collapse view=&#8221;button-orange&#8221; color=&#8221;#4a4949&#8243; expand_text=&#8221;Show More&#8221; collapse_text=&#8221;Show Less&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<p>I made this recipe for Zoey as a refreshing summer cocktail to try something new and it was a hit.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of like a caipiroska but with tonic rather than soda water.\u00a0 Now I have made this as a batch for family and friends and I have to admit that one person that tried it didn&#8217;t like it (I didn&#8217;t think to ask if they like quinine, oops)<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Yield: <\/strong>makes 1 cocktail (double, triple, pitcher to your fill&#8230;)<\/h6>\n<h6><strong>PREP: About 5 minutes<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h5><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>1 shot 2:1 <a href=\"https:\/\/misplacedone.com\/thewillards\/?p=481&amp;preview=true\">sugar syrup<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 shots vodka<\/li>\n<li>15 mint leaves<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 lime chopped in half<\/li>\n<li>Tonic water to taste (I suggest about 4 shots worth)<\/li>\n<li>Ice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Add all ingredients but the tonic and ice to a container you can put a lid on<\/li>\n<li>muddle the contents completely making sure you&#8217;ve squeezed the lime completely and broken a fair amount of the mint into little pieces<\/li>\n<li>add ice, place the lid on and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds (this breaks the ice into some shavings and makes the drink extra cold)<\/li>\n<li>pour into Collins glass (bits and all), top off with tonic and garnish with a mint sprig<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pitchers are easy as soon as you understand the quantities required and you will need them depending on the weather as they glide down.\u00a0 This recipe is a heavy pour for one and you can reduce the quantities if you need to (but why?).\u00a0 Recently I did 3 shots of sugar syrup and 5 shots of vodka for two drinks (Zoey doesn&#8217;t like it too sweet but I had to add more sugar syrup for our guest).\u00a0 I change the mint quantity and limes depending on their quality and freshness<\/p>\n<p>[\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[bg_collapse view=&#8221;button-orange&#8221; color=&#8221;#4a4949&#8243; expand_text=&#8221;Show More&#8221; collapse_text=&#8221;Show Less&#8221; ] I made this recipe for Zoey as a refreshing summer cocktail to try something new and it was a hit.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of like a caipiroska but with tonic rather than soda water.\u00a0 Now I have made this as a batch for family and friends and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[68,67],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktails","tag-easy","tag-summer"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1441,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}