How to make two easy Christmas cocktails to impress your friends and family

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Reporter Lauren shows (and learns herself) how to make two simple and delicious cocktails, thanks to some lovely ingredients sent by Bacardi.

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00:00Hello you cocktail lovers you. We're here today to learn how to make two very special cocktails.

00:05We're actually going to learn together because I've never ever made a cocktail in my life

00:09despite having drank absolutely loads of them. I've been served this huge box by Bacardi.

00:17Thank you Bacardi. And inside it's apparently got loads of lovely ingredients which we're

00:22going to use to make these two delicious cocktails. Step one, get your sharpest knife.

00:30So yeah guys we're going to make a spritz cocktail for all you girlies and guys who

00:36love a spritz. And we're going to make a green tea smasher. Sounds like it's healthy.

00:44Let's see guys.

00:48So oh you know what let's put a couple of limes in there for the start of the day.

00:54Aromas naturales. So I'm guessing this is a lemon and lime sweet and sour concentrate.

01:04A little bottle of Sprite.

01:05Oh guys let's go. OMG Saint Germain. This is cray cray. Oh my gosh elderflower liqueur.

01:26And I love elderflower you guys. I literally love it. It's such a summery drink but we're

01:31putting it in a winter drink today because we're versatile. A bit of soda water.

01:44Look how pretty this bottle is. Sorry can we just admire this for a second. OMG look at that

01:55girlie. She's taking over the show. She has struck me down with her sheer beauty.

02:05Oh arch of peach schnapps.

02:12Join the party. Welcome. Nice to have you. Glad you could come.

02:17Pussycat Rosie from M&S. Love you sweetheart. Everyone's favourite gal.

02:27And what do we have here? Oh tealing whiskey. Ah tealing small batch Irish whiskey guys.

02:36Oh she is stunning. She is stunning. Well join that party girlie. I think that's everything.

02:50Yes it is. So without further ado let's begin. We're going to be making the spritz first.

02:57For that we're going to need the elderflower. The gorgeous girl. She's so pretty.

03:05And you know it too.

03:08Rosé spritz. Sorry rosé brew. A bit of soda. And guys we need some mint leaves and I found some in

03:19my garden. I think they're mint leaves. They're either spearmint or mint but you know what it'll

03:25do. And we're going to add that in too. So let's begin. We'll get some ice. Once you've got the

03:32ice in your glass we're going to. What are we going to do first? Let's have a look because

03:36Lauren doesn't know. She doesn't know. It's now one of the essential things that you need when

03:42you're making a cocktail is um it's a little measuring thing which I don't have. I've only

03:47got a huge you know pyrex measuring jug. So we're gonna eyeball it. We're gonna eyeball it and we're

03:54gonna start with 40 ml of the elderflower liqueur in this beautiful. Yeah I'm not gonna stop. Okay

04:03what do we add in next guys? Add the mint. Oh we're gonna add the mint. Let's throw our bug-eaten

04:11mint in there. Yummy yummy. Ding ding. We're gonna use a bottle opener. Open that. Unless you can do

04:19it with your teeth like a cool kid. Don't recommend that. I do not. I cut a lime wedge.

04:26And top with a lime wedge. Give it a little stir.

04:32And you know what? There is your Saint Germain elderflower rosé spritz.

04:43Isn't she a gorgeous beauty?

04:50Look at the beautiful crisp refreshing pink and green colours. Absolutely gorgeous. I bet it's

04:56gonna taste gorgeous as well. Let's try it. I've got my sticky fingers all over the glass.

04:59It's just like a classy lady.

05:07It's sweet. It's fruity. It's light. It's refreshing. She's a bit a bit fizzy. It's got

05:14the minty-ness in there. This is a delicious and very simple combination. Elderflower liqueur,

05:23pink prosecco, soda water and a bit of mint and lime. Absolutely perfect. Guys it's time to make

05:33our second cocktail. The green tea smasher. I'm going to be keeping this very close by

05:39to be enjoying throughout the day. And so for this one we're going to need a shaker

05:45but I don't have one of those. What I'm going to use is this metal coffee flask which come on

05:53you've got to commend the effort here. I said reverse tile up here. Reverse tile. You've got

05:59to make do with what you've got sometimes. So green tea smasher. Let's show you how to make it.

06:04We're going to need the tealing whiskey. We're going to need 40 ml of that. 30 ml of that.

06:11Actually 40 if you're naughty. Let's crack her open. We're going to eyeball it again guys.

06:22That's probably a bit more than 40. Whoops that was a complete accident.

06:27Pour into the shaker. I've already got some ice in this shaker by the way.

06:32Put that in there. We're going to put 30. So this one's so easy because it's all the same measurements.

06:3930 whiskey, 30 ml peach schnapps, 30 ml sweet and sour and 30 ml lemon and lime soda.

06:48Put that in there. And then you know what's next. Our favorite party girl.

06:56Archer's peach schnapps or any peach schnapps but this one's the best.

07:0530 ml. Definitely too much. Another accident.

07:11Definitely absolutely accidental. And 30.

07:1530. There we go. We're going to shake it up. Now we've got our special flask lid.

07:34Oh look at that green. Oh it's kind of a yellowy color. Lovely yellow.

07:42Okay guys the green tea smasher is ready. Let's give her a try. It smells incredible.

07:54Oh my god it's so sweet. It's like fruity like a fruit salad but with the whiskey in there. It just

08:02cuts it through. It's absolutely delicious. The peach and the lime and lemon work so well

08:09together and your guests will love this. This is more of the sweet one with obviously the whiskey

08:14undertones. The Saint Germain rosé spritz is so refreshing. Much lighter actually. It's got that

08:23subtle sweetness but it's so crisp and refreshing. So if you prefer that go for this one. If you like

08:29a nice sweet cocktail with the whiskey as a base go for this lovely lady here. Both of these are

08:35absolutely incredible cocktails. Thank you Bacardi for sending me the lovely ingredients

08:39to make them. Cheers to you guys. Very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.

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