Non Alcoholic cocktail to be healthy at the beginning of 2014

Cocktail Fever Team had tasted for you a healthy cocktail: The non-alcoholic Sangria!! Enjoy it!!!!!

Our favorite thing about sangria, the Spanish punch, isn't actually the wine or spirits; it's the luscious assortment of fruit that gets ladled into each glass. We love how refreshing it is to sip, and munch, on a warm day.

There are thousands of recipes for sangria, each using a different combination of wine and fruit. For the fruit, we like to use the ample supply of citrus in our local markets and gardens – thin slices of oranges, lemons, limes – plus an apple for crunch. You could also try fresh fruits like strawberries, pineapple or grapes. When steeped for several hours, the fruits both flavor the drink and soak up the liquid, turning plump and juicy. They not only look pretty in the glass, but are a delight to eat.

The liquid is a combination of black tea and pomegranate juice, which approximate the sweetness, acidity, and tannins of red wine. It's a beautiful substitute both flavor and color-wise, although caffeine does of course have a more stimulating effect than wine. We also include a little fresh orange juice for sweetness and cinnamon sticks for subtle spice. Just before serving, the drink is lightly carbonated, and the result is a punch suitable for young and old, drinkers and non-drinkers, mealtimes and parties.

Non-Alcoholic Sangria

Serves 8

2 cups boiling water

2 black tea bags (or 2 teaspoons loose-leaf tea in an infuser)

2 cinnamon sticks

1/2 cup sugar

3 cups pomegranate juice

1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1 orange, sliced into thin rounds

1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds

1 lime, sliced into thin rounds

1 apple, cored and cut into 1/2-inch chunks

3 cups carbonated water

Pour boiling water over tea bags and cinnamon sticks and steep for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags and stir in sugar to dissolve.

In a large jar or pitcher, combine tea, cinnamon sticks, pomegranate juice, orange juice, orange, lemon, lime, and apple. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight.

Just before serving, stir in carbonated water. Serve in glasses over ice.

Enjoy it!!!!!!

Which cocktails does people drink after a skiing day ?

The cocktail fever team tried for you two cocktails in Val Thorens (french Alpes).

First, we have been to La Ferme de Reberty. It's a traditional restaurant where you can eat cheese fondue for example. So, of course, we drank a traditional cocktail with a local liquor : the Genepi

Recipe:

- Genepi 3cl

- Cane sugar 1cl

- Coffee 1 expresso

- Chantilly cream

Mix Genepi and cane sugar together. Add the hot coffee. put some whipped cream up to the top of the glass.

Our tasting :
Smell: chocolate, coffee
Taste: sweet coffee

Very good to warm you up after cold day !

The second cocktail is a fruity one. We had it in Le Chalet du Mont Vallon. It's a luxurious hotel but also a very cosy place.

The cocktail is a creation from the bartender. It's a blend of Vodka, Cachaça, orange juice, blackberry syrup and raspberry.

Champagne coktails in Reims !

"Bar de la Paix" invite you to relax in a cozy space with a terrace with courtyard.
Amateurs of champagne will find a wide selection of the most big houses of this vineyard which is unique in the world.

The cocktail fever team has been to REIMS the city of Champagne to tell you about Champagne cocktails.

The place is very beautiful with a nice design.

The cocktail list is divided into 2 parts :

The first one is a famous champagne cocktails for ladies which are called:

CARLOTTA.

- 3cl of vodka ( Absolut or THOMPSON'S )

- Add 2cl of Chambort

- Add 1cl of Ginger liquor

- Add 6 to 8cl of Cramberry 

- finaly 10cl of Champagne

First of all, put some crushed ice up to the top of the glass to make it as cold as possible!

  

Add Vodka, Ginger, Chambort,Cramberry and ice cube in a shaker. Shake it ! Remove the crushed ice from your glass and put the mix throught a filter to separate ice cube from the juice. Finally add Champagne directly into the glass with raspberries !

Our tasting: 

Smell: freshness of the ginger and raspberry

Taste: sweet, a good taste of rasberry, a light sparkling taste of champagne.

 

 

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For the second one, we have experienced a cocktail for men wich are called:

THE Champagne cocktail.

- 1 Brown sugar

- Add 3cl of Cognac

- Add 2 slice of Angostura

- And 12cl of Champagne 

To begin put a sugar into a Champagne glass next add Cognac, Angostura and wait 1 min for the sugar.

Then add champagne to see the fizzy of the cocktail with the sugar wich is dissolve! it's beautiful! 

You can now drink this great cocktail directly into the glass without straw ! Cheers !

Our tasting: 

Smell: Fresh lemon

Taste: strong in mouth but light in cognac, a really good presence of champagne !

Please comment if you've been there already !

Mama Shelter's meeting

Mama Shelter is a hotel brand.

They own 5 hotels (Paris, Marseille, Istanbul, Lyon & Bordeaux).
The restaurant and the bar are open to anyone who wants to have a great moment.

The bar has a nice range of coktails.

The cocktail fever team has been to Bordeaux to tell you about cocktails.

The place is very nice, it has been designed by Philippe Starck.

The manager of the hotel received us to tell us about the place and the spirit of the company.

Then a bartender looked after us to talk about cocktails and advices.

The cocktail list is divided into 2 parts : traditional cocktails which are called : Most wanted and typical ones : Mama's drink

So first of all, we have experienced the iHola Mama! It's a creation of the manager of the team.


- 4cl Tequila Olmeca
- 1cl Jerez wine
- Cardamom sugar
- Hazelnut sirup
- Pineapple juice
- Crushed ice
- Ice cubes

First of all, put some crushed ice up to the top of the glass to make it as cold as possible. Add Tequila, Jerez wine, cardamom sugar and hazelnut sirup and ice cube in a shaker. Shake it ! Remove the crushed ice from your glass and pour the mix throught a filter to separate ice cube from the juice. Add

pineapple juice to the top of the glass.

Our tasting :
Smell : tequila, hazelnut

Taste : sweet, Jerez wine, well-balanced

According to the bartender advices, we tried the Pear sour with our sponsor Thompson's grape vodka.


- Thompson's grape vodka 5cl
- William's pear liquor 2cl
- Green apple syrup 1cl
- Lemon juice 1 hint
- mash pear 1cl
- Crushed ice
- Ice cubes

Put crushed ice up to the top of the glass. Add all the other ingredients in a shaker. Shake it ! Remove the crushed ice from your glass and pour the mix trhought a flilter to separate the ice cubes from the juice.

Our tasting :
Smell : lemon, pear
Taste : vodka

Please comment if you've been there already !