World's Best Drinks 1 - Softcover

Food, Lonely Planet

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1760340618 ISBN 13: 9781760340612

Publisher: Lonely Planet, 2016

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Travel the world from the comfort of your own living room!

From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's World's Best Drinks is your passport to the planet's best tipples and soft drinks. Quench your thirst with over 60 recipes including cocktails, delicate tea brews and zingy aperitifs.

For each of the authentic recipes in this book, an 'Origins' section details how the drink came into being in the culture that created it, alongside tasting notes of how best to sample it for the authentic experience, whether in an upscale New York cocktail bar, a fireside lounge or a Chinese teahouse.

Each recipe includes ingredients and easy instructions so you can make it at home - as well as a photo to show you how it should look when you're finished. Perfect for any budding barista or bartender, this book has everything you need to blow your friends away at your next drinks party.

BEER

Michelada - Mexico

CIDER

Mulled cider - United Kingdom

WINE

Glogi - Finland
Kalimotxo - Spain
Mimosa - France
Sangria - Spain
Terremoto - Chile

GIN

Martini - USA
Negroni - Italy
Pimm's - United Kingdom
Singapore Sling - Singapore
Sloe gin - United Kingdom
Tom Collins - USA

VODKA

Bloody Mary - France
Caesar - Canada
Cade Codder - USA
Cosmopolitan - USA
Espresso Martini - United Kingdom
Siam Sunray - Thailand

RUM

Daiquiri - Cuba
Dark and Stormy - Bermuda
Eggnog - United Kingdom
Hibiscus ginger punch - Jamaica
Mai tai - California & Polynesia
Mojito - Cuba & the Cuban diaspora
Pina colada - Puerto Rico
Tasmanian bushwalkers' rum hot chocolate - Australia

WHISKY

Caribou - Canada
Irish coffee - Ireland
Manhattan - Ireland
Mint julep - USA
Sazerac - USA

TEQUILA

Margarita - Mexico
Paloma - Mexico
Sangrita - Mexico

AT THE BACK OF THE SPIRIT CABINET

Canelazo - The Andes
Caipirinha - Brazil
Garibaldi - Italy
Kvas - Russia
Macua - Nicaragua
Pisco sour - Peru & Chile
Tongba - Nepal & India

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

Agua de coco - Brazil
American milkshake - USA
Anijsmelk - The Netherlands
Ayran - Turkey
Bandung - Malaysia & Singapore
Bubble tea - Taiwan
Cardamom tea - East Africa
Chai - India
Cocoa tea - St Lucia
Coffee - Worldwide
Egg cream - USA
Espresso soda - USA
Horchata - Mexico
Malted milkshake - USA
Mango lassi - India
Mint tea - Morocco
Oliang - Thailand
Root beer float -USA
Shirley Temple - USA
Banana smoothie - Worldwide
Tea - China
Teh tarik - Malaysia & Indonesia
Yuan yang - Hong Kong

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