World's Best Drinks

Book excerpt: 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 About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.