Refreshing Cocktails Made with Honey Tangerines

If you’re holding a wedding reception, dinner party, Valentine’s Day party or other event this winter using honey tangerines to make cocktails is a great way to set your event apart from the rest. Honey tangerines are known for their super sweet juice and beautiful reddish orange color. Using the extra sweet and refreshing tangerine juice in cocktails can breathe new life into classic concoctions and help you make up your own signature cocktail. Experimenting with different types of citrus juices in cocktails is a fun way to play with the taste of well known drinks or just make up your own unique drink. Just remember to always use fresh juice since canned juice often doesn’t taste the same in cocktails. Citrus juices blend well with a wide variety of alcohols so you can make a lot of different tangerine drinks like:

Tangerine Drop – This vodka based cocktail is a twist on the classic Lemon Drop cocktail. to make a Tangerine Drop mix some very fine sugar, simple syrup, and the juice from some fresh honey tangerines with an orange flavored vodka and some lemon juice. Garnish with a thick slice of honey tangerine or a thick orange slice. The Tangerine Drop is a favorite at spring wedding receptions so make sure you have plenty of citrus flavored vodka on hand if you’re serving it at a wedding reception.
Tangerine Mimosa – This classic brunch cocktail is also great for Valentine’s Day breakfast, New Year’s Eve, or early afternoon wedding receptions. Making this drink is super easy, even for someone with no bartending experience. Mix a high quality champagne with the juice from several fresh honey tangerines and sugar. Garnish with peeled segments from the tangerine or some candied orange peel. Mimosas are also great during the summer and make summer wedding receptions very special. Anniversary parties often serve mimosas as well.

Clockwork Tangerine – This unique cocktail is great for evening wedding receptions, Valentine’s Day dinners, or dinner parties with friends who know and appreciate alcohol. To start with you’ll need several fresh honey tangerines, at least one orange, rum and citrus flavored vodka. Mix the vodka and rum with the juice from the tangerines and he orange combined. Garnish with segments of the orange or candied tangerine peel. This drink packs a wallop, so be sure to keep an eye on people who are drinking it to make sure they don’t get too drunk.

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