Easy Tavake Cocktail Recipes

Needing some cocktail inspiration? Try these delicious and easy cocktail recipes using our Tavake spirits from the Cook Islands Distillery. From a spin on a classic mojito to a simple gin gimlet, and with only a couple of cocktail making items, you'll be sipping on a taste of paradise in no time.

Simple Passionfruit Mojito - with Tavake White Rum

A mojito with local Tavake White Rum just hits different. Whether it's fresh passionfruit or mango syrup, get creative and make your mojito not just refreshing but extraordinary. Watch our insta video here.

🍹Passionfruit Mojito - 1 serve

• Get your muddler and add 10 mint leaves, 30ml lime juice, 30ml simple syrup and 30ml of Tavake White Rum
  

• Muddle lightly, just enough to release the oils in the mint leaves
  

• Pour into a tall glass with ice, top with passionfruit or your fruit syrup of choice and stir

Gin Gimlet - with Tavake Gin

We love a gimlet. It's super simple and with only a few ingredients, you'll have a refreshing citrusy cocktail. Watch us make it here.

🍋 Gin Gimlet - serves 1

• Add ice to your cocktail shaker
  

• Add 60ml of Tavake Gin
  

• Add 20ml of lime syrup* or lime cordial
  

• Shake well, strain & pour into a chilled glass
  

• Add a squeeze of lime and garnish with a lime wheel

Pina Colada with Tavake Rum

We can't go past a Pina Colada. Try this easy and quintessential island cocktail recipe with our Tavake White Rum. Watch us make it here.

🍍 Pina Colada - serves 1

• Add ice to cocktail shaker along with 30ml Tavake White Rum
  

• Add 30ml coconut cream, 30ml sugar syrup and 100ml of pineapple juice
  

• Shake well
  

• Pour into a hi-ball glass filled with ice, add garnish and enjoy

  
  

Cucumber Gin Fizz with Tavake Gin

There is always a time and place for a good old G&T but why not fizz things up. This refreshing gin fizz will have you coming back again and again. Watch the reel recipe here.

🥒 Cucumber Gin Fizz - serves 1

• Add ice to your cocktail shaker
  

• Add 30ml of Tavake Gin
  

• Add 1 Tbsp of sugar syrup
  

• Shake for 30 seconds
  

• Strain and pour into a glass with ice and cucumber ribbons.

  
  

• Add a splash of prosecco and top up with soda water. Garnish and enjoy.

  
  
  
  

Easy Syrup Recipes for your Cocktails

Simple Syrup

Combine 1 cup sugar with 1 cup water in a saucepan over a medium heat. Bring to boil, stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool.

Yields 1 3/4 cups. Refridgerate in a sealed container for up to a month.

Lime Syrup

To make 55ml of lime syrup you'll need 55g caster sugar, the zest and juice of 1 lime. Combine sugar, zest and 125ml (1/2 cup) of water in a small saucepan. Bring it to boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and add the juice, set aside for 30 minutes to infuse. Strain in a fine sieve and discard solids. Keeps in fridge for 1 week.

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