Welcome to Drinks Tube everyone, i'm Joe and this is my colleague. Ludo, hello everyone.
And we're gonna show you the best possible pitcher cocktail that you can have for the
summer, especially for Ludo's favorite sport which is. Tennis! And this is called, the
summer cup. Instead of using those premixed summer cups, let do it the real- FRESH. Yeah
Fresh. Because you get much more flavour and a much more impressive drink. Shall we get
rid of that? Let's get rid of them Ludo. It's like magic! Wow! Wow! Now it's time for us
to start our lovely summer cup. First and foremost, I will say one of the most quintessential
English ingredients, cucumber. Very, very refreshing because cucumber has a lot of juice
in it, that will work it's way through the cocktail. Half of a cucumber just cut into
little wheel will work fine. Then Joe, what would be Wimbledon without strawberries? The
good thing with these is get lots of sweetness into the cocktail but also they're summery,
they're fresh, they're in season right now. For this recipe you need about five to ten
strawberries, depending on their size. What's next Joe? Tennis ball coloured lemons. They
are gonna give us our citrus. Try to make it presentable, here Joe is cutting the lemon
into slice. Last but not least I always like to use a bit of the zest, the orange peel
because that goes in, it kind of rounds off the cocktail gives it a really nice flavour
and all you have to do is peel it with the vegetable peeler, just like this. If you squeeze
it, instantly you smell all those nice essential oils from the skin. Voilà, then Joe what
is the next step? What we're gonna do is we're gonna macerate all of this great goodness
in vodka, you could also use a gin. The most important thing is that you use the best quality
spirit because this is the base of your summer cup. So we're gonna pour 250 ml of Vodka,
very good. Go ahead and add it and the moment you splash that in, you're gonna get nice
flavour and those nice aromas coming to life. Next we're gonna add in one part again of
a really nice sweet vermouth, that's gonna give this cocktail a little bit more spicy
flavours, really nice aromatic quality, that's again 250 ml remember that this recipe is
for ten people. Once all the ingredients are in the pitcher it is then very important to
leave it in the fridge. Over night, or a least for five hours, shall we say? At least, in
a pinch you can probably get away with a couple of hours. We're gonna do that now and while
we do that. Let's watch a game. Let's watch a game. Let's go. See you shortly. That was
an inspiring match wasn't it? Very much so Joe. Amazing. And now we have, I think an
inspired drink. Next, very important, we want this to be a cold summer cup so let's get
some ice in it, the other thing the ice does is it adds a bit of dilution, a little bit
of water in the drink make it a little bit nicer, more refreshing. Absolutely. This is
the secret weapon, a little bit of sweetness for ginger ale. You get this nice refreshing
effervescence, always top it off with ginger just before you serve it so you get the most
out of the bubbles. So we give it a nice stir, really get your spoon in there and get a stir
going, that's mixing all those ingredients. Look at that. Summer Cup is finished, in the
pitcher we've got some glasses filled up with some cubed ice. Let's pour it in and let's
make it pretty, remember that a good quality cocktail is of course about the taste but
also the look is very essential. So add a lemon wheel like this, a fresh strawberries,
wow, a cucumber slice. Then we are going to garnish with the last ingredient, the fresh
spring mint. Let's give it a try shall we? Oh, that is unbelievable, it's like every
taste of summer in one glass, amazing. So session-able, all those beautiful fruits and
there taste in the liquid which makes it really special. Also it's made with love. What would
we do without it. If you like this, you like cocktails in general and you wanna learn about
more summer drinks. What do you have to do Joe? Ludo, you've gotta subscribe to Drinks
Tube and that's it from us, we're gonna say Game. Set. Match!