One Drink, Three Ways: TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Tequila cocktails have been enjoying a renaissance lately, with Spicy Margaritas making a cameo in the remake of The Fall Guy and trendy tequila cream liqueurs becoming an after-dinner staple. To help you explore tequila beyond the usual shot with lime and salt, we’re here to shine a spotlight on the vibrant world of tequila cocktails with TAKE Tequila.

TAKE Tequila offers a fresh and modern way to enjoy this classic spirit. Embracing the vibrant colours and flavours of Mexico, TAKE Tequila has crafted a range of easy-drinking tequila liqueurs that cater to all palates.

The range includes a classic Tequila Blanco, made from 100% Blue Weber Agave, as well as fruit-infused liqueurs like Pink Grapefruit, Jalapeño, and Pineapple. These liqueurs are delightful on their own, whether sipped as a shot or served on the rocks, but lets not forget the magic they bring to cocktails, where their fruity notes add an extra oomph. Let’s dive into three delicious cocktails featuring what might be our favourite, the TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur…

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Pineapple Margarita

Ingredients:
50ml/1.7oz Take Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
25ml/0.85oz Fresh Lime Juice
25ml/0.85oz Pineapple Juice (not from concentrate)
Splash of Angostura Bitters to taste (if required)
Pineapple wedge as a garnish

This zesty, refreshing drink strikes the perfect balance between sweet and sour, thanks to the pineapple. It's well-blended and with liqueur instead of spirit, it’s not overpowering like some Margs can become, making it an ideal aperitif. Method: Add the pineapple liqueur, lime juice, and pineapple juice into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into a glass with ice, add Angostura Bitters to taste, and stir. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

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Pineapple Tequila, Lime & Soda

Ingredients:
60ml/2oz TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
5ml/0.2oz Fresh Lime Juice
90ml/3oz Franklin & Sons Guava & Lime Soda
Lime Wedge to garnish

A fruity, refreshing blend that’s perfect for summer. Light and easy to drink, with a medium sweetness and a sparkling kick, this cocktail is sure to be a crowd-pleaser at garden parties. So easy to make too! Method: Combine the ingredients and stir. Pour into a highball glass with ice and garnish with a lime wedge.

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Pineapple Tequila Sunrise

Ingredients:
120ml/4oz Pineapple Juice (not from concentrate)
50ml/1.7oz TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
15ml/0.5oz Grenadine

A slightly sweeter, more tropical version of the classic Tequila Sunrise! With just the right amount of tartness, it’s the perfect drink to enjoy at brunch. Isn’t she a beauty? Method: Pour the pineapple juice and tequila liqueur into a highball glass and stir gently. Slowly add the grenadine, trickling it down the back of a spoon to create that beautiful sunrise effect. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

By Latoya Austin

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One Drink, Three Ways: El Mayor Reposado

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Up in the Jalisco Highlands, Destiladora Gonzales has been in production for more than 150 years, producing hand-made premium tequila under the esteemed El Mayor name.

Aged in white oak for a minimum of nine months, their reposado has developed an elegant structure, deep, balanced taste and divine smoothness. Baking spices, rich caramel and a herbal kiss layer up for a benchmark creation. It’s absolutely worth exploring it solo, but of course when it comes to tequila, the thought of a cocktail is never too far away. So, without further ado, let us introduce three simple yet stunning El Mayor reposado cocktails for you to try…

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El Mayor Paloma

Ingredients:
50ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
25ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
15ml Lime Juice
10ml Agave Syrup
50ml Pink Grapefruit Soda

Super refreshing with a citrus and agave burst! A perfect summertime sipper. Method: Shake the tequila, pink grapefruit juice, lime and agave in a shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice and top up with grapefruit soda. Give a gentle stir to integrate the flavours. Cheers.

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El Mayor Spicy Margarita

Ingredients:
50ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
25ml Orange Liqueur
25ml Lime Juice
5ml Agave Syrup
2 Sprigs of Coriander
1 Slice of Red Chilli 

Incredibly moreish with a mouth-watering spice, agave nectar and chipotle tequila flavour. Method: Muddle the chilli and coriander in the base of a shaker before adding all of the other ingredients. Shake with ice and fine strain into a tumbler glass filled with ice. Sip with a kick!

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El Mayor Negroni

Ingredients:
60ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
30ml Campari
30ml Sweet Vermouth
15ml Orange Zest Simple Syrup

For something more brooding, try this dark, bitter and intense Tequila Negroni. It’s the perfect end of night serve that is super simple to make. Method: Fill your cocktail glass with ice and stir together the Campari, El Mayor, vermouth, and syrup until chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass with ice, garnish with an orange wheel or slice, and you’re ready to go.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Cutty Sark Prohibition Whisky

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Cutty Sark is an iconic whisky, from the stand-out yellow label (which was actually a printing error that’s stuck), to its Prohibition roots. Dreamt up in London in the 20s, it captured hearts over the Atlantic where speakeasy cocktails thrived and once it actually became legal, its popularity sky rocketed.

Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition was released in 2013 as an ode to these origins, and Captain Bill McCoy (AKA The Real McCoy), who shipped it nearly a century before. It’s a small batch blend of the finest single malts and quality grain whiskies, using carefully chosen American Sherry oak casks. At 50%, it packs a bigger punch than the original, with the signature vanilla and spice coming through as well as crushed nuts, dark chocolate and caramel, before a stunningly smooth finish.

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Pear Cooler

Ingredients:
50ml Cutty Sark Prohibition
20ml fresh lemon juice
20ml ginger syrup
1tsp honey
ginger ale
pear slices

The Prohibition Pear Cooler marries the whisky spice with beautiful ginger syrup for sweetness, and ginger ale for refreshment. Silky honey brings its own aromatic sweetness and texture, and the lemon cuts through nicely before a hit of fresh pear. Method: Muddle the pear, lemon, honey and ginger syrup, and add in your Prohibition. Strain it well (that’s important), before topping up with ginger ale, and a leftover pear slice. Cheers!

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The Rob Roy

Ingredients:
50ml Cutty Sark Prohibition
20ml sweet vermouth
dash of orange bitters
orange peel

Prohibition absolutely makes this 19th century classic sing. Malty, smooth, fantastically sweet and with just a little spice on the finish, this whiskey is ideal. Method: Famously simple, all you need to do is shake everything and pour into your cocktail glass, over large ice cubes. A little garnish of orange peel and you’re sorted.

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The Godfather

Ingredients:
40ml Cutty Sark Prohibiton
20ml amaretto liqueur
ice

This one is perfect for winter, really bringing out those nutty notes with sweet, luxurious almond flavoured amaretto. Everything is so silky it’s heaven. The sweetness is perfectly poised, and it feels indulgent yet sophisticated. Method: Add some big ice cubes into a glass, and pour in, first your Prohibition, and then the amaretto of your choice (Disaronno is hard to beat). Stir gently, and enjoy.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Amarula Cream Liqueur

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

If ever there was a time that us Brits loved to sip on a cream liqueur, winter is it. So, let us turn your attention to Amarula, an exquisite cream liqueur hailing from South Africa, distilled with precision from ethically sourced Marula fruit.

Aged in French oak for two years before being blended with velvety smooth cream, this cream liqueur is unlike any other with delightful notes of sweet tropical guava, fig, and a hint of silky caramel. It’s absolutely divine on its own, however it makes a brilliant cocktail too. So, without further ado, let us introduce three simple yet stunning Amarula Cream Liqueur cocktails for you to try…

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The Gingerbread Man

Ingredients:
50ml Amarula Cream
50ml gingerbread liqueur
25ml coffee
30ml coffee liqueur

It’s creamy, it’s indulgent and it’s quite frankly Christmas in a glass. What more could you ask for! Method: Simply pour all the ingredients into your cocktail shaker, add 6-8 ice cubes, shake rigorously for 10-15 seconds until the cocktail has cooled and double strain into a chilled coupe. Who said that perfection had to be complex?!

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Apricot & Cream

Ingredients:
65ml Amarula Cream
35ml brandy
25ml apricot liqueur
10ml sugar syrup

The tropical fruit notes in the Amarula mix beautifully with the apricot liqueur and brandy to make a gloriously decadent cocktail here. Method: Another very simple recipe, simply pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass, add 4-5 ice cubes, stir rigorously for 10-15 seconds and double strain into chilled coupe. If you’re feeling fancy you could also try garnish the cocktail with a sliced apricot skin on a toothpick! Cheers.

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Cranberry and Orange Twist

Ingredients:
60ml Amarula Cream
25ml vodka
15ml cranberry liqueur
10ml orange liqueur

For something even Christmassier with an elegant twist, try this fruity, creamy delight. Another super simple Amarula Cream cocktail that has the wow factor. And if you want to add an extra touch of magic, make sure to add those cranberries on that cocktail pin! Method: Pour all the ingredients in a shaker, add 6-8 ice cubes and shake rigorously for 10-15 seconds. Finally, double strain into a chilled coupe, sit back, relax and enjoy!

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One Drink, Three Ways: Coole Swan Irish Cream

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, The Three help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Last year, we saw an explosion of Baileys-a-like cream liqueurs but none of them had the class and finesse of this white Irish cream by Coole Swan. Named after an epic romantic poem by W.B. Yeats entitled ‘Wild Swans at Coole’, this modern version of an Irish cream took 231 attempts to get right.

Made with fine, white Belgian chocolate, Irish cream and Irish whiskey in Country Cavan, Ireland, You can totally sip this chilled alone but to change things up occasionally, here are three wonderfully different ways to serve it.

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Nine & Fifty

Nine & Fifty

25ml Coole Swan Irish Cream

35ml Grand Marnier orange liqueur

15ml Tequila Blanco (100% Agave)

Pinch of edible glitter (you chose the colour!)

Edible flower for garnish

Glass: Small coup

The trees are in their autumn beauty,

The woodland paths are dry,

Under the October twilight the water

Mirrors a still sky;

Upon the brimming water among the stones

Are nine-and-fifty swans.

When I first tried this cocktail using Coole Swan Irish cream liqueur and Tequila, it blew my mind. Why? Well on paper, it doesn't feel like it should work but wow, it does. A twist on Coole Swan ’s ‘Cool Blue’ recipe and named after a line in ’Wild Swans at Coole’, this cocktail blends the freshness of a Grand Margarita with the creamy, chocolatey tones of Coole Swan’s legendary white, Irish cream liqueur. I’ve added a pinch of edible glitter to add a splash of pink colour, which when combined with an edible flower, makes for a delicious drink that becomes a piece of art.

Method: Super simple to make, just add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice until combined and chilled. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with your flower. If making a few, you can also change up the colour with the glitter every time.

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Mint Choc Chip Martini

Mint

Choc Chip Martini

35ml Coole Swan Irish liquer

20ml Crème de Menthe

20ml Crème de Cacao Blanc

Dark chocolate shavings

Squirty cream

Glass: Martini Glass

Mint and white chocolate is a gloriously decadent, retro mix and Coole Swan lends itself to a mint choc chip cocktail perfectly. Think of it like a drinkable After Eight! Note: if you can’t find Crème de Cacao Blanc, you can simply use 50ml of Coole Swan instead of 35ml. Also, Giffard and Monin do great Crème de Menthe.

Method: Another very simple recipe, simply combine the wet ingredients into a mixing glass with large cubes of ice and stir. Strain into a coup glass, add a squirt of cream and grate the dark chocolate over the top.

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Coole Black Magic

Coole Black Magic

50ml Coole Swan Irish liqueur

25ml Spiced rum

3/4 Blackberries

Garnish: Fresh blackberries

Glass: Martini glass

For something a little darker with an elegant twist, try this spiced blackberry scented, creamy delight. Another super simple creamy cocktail that has the wow factor. And if you want to add an extra touch of magic, include a pinch of purple, edible glitter.

Method: Combine the Coole Swan, rum and blackberries into a blender and blend until as smooth as possible. Strain into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake for 30 seconds to chill. Strain agin into a vintage glass and garnish with a blackberry or two on a cocktail pin.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Brown Brothers Orange Muscat & Flora

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, The Three help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Sweet wines are back in vogue as people realise that there is so much fun to be had with them! From swapping out simple syrups for them in cocktails to drinkable puddings, sipping neat or in highballs, sweeter sips are the drinks trend of this summer and beyond. 

One must-try sweet wine that does everything is Brown Brothers Orange Muscat & Flora. Hailing from Victoria, Australia, this rich, golden sipper is made with the lesser known Orange Muscat grape blended with some rare Flora, all harvested late to concentrate the sugars. The result is a sweet, viscous white wine with fresh, orange blossom aromatics and notes of candied lemon peel and marmalade. At just 10% ABV, it’s incredibly versatile; you can have this alone as a drinky dessert, pair it with salty blue cheese (yum!) and even mix it into elegant cocktails. Here are three, fun ways to try the Brown Brothers Orange Muscat & Flora.

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Helena’s Choice: Orange Sunset

Think of this as a much lighter, more elegant and summery version of an old fashioned with a delightfully floral kick. This works as an aperitif as well a digestif depending on the mood and is a great all rounder cocktail for everyone at your gathering. Simply build the drink in a tumbler glass by combining the whiskey with the wine, adding the bitters and ice cube, then stirring. Garnish with an orange wheel or orange peel.

Orange Sunset

50ml Orange Muscat & Flora

25ml Rye Whiskey

2 Dashes Orange bitters

Orange peel zest

Large ice - ideally with flower frozen into it

Glass: Small wine glass

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Aidy’s Choice: Spiked Orange Bellini

Here’s another super simple recipe - a Bellini with a twist! Switch out your fresh pear juice for some Orange Muscat & Flora wine in a flute and top up with Extra Brut Prosecco to give your fizz a golden hue and stunningly different aroma and flavour. It’s a really beautiful, yet simple change form a classic recipe and is guaranteed to get people talking. Garnish with an orange ribbon if you’re feeling fancy.

Spiked Orange Bellini

50ml Orange Muscat & Flora

Top up with Extra Brut Prosecco

Orange and or lemon garnish

Glass: Flute

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Colin’s Choice: Mango Flora Frosé

Mango Flora Frosé

300g Frozen mango slices

150ml Orange Muscat & Flora

Edible flowers to garnish

Glass: Large, round wine glass

This frozen treat can be a light pudding in itself or it makes a great palate cleanser before or after cheese. It takes some thinking ahead though as you need to pour the wine into a freezer bag and leave it overnight, before adding it to a blender with the mango and giving it a good blitz! Serve in a coup glass or large wine glass and garnish with edible flowers of your choice to pretty it all up.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Albariño Mar de Frades

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle or style and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine, we’ll help you get the most from your glass.

The Albariño wine grape that’s making a big splash around the world most famously hails from Rias Baixas in Galicia in northern Spain, where 90% of production is fine white wine made with it. Rias Baixas is a region characterised by a unique, damp, coastal climate where this thick-skinned white grape thrives, producing wines with lively acidity, aromatic intensity and flavours of citrus, peach and tropical stone fruit with a characteristic saline note. 

One of the leading wine producers in the region is Mar de Frades with their range of beautiful Albariño wines all presented in eye-catching, blue bottles mirroring the crisp freshness of the wine and their coastal home. Founded in 1987 in D.O Rías Baixas, Mar de Frades is located in the Salnés Valley, where characteristic Atlantic breezes and granite soils give the grapes their saline, fresh, citric and mineral profile. Here are three classic styles of Rias Baixas Albariño to try made by Mar de Frades.

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Classic, Crisp & Citrusy

Mar de Frades Albariño: Classic Albariño is made in a style that’s light and lemony with a peachy note, a saline core and subtly bitter finish. Super refreshing, this classic style is made in stainless steel and tasted young. It is the perfect pairing for seafood dishes or even just sipped alone as an aperitif.

Mar de Frades

Albariño

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Gastronomic Albariño

Mar de Frades Finca Valiñas: More and more Albariño is being made in a gastronomic style, where oak ageing is used as well as some extended ageing on lees (the dead yeast cells) to add texture, creaminess and depth of flavour. These processes make the wines ideal for ageing longer and for pairing with richer fish dishes and white meats especially. 

Mar de Frades

Finca Valiñas

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Sparkling Albariño

Mar de Frades

Brut Nature, Sparkling

Mar de Frades Brut Nature: Much more rare is a sparkling Albariño, but we are starting to see them produced! These ‘espumoso’ wines are made in the traditional method like Champagne and give crisp, lemony and saline notes with elegant, yeasty complexity - perfect as an aperitif or with fish & chips.

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One Drink Three Ways: Crazy Gin Clear Lassi Gin

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join The Three Drinkers’ Helena, Aidy and Colin as they take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves which you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, the three help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

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The fusion of British Indian food is well known and widely loved, but why isn’t there a drinking equivalent? This was the question that the Singh’s pondered, and they decided to answer it themselves. Step up - Crazy Gin. Bringing together the refreshment of Indian yoghurt drink Lassi with classics from your spice drawer like turmeric, cumin, and coriander, Crazy Gin created the world’s first clear Lassi Gin. Balance it out with floral juniper and sweet pomegranate, and a fantastically unique and interesting gin was born. We’ve been wondering how Crazy Gin could breathe new life into cocktails and have listed the best ideas below. Have a try and let us know how you might build a cocktail around Lassi gin!

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Helena’s Choice: Mad Negroni

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I love a Negroni and because it’s so simple, it’s perfect to experiment with. The Mad Negroni is ever so slightly sweeter, fuller, and spicier and the result is totally moreish. Simply fill a mixing glass with ice, pour all the ingredients on top and stir well. Strain into rocks glass over fresh ice.

Mad Negroni

Recipe

25ml Crazy Gin Lassi

25ml Campari

25ml White Port

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Aidy’s Choice: Crazy Gin Pina Colada

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If you like piña coladas, and makin’ them more insane...

That would work better with music to be fair.

The extra flavour of the Lassi gin brings an interesting twist to this classic. The cream of the Crazy Gin works wonderfully with the coconut, and the subtle spice with the turmeric intertwines beautifully to add a whole new layer to proceedings. Fill a mixing glass with one scoop of crushed ice. No messing around with this, pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass and stir until everything is chilled. Strain over fresh ice cubes into a hurricane glass and garnish with pineapple leaves, pineapple slice, umbrella, whatever you want! 

Crazy Gin Pina Colada

Recipe

50ml Crazy Gin Lassi

25 ml Coconut Cream

50ml Pineapple Juice

5ml Double Cream

10ml Sugar Syrup (2:1)

Pinch of Turmeric

Pinch salt

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Colin’s Choice: Crazy Gin Old Fashioned

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I love trying spin offs of my beloved Old Fashioned, and this quirky adaptation really works for a lighter and sweeter drink. The coconut and yoghurt flavours add an intriguing twist, filling the cocktail out. Stir all the ingredients together with ice, add a wedge of mango for complimentary garnish and enjoy on the rocks. 

Crazy Gin Old Fashioned

Recipe

50ml Crazy Gin Lassi

7.5ml Coconut Syrup (2.5g Demerara sugar, 5g Coconut water, mix until sugar has dissolved)

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