Pre-made cocktail mixes have become a pandemic trend in Mumbai. Here’s a round-up of restaurants that have caught on
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Bastian is one of the latest joints in the city to join the pre-mixed cocktails market. They offer five options, including summer love, made with fresh lime juice, honey syrup, fresh ginger juice, kaffir lime and litchi juice, which you can mix with vodka, gin, rum or tequila. There are also a host of pre-made sangria flavours on offer, if wine is your poison of choice.
Call 8419965953
Cost Starts from Rs 250
The heat is on
O Pedro’s pre-made take on bloody Mary has its own signature hot sauce, with a basil-and-celery sauce to cool things down. Add vodka, gin or tequila and you’re good to go.
Log on to order.opedromumbai.com
Cost Rs 950 for 1 litre
Spoilt for choice
Perch, a hip coffee-and-wine bar, has multiple options for people looking for DIY cocktail kits. There’s coffee sangria. There are also basil shrub with watermelon, and basil shrub with tonic, both of which are recommended with vodka. Prefer whiskey? Opt for the cold-brew black-tea flavour.
Call 9321375915
Cost Starts from Rs 350
Tagging along
When you order any one of the many flavours of cocktail mixers that Salt Water Café has, it will come with a tag that says what alcohol pairs best with it. Choose from tan lines mixer made with grapefruit, turmeric tepache, and homemade ginger syrup; Bombay to guava mixer made from guava juice, cherry syrup, kaffir lime and lime cordial; and also other options.
Log on to swc.dotpe.in/order
Cost Rs 220
Three is company
Sorrentina by Foodhall has three options. There’s Sicilian sangria pre-mix that can be mixed with either red or white wine. Pineapple jalapeño Margarita works well with any clear spirit, and Sorrentina Mary goes with either vodka or rum.
Log on to Swiggy or Zomato
Cost Rs 350