5 refreshing summer drinks

This month the hottest season of the year starts in Brazil and there's nothing better than a good drink to refresh. 

Beach, bikini and pool season is open! There's nothing better than gathering friends to enjoy hot nights or sunny afternoons with lots of refreshments. With that in mind, we separated 5 drinks that are perfect for the summer. 

These are easy recipes for you to prepare today and enjoy now:

1 - Moscow Mule

1 cup (tea) of sugar

1 cup (tea) of water

2 tablespoons of grated ginger

1 piece of cinnamon stick

1 shot of vodka

1/2 dose of lemon juice

Ice and sparkling water to complete

mint leaves

Method of preparation:

Make a reduction with water, cinnamon, sugar and ginger in the pan. Put ice and 2 doses of the syrup that was prepared in the mug. Add lemon juice, sparkling water and vodka. Finish with mint leaves and lemon slices. 

2 - Drink of sake with lemon

40ml of sake

10ml of Syoucyu Azuma Kirin®

50ml of Sicilian lemon juice

10ml of Spicy liqueur

3 drops of Amarena syrup

2 teaspoons of sugar

ice to taste

Method of preparation:

All it takes is the sake in a blender, lemon juice, spicy liqueur, syoucyu, drops of arena, ice and sugar. Serve in a bowl decorated with lemon and mint slices. 

3 - Beer Caipirinha

1 sliced lemon

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 dose of vodka (50ml)

1 can of light beer (350ml)

ice to taste

Lemon slices to decorate

Method of preparation: 

Mash the lemon and sugar in a highball glass with a hammer. Mix ice, beer and vodka. Decorate with lemon slices.

4 - London Spritz

40 ml of gin

20 ml of Aperol

60 ml of tonic water

100 ml of prosecco

Ice

Method of preparation: 

Place a thin slice of lemon in a glass and add the ingredients. Finally, fill the glass with ice.

5 - Gin Tonic

1 shot of gin

1 can of Tonic

1 slice of orange

1 sprig of mint

Ice cubes

Method of preparation:

Into the glass place the gin, ice, tonic water and mix from the bottom to the top lightly. Finish with mint and an orange slice.