LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2021 TRADE

Pretty, please Forget synthetic additives. These elegant cocktails come in the natural hues Mother Nature meant them to have. Pretty to look at and refreshing to sip, they are worthy additions to your must-try roster of drinks.

BY MICHELLE P. E. HUNT & LAURA PANTER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY james tse | illustrations by emilie simpson

As mixologists, we are always searching for new and interesting ingredients to mix into cocktails. As it turns out, there is no better place to look than right outside our own front door. Flowers, leaves and pods are often packed with unique flavours and eye-catching colours and, combined with the right ingredients, make for winning results. Here, we’ve worked with the bounty nature has given us to build cocktails that look—and taste—incredible. They also show our appreciation for naturally sourced, better-for-you beverages that celebrate the rebirth of spring. Butterfly pea flower, chamomile blossoms, hibiscus leaves and cardamom pods each lend a unique flavour to these takes on some classics, from a Sour to a Collins to a Cosmo to a simple lemonade. So get rid of those artificial ingredients, sodas and added sugars, and let nature do the work for you!

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FOOD & DRINK EARLY SUMMER 2021