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A coupe, grapefruit highball and amber rocks cocktail on a home bar

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Margarita in a heavy low rocks glass styled in an agave-country rooftop bar with pale volcanic stone, limewashed wall and distant dusty hills.

Margarita

StrongShakenSour

The margarita is tequila, lime and orange liqueur, shaken hard and served over ice. No sour mix, no blender — the real thing takes three ingredients and about ninety seconds.

Mojito in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a quiet harbor rum bar with salt-worn timber, limewashed walls and one blurred rope detail.

Mojito

MediumMuddledMuddled

The traditional Cuban-style mojito: a whole lime in wedges, fresh mint and sugar muddled right in the glass, then rum, a mountain of ice and sparkling water. Press the mint gently instead of pulverizing it, and yours will beat most bar versions.

Aperol Spritz in a large stemmed balloon wine glass styled in a shaded portico bar with sun-faded ochre render, cool stone and distant cypress blur.

Aperol Spritz

LightBuilt in glassSparkling

The Aperol Spritz is the 3-2-1 cocktail: three parts prosecco, two parts Aperol, one part soda, built over ice in a big wine glass. Bright orange, lightly bitter, and the easiest way to look like you know what you are doing.

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Hands holding both ends of a frosted two-tin cocktail shaker above a prepared home bar.

How to shake a cocktail properly

The grip, timing, ice and visual cues that make shaken drinks colder and brighter.

A bar spoon moving smoothly around clear ice in a chilled mixing glass.

How to stir a cocktail for a silky finish

Control chilling and dilution without adding the bubbles and texture of a shake.

Fresh mint and lime being gently pressed with a broad wooden muddler in a highball glass.

How to muddle mint and fruit without bitterness

Release aroma and juice while avoiding shredded herbs and harsh citrus pith.

A prepared home cocktail station with three drinks, batch pitcher, separate ice and garnishes at sunset.

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