Sips & Synopsis - This Weeks Makings

• Juicy Summer Stars

• Trivia Question

• Drink of the Week: Watermelon-Strawberry Smash

• Mocktail Moment: Sparkling Cooler

• From Market to Glass

☀️ What’s in Your Glass This Week...

These juicy summer stars are doing double duty in your drinks this week:

✔️ 3 fruit-forward cocktails featuring watermelon & strawberries
✔️ 1 hydrating mocktail perfect for sunny afternoons
✔️ The beauty of discovering farm‑fresh fruit at the market
✔️ Trivia + a quote to cap off your seasonal sipping

Let’s drink in the flavor of summer - no blender required unless you've got a crowd to feed.

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Trivia Question❓

Which U.S. state is the top strawberry producer in the country?

Answer at the bottom of the newsletter

🍹 Drink of the Week: Watermelon-Strawberry Smash

Sweet, refreshing, and bursting with summer sunshine.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz blanco tequila

• 1 oz fresh lime juice

• 0.75 oz simple syrup

• 2 large watermelon cubes

• 3 hulled strawberries

• Club soda to top

• Garnish: small strawberry + mint sprig

Directions:

1. Muddle watermelon and strawberries in a shaker.

2. Add tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice; shake until chilled.

3. Strain into a glass over fresh ice.

4. Top with club soda and stir gently.

5. Garnish with a strawberry and mint sprig.

🍓 Bonus Cocktails

1. Strawberry-Lemon Rosé Spritz

• Ingredients: 2 oz rosé, 1 oz strawberry purée, 0.5 oz lemon juice, 0.25 oz elderflower liqueur, soda top.

• Directions: Shake all except soda, strain over ice, top, garnish with strawberry slice and lavender sprig.

2. Watermelon Mint Julep Cooler

• Ingredients: 2 oz bourbon, 1 oz watermelon juice, 0.5 oz mint syrup, 4–5 mint leaves, crushed ice.

• Directions: Muddle mint & syrup, add bourbon and juice with ice, stir over crushed ice, garnish with mint.

Mocktail Moment: Sparkling Strawberry Watermelon Cooler

All the best summer flavors, zero buzz.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz watermelon juice

• 1 oz strawberry purée

• 0.5 oz lime juice

• Top with sparkling water

• Garnish: melon ball + strawberry

Directions:

1. Shake fruit juices with ice.

2. Strain into glass over ice.

3. Top with sparkling water.

4. Garnish and enjoy.

From Market Basket to Cocktail Glass

There’s something special about walking through a farmers market in the middle of July. It’s the sight of all the bright colors of the season. The baskets and shopping bags being filled with local produce, the scent of sun-warmed herbs, and the way a local farmer greets you to offer you the finest and the freshest of the season.

As a home mixologist, this is the sweet spot — the market-to-glass magic. You grab what’s freshest, what’s local, what’s bursting with juice and color, and you bring it home. You rinse it, slice it, maybe muddle it a little — and suddenly, your everyday cocktail becomes something with soul.

There’s pride in that. In supporting your local farmers. In creating drinks that taste like sunshine and smell like something real. And in toasting your friends with a glass full of summer’s best, made from scratch, no syrupy shortcuts or artificial flavors here.

Because anyone can follow a recipe. But a true mixologist?
We make our cocktails from the ground up: one sun-ripened fruit at a time. 🍓🍉

Grab my go-to market essentials below:

• I love this jute style reusable market bag

• These mesh ones are excellent to use for produce