May flowers are blooming and so are these cocktails.

Cut the mint into small pieces that are easy to muddle. Then, muddle the mint, pure sugar and lime in a shaker. Once contents are muddled, add your favorite tequila, grapefruit and a splash of simple syrup with ice. Shake contents thoroughly. Add soda water to your shaker after you shake the contents to avoid a bubbly explosion. Strain out the mint and serve drink over ice in a highball whiskey glass. Top drink with a lime wedge and enjoy this fun twist on a mojito.

Serve in a wine glass with ice and your choice of fragrant herbs, crisp citrus or other fresh fruit.

Build in a cocktail shaker, shake and strain in a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with edible rose petal.

Add ice, gin, grapefruit juice, soda water and elderflower liqueur to a shaker. Stir contents vigorously (do not shake as the soda water could bubble over) until they are very well blended. Strain contents into a martini glass, serve up, and top with an edible flower or a lemon twist for a pop of color.

Muddle 4-5 basil leaves and cucumber slices in a cocktail shaker. Add crushed ice, vodka, lime juice, and simple syrup. Cover and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with basil and a slice of cucumber.

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Add ice to a chilled glass

Squeeze one slice of grapefruit into the glass and discard.

Add the remaining grapefruit slice, juniper berries, and a sprig of rosemary

Add gin, followed by the tonic 

Stir and serve

1. Add tequila, juices and nectar to a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake until blended and chilled.
3. Rim a highball glass with pink salt and sugar blend; fill with ice.
4. Strain cocktail into glass and garish with a lime wheel and grapefruit twist.