World’s Best Drinks

Travel the world from the comfort of your own living room

From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's World's Best Drinks is your passport to the planet's best tipples and soft drinks. Quench your thirst with over 60 recipes including cocktails, delicate tea brews and zingy aperitifs.

For each of the authentic recipes in this book, an 'Origins' section details how the drink came into being in the culture that created it, alongside tasting notes of how best to sample it for the authentic experience, whether in an upscale New York cocktail bar, a fireside lounge or a Chinese teahouse.

Each recipe includes ingredients and easy instructions so you can make it at home. Perfect for any budding barista or bartender, this book has everything you need to blow your friends away at your next drinks party.

BEER

• Michelada - Mexico

CIDER

• Mulled cider - United Kingdom

WINE

• Glogi - Finland
• Kalimotxo - Spain
• Mimosa - France
• Sangria - Spain
• Terremoto - Chile

GIN

• Martini - USA
• Negroni - Italy
• Pimm's - United Kingdom
• Singapore Sling - Singapore
• Sloe gin - United Kingdom
• Tom Collins - USA

VODKA

• Bloody Mary - France
• Caesar - Canada
• Cade Codder - USA
• Cosmopolitan - USA
• Espresso Martini - United Kingdom
• Siam Sunray - Thailand

RUM

• Daiquiri - Cuba
• Dark and Stormy - Bermuda
• Eggnog - United Kingdom
• Hibiscus ginger punch - Jamaica
• Mai tai - California & Polynesia
• Mojito - Cuba & the Cuban diaspora
• Pina colada - Puerto Rico
• Tasmanian bushwalkers' rum hot chocolate - Australia

WHISKY

• Caribou - Canada
• Irish coffee - Ireland
• Manhattan - Ireland
• Mint julep - USA
• Sazerac - USA

TEQUILA

• Margarita - Mexico
• Paloma - Mexico
• Sangrita - Mexico

AT THE BACK OF THE SPIRIT CABINET

• Canelazo - The Andes
• Caipirinha - Brazil
• Garibaldi - Italy
• Kvas - Russia
• Macua - Nicaragua
• Pisco sour - Peru & Chile
• Tongba - Nepal & India

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

• Agua de coco - Brazil
• American milkshake - USA
• Anijsmelk - The Netherlands
• Ayran - Turkey
• Bandung - Malaysia & Singapore
• Bubble tea - Taiwan
• Cardamom tea - East Africa
• Chai - India
• Cocoa tea - St Lucia
• Coffee - Worldwide
• Egg cream - USA
• Espresso soda - USA
• Horchata - Mexico
• Malted milkshake - USA
• Mango lassi - India
• Mint tea - Morocco
• Oliang - Thailand
• Root beer float -USA
• Shirley Temple - USA
• Banana smoothie - Worldwide
• Tea - China
• Teh tarik - Malaysia & Indonesia
• Yuan yang - Hong Kong

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.