There’s a certain energy on New Year’s Eve, isn’t there? I envision décor that sparkles, people and cocktails that are effervescent and big dreams being dreamt. That New Year energy spurs us to make changes, let go or begin something new. I’ve always loved writing down my desires for the new year and burning it, a symbolic gesture that I’m releasing them to the universe. I also like to think about all of the other people around the world who might be doing the same thing.
My desires are pretty much the same each year, the details may change but the spirit behind them remains: relentlessly pursue happiness and joy. I want all of us to experience that buzzy energy you get when you’re excited about something, MULTIPLE times this year. I want each of us to have soul deep contentment on the regular. When we cry this year, I want it to be for happy reasons. When we have to experience pain or disappointment, I hope we all have a community that rallies around us and helps us through it.
My hope is that the most contagious thing in 2022 is our laughter.
To help you ring in this new year (and new energy), I’ve created two New Year’s Eve concoctions just for you.
Blood Orange Sparkler
Ingredients
(serves 1 in a rocks glass or two in champagne flutes)
- 2 ounces blood orange liqueur (I used Fabrizia Blood Orange Liqueur)
- 2 shakes cardamom bitters (I used The Bitter Housewife Cardamom Bitters)
- Juice from half a lime
- 8 drops rose water (I used Deer Rose Water from a local store but here’s another option)
- Blood orange lemonade soda water to top ( I used Polar Blood Orange Lemonade Seltzer)
Directions
- Fill rocks glass with ice
- Add orange liqueur, bitters, lime juice & rose water
- Top with the orange lemonade soda water
- Stir gently to incorporate
If you want to serve this in champagne flutes:
- Add orange liqueur, cardamom bitters and lime juice to a cocktail shaker
- Add one ice cube and shake until the ice cube is gone
- Split the contents between two champagne flutes
- Add 4 drops of rose water to each glass
- Top each glass off with the orange lemonade soda water
Vanilla Blossom Mocktail
Ingredients
(Serves 1)
- 1 ounce cranberry & date simple syrup (find the recipe here)
- Juice from half a lime
- 3 drops orange blossom water (I used Sadaf Orange Blossom Water)
- Vanilla orange soda water to top (I used Polar Vanilla Orange Seltzer)
Directions
- Fill rocks glass with ice
- Add simple syrup, lime juice and orange blossom water
- Top with vanilla orange soda water
- Stir gently to incorporate
I wish you magic, love and good cocktails and mocktails (you knew that was coming, right?). Happy New Year!
XOXO
