Fruit Tingle recipe

Vodka, blue curaçao, grenadine and lemonade, shaken and strained into a highball glass, garnished with a slice of lemon.

  • 2 mins total
  • 5 ingredients
  • Highball glass

What Ingredients do you need to make a Fruit Tingle?

Vodka

We compared 12 different brands of Vodka and determined that Smirnoff was the overall best option. Given the current climate with Russia, that may seem like a questionable choice, but Smirnoff isn’t made in Russia, it’s made all over the world.

It actually has a history of Russian persecution and the creators were forced to flee Russia.

Blue Curaçao

Blue Curaçao is a liqueur flavoured with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit, which is then artificially coloured blue for effect.

It’s a great ingredient to use in cocktails because it pretty much has everything you could ever want as a cocktail mixer:

  1. It has an enticing colour.
  2. It has a bitter orange taste that blends well with most flavours.
  3. It has a great amount of alcohol in it.

(You can read more about Blue Curacao here, in our dedicated article)

For Blue Curacao, we recommend:

Grenadine

Grenadine is a non-alcoholic bar syrup that’s traditionally used to give a cocktail a red or pink tint and is made from pomegranate.

Cocktails with Grenadine

What Equipment do you need to make a Fruit Tingle?

Cocktail Shaker

Cocktail shakers improve the taste of cocktails. It’s a fact.

There’s a reason that famed British spy James Bond says “shaken, not stirred”. And that reason is: because it tastes better.

If you don’t already have a cocktail shaker set, you might want to check out our detailed cocktail shaker comparison.

But to cut a long story short, here’s the cocktail shaker we recommend:

Highball Glass

Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.

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Recipe card

Fruit Tingle

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Highball glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, vodka, blue curaçao, grenadine, and lemonade to your cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a highball glass.
  4. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

No cocktail shaker? Do this instead

  1. Add ice, vodka, blue curaçao, grenadine, and lemonade to a highball glass.
  2. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

Fruit Tingle FAQs

What Ingredients do you need to make a Fruit Tingle?

To make a Fruit Tingle, you need 50ml / 1.7oz vodka, 20ml / 0.7oz blue curaçao, 5ml / 0.2oz grenadine and 100ml / 3.4oz lemonade, plus a slice of lemon to garnish. There’s more about vodka, blue curaçao and grenadine above.

What Equipment do you need to make a Fruit Tingle?

You’ll need a cocktail shaker and a highball glass.

What alcohol is in a Fruit Tingle?

A Fruit Tingle contains 50ml / 1.7oz vodka and 20ml / 0.7oz blue curaçao.

Is a Fruit Tingle shaken or stirred?

A Fruit Tingle is shaken. Shake it with ice in a cocktail shaker, then strain it into a highball glass.

Can I make a Fruit Tingle without a cocktail shaker?

No. Without a cocktail shaker, you can make a Fruit Tingle like this: Add ice, vodka, blue curaçao, grenadine, and lemonade to a highball glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

What glass is a Fruit Tingle served in?

Serve a Fruit Tingle in a highball glass.

How do you garnish a Fruit Tingle?

Garnish a Fruit Tingle with a slice of lemon.

How do I make a Fruit Tingle for a group?

The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 200ml vodka, 80ml blue curaçao, 20ml grenadine and 400ml lemonade. Shake one or two drinks at a time, so there’s room in the shaker for the ice.

Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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