Cheap cocktails with only 3 ingredients: These 5 recipes are lightning fast

Little effort, maximum taste: These 5 cocktail recipes are perfect for those on a budget because they cost almost nothing.

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We love! The problem: Drinks are often very expensive when away. And when we want to remix them at home, we are often missing a lot of ingredients.

It can quickly happen that you need three different spirits or liqueurs for one drink. In the case of long drinks, different juices are also added. Mixing cocktails spontaneously is no longer an option.

It gets really annoying when you want to try a new cocktail and only try it once. Then you suddenly have a hodgepodge of opened bottles that, in the worst case scenario, you will never use again. And alcohol is damn expensive.

That's why today we'll show you how to do it at homeinexpensive cocktails with only three ingredients(maximum). We focus on common types of alcohol that you can use not just for one drink, but for almost any drink. Nothing should go bad.

You can save time and money with simple cocktails

If you think simple cocktails are boring, think again. With less messing around, the cocktail is ready quicker (yay!) and cheaper (double yay!). In addition, the individual flavor components come into their own much better (triple yay!).

A notice:Ice cubes are not counted as an ingredient in recipes.

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Here is our small but nice list of simple favorite cocktails for lazy people. Cheerio!

1. Simple cocktail: Caipirinha recipe

You need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass

  • 1 lime
  • 3 tsp brown sugar
  • 60 ml Cachaça
  • plus: Crushed Ice

You can see the simple instructions for the Caipirinha cocktail with tips from the professional here in the video.

Cocktail classic: How to make the perfect Caipirinha

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2. Simple Cocktail: Margarita Recipe

You only need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass

  • 20 ml lime juice
  • 10 ml orange liqueur
  • 30 ml Tequila
  • plus: Crushed Ice
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Here's how:Mix all the ingredients together with the crushed ice vigorously in the cocktail shaker. Pour into a chilled martini glass (fresh from the freezer) and serve immediately.

Tipp:The classic way to make the margarita is to dip the rim of the cocktail glass in lime juice and then dip it in salt.

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3. Cheap cocktail: White Russian recipe

You need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass

  • 50 ml sweet cream
  • 40 ml Vodka
  • 30 ml coffee liqueur
  • plus: ice cubes
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Here's how:First, shake the cream in the cocktail shaker until it's nice and creamy. It shouldn't be completely stiff, but still semi-liquid and drinkable.

Fill a tumbler glass with ice. Add vodka and coffee liqueur and top with the semi-stiff cream. This way you get a brown and a white layer, which looks pretty in the cocktail.

Tipp:For a lower calorie White Russian, you can use milk instead of cream. If you want something more luxurious, you can add a layer of cream to the White Russian and decorate it in style with a coffee bean.

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4. Simple cocktail: Negroni recipe

You need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass

  • 40 ml Campari
  • 40 ml London Dry Gin
  • 40 ml red vermouth
  • plus: ice cubes
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Here's how:Mix all ingredients well in a cocktail shaker and pour into a tumbler glass with ice. Complete!

Tipp:The Negroni is often served with a stalk of rosemary or thyme and a slice of orange.

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5. Cheap cocktail: Gimlet recipe

You need these 3 ingredients:

  • 60 ml Gin
  • 20 ml lime juice (lime cordial)
  • 1 splash of lime juice
  • plus: ice cubes
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Here's how:The ice cubes are only used to cool the cocktail ingredients in the shaker, the ice itself does not end up (!) in the drink. So simply shake all the ingredients vigorously and then pour into a martini glass. Complete!

Tipp:The vodka gimlet, in which the gin is replaced with vodka, is also popular. You can serve the cocktail with a slice of lime.

In the video: Recipe for 5 simple mocktails with few ingredients

Also perfect for children: 5 non-alcoholic cocktails with just a few ingredients

More simple cocktails with 3 or fewer ingredients

Didn't find anything for you in our affordable cocktail recipes? Then here are more ideas. You also need a maximum of 3 ingredients for these delicious drinks. A quick and cheap treat!

  • Gin Tonic(Tonic water, lemon, GOOD gin)
  • Free Cuba(Cola, lime juice, brown rum)
  • Screwdriver(orange juice, vodka)
  • Moscow Mule(lime juice, ginger beer, vodka)
  • (Soda, Prosecco, Aperol)
  • Green meadow(Orange juice, Blue Curaçao, Sekt)
  • Bellini(peach liqueur, peach puree, prosecco)
  • Paloma(lime juice, grapefruit juice, tequila)
  • Grasshopper(Creme de Cacao White, peppermint liqueur, cream)
  • (Soda, Holunderblütensirup, Prosecco)
  • Summer Red(lemonade, red wine)
  • Dry Martini(Gin, white vermouth, olive)