A Christmas cocktail

"Un cóctel navideño"
Spanish A2 writing exercise

Celebrate the season in style with our special cocktail.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "recipe (food)", "simple", "delicious", "cherry juice", "shaker (cocktail shaker)", "mixer (food mixer: kitchen appliance)", "glass" and "content (substance)".

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With this simple recipe, you are going to enjoy a delicious cocktail to drink this Christmas. Put a little bit of cherry juice in a shaker, cut several strawberries into small pieces, and before putting these in the shaker, blend for several seconds with a mixer. Then, add lemon juice and white rum to the mixture, shake the shaker several times and rub the rims of the glasses with a piece of lemon zest. Finally, add crushed ice to the glasses and pour the content into them.

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