Celebrate Mom With This Mother's Day Cocktail
Sparkling Mum cocktail
Looking for a special Mother’s Day cocktail to make for the mom(s) in your life, or to shake up for your mom self?
We came up with the “Sparkling Mum”, a Mother’s Day drink just for you!
We got our hands on a bottle of Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin and were bold over by the purple-red color & the enjoyable flavors - with aromas & tasting notes of raspberry, pine forest juniper, and white pepper. We mixed it with some sparkling rosé (we recommend Tipp Rambler Rosé), citrus and hibiscus simple syrup - and voilà, here is our beautiful cocktail to serve mom!
SPARKLING MUM COCKTAIL
RECIPE - Serves 1
• 2 oz sparkling rosé
• 1.5 oz Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin
• 1/3 oz homemade hibiscus syrup (2 parts water to 1 part sugar and 1 part hibiscus flowers; lemon peel)
• 1/2 oz orange juice
• 1/4 oz lemon juice
TOOLS
Cocktail Shaker
Jigger or Mini Measuring Cup/Glass
Paring Knife
Cutting Board
Citrus Squeezer
Fine Mesh Strainer
Champagne Flute
HOW TO MAKE
Make hibiscus syrup beforehand (combine 1 cup water to 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves; add 1 cup dried hibiscus flowers and lemon peel - 1/4 of lemon, bring to a boil; remove from heat, steep 15-20 minutes; strain out hibiscus flowers, bottle, and refrigerate for 2 weeks).
Add all ingredients except rosé to cocktail shaker.
Add ice cubes that fill shaker about halfway.
Shake all ingredients with ice until cold (10-15 seconds).
Fine strain with your mesh strainer into champagne flute.
Top with 2 oz of rosé.
Bottoms up!
Cheers to all of the hard-working mums and moms out there!
For more on the absolute essentials to have in your home bar to make a shaken cocktail, check out our post here.
19 Mother's Day Gift Ideas From A to Z In 2023
Mother’s Day is looming and it’s time to find the perfect gift for all the moms in your life - here’s our round-up of our favorite gifts in 2023; all things we love, we use, and we recommend. Whether you go for the frame (preferably with a photo of you or you and mom) or a candle from Flamingo Estate (good gift really for any holiday!) or a special tea just for her. Here we go…
This Miko Shiatsu Foot Massager is a gift that we literally list for every holiday (and also to ourselves). It’s wonderful at the end of a long day to relax and recharge with a variety of settings. Bliss on demand - and your mother will thank you.
A throwback with a 2023 touch - we have this in turquoise but it’s just as pretty in amethyst. Add in a few records for mom and this “Now Playing” vinyl record stand, and fire it up after she opens it!
Two of our favorite products from Korres - if your mother likes luxury facial products - buy these two and bundle them together for a gift that keeps on giving.
An elegant gift for mom, this cup and saucer set tells a story of a woman in the yellow dress bidding her sailor farewell as he goes on an adventure on the high seas. Part of the Kit Kemp “Sailor’s Fairwell” collection. For more Mother’s Day cup and mug ideas, click here.
Harney & Sons Mother’s Day tea with rose petal, cornflower, chamomile, and orange peel. A floral bouquet in each cup! And bonus it comes in a lovely tin that will be a keeper for Mom year after year.
You’re always in mom’s heart so why not give her this lovely frame for Mother’s Day - if you’re trying to top your siblings in the gift-giving; frame a shot of yourself.
Flamingo Estate is one of our favorite brands - born during the pandemic, now a staple in our house. Mom will love a scent that evokes your favorite dinner dishes on a warm Tuscan night.
Featured in the fourth episode, third season of Ted Lasso (which was dedicated to Grant Wahl), “The Beckham Experiment” is a great read for the mom who’s a Lasso devotee, a soccer fan or just loves good sports journalism. If you want to get mom a “book stack,” check out our blog post devoted to all the books featured on Ted Lasso.
We swoon for Le Creuset products and adore this sea salt color. A useful and long-lasting utensil set that can be on display or tucked away in a corner of Mom’s kitchen.
Aesop makes any bathroom better. It’s a touch on the pricey side so it might be the kind of thing mom doesn’t splurge on for herself so go ahead, splurge for her!
Go big for mom - help her get ready for outdoor spring and summer dining with an outdoor set of foldable French bistro chairs and table. Easy to clean; classic look and just order more chairs if you need to expand.
We gift Caudalie products regularly to the mothers in our lives - we use it, too. Part of the expanding clean beauty movement with natural active ingredients that Caudalie says “respect the environment and your skin.” Feels good, looks good, smells good. Perfect gift.
13. COENGWO Cork Massage Balls (2-pack)
Small balls, big impact. We use these massage balls on our neck, back, feet. A useful gift for mom to provide tension and stress relief.
11 ounces of grapefruit, mint, tarragon, black pepper, and sea salt is a refreshing and energizing candle scent for mom.
Food inspiration for mom with Italian family-friendly recipes and the stories behind them in this three book bundle from Stanley Tucci.
A beautiful decorative box in Moroccan Blue for mom’s jewelry or keepsakes.
A cheery strawberry pattern and a sweet reminder of how much you adore Mom every time she drinks her tea.
We think mom will love this delicious smelling candle in an aqua-colored vessel that fills the room with a tropical citrus and sugar scent. For even more gift ideas of this Capri Blue Volcano scent, check out our post here.
We love this for its functionality - to sit, to use a side table or a nightstand, to use as an addition in the bathroom. This multipurpose Welland tree stump is the perfect small accent piece for mom indoors or outdoors. Also featured in our curated Japandi favorites list.