Food blog The Kitchn shares a refreshing way to transition a Campari cocktail for the summer season by adding citrus fruits and a blended chilled texture. The Frozen Blood Orange Negroni is a adult-appropriate slushy that offers the refreshing taste of orange and blood orange juice complemented with gin and vermouth.
The beverage begins by preparing the fixings for a Negroni in a blender. Staple ingredients such as gin, sweet Campari, vermouth are added along with orange juice and blood orange juice to cut the tart and bitterness of the alcohol. A cup and a half of ice is added as well so that the the texture of the drink is covered into a frozen slushy that stays cool for hours on end without diluting.
What's Driving This Trend
- Blended Cocktails
- Innovation opportunity for bars and restaurants to introduce specialty blended cocktails during the summer season.
- Citrus-infused Cocktails
- Opportunity to experiment with different citrus fruit flavors to create unique cocktails that are appealing to the summer palate.
- Adult Slushies
- A possible trend in the future of beverage industry could be developing a new array of slushy cocktails for an older demographic.
Who This Affects Most
- Food and Beverage
- Restaurants and bars can incorporate blended cocktails as part of seasonal menus to cater to summertime customers.
- Alcohol
- Alcohol companies can incorporate citrus-infused flavors to create unique cocktails and attract consumers looking for refreshing summer drinks.
- Appliances
- Innovative appliance companies can create new types of slushy makers targeted towards adults for the creation of specialty frozen cocktails.
