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Citrus Mint Cocktails

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5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Servings 6 drinks

Ingredients
  

  • 8 medium oranges makes around 4 1/2 cups of juice
  • 1 1/2 medium lemons
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
  • 4 cups water
  • 9 oz vodka 6 standard shot's worth
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add in the sugar, and stir often until it dissolves. Remove from heat, and allow the sugar water to cool.
  • Meanwhile, peel the oranges with either bare hands or by slicing the skins off. Halve each orange.
  • Juice the oranges.
  • Peel 1 of the lemons. Cut it in half and run it through the juicer.
  • Place the citrus juice in a medium pitcher.
  • Quarter the remaining 1/2 lemon. Place in a cocktail mixing glass. Add in the mint leaves. Muddle the lemon and mint until the lemon is mostly juiced. Remove the lemon rinds, and pour the lemon juice/mint mixture into the pitcher.
  • Add the vodka and sugar water to the pitcher, and stir well to combine.
  • Serve the citrus cocktails chilled over the rocks.
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