Elderflower Vodka Soda recipe (2024)

FAQs

Do vodka and elderflower go together? ›

Vodka is one of the best liquors for elderflower co*cktails because its neutral flavor allows the floral liqueur to shine. The duo is featured in this white cosmo recipe, though you'll want to pick up a citrus vodka and use white cranberry juice with fresh lemon juice.

Garnishing a Vodka Soda with a sprig of fresh herbs gives the co*cktail an aromatic boost. Mint is a natural fit for a lime-garnished Vodka Soda, but other great pairings include rosemary with a grapefruit wedge, or tarragon with a slice of tangerine.

71 Calories per serve.

Dry and refreshing with a pleasant minerality. The proportion of soda water to vodka in this recipe is 2.5 to 1 (a ratio that appears to have the widest appeal) consisting of one 150 ml can of soda water to 60 ml vodka = 210ml plus ice melt total liquid in glass.

Other beverage alcohol products like hard cider and liqueurs are the perfect base for elderflower, as are non-alcoholic drinks like tea, iced tea, seltzers, and blended fruit juices. Tea, in particular, has become the popular go-to healthy beverage during the pandemic.

There are so many bubbles in Schweppes club soda and they just don't quit. In fact, you don't taste this club soda so much as you feel it. And it feels good. This is the best club soda for a neutral co*cktail like a Vodka Soda—a co*cktail that's more about texture and refreshment than flavor.

Simply add a splash of soda water and garnish with lime for a fizzy, light-tasting drink.

Well, drinking something like a vodka soda can essentially be the same as taking a shot if you don't pace yourself. While you don't necessarily have to switch to sugary options, it's something to keep in the mind as a good night winds down, says Deborah Kotz at Boston.com.

Again, because a vodka soda contains little to no added sugar, it is a good choice for weight loss. It's also worth mentioning that flavor enhancers like citrus juice, herbs and fresh fruit contain no added sugar and can help boost the flavor of your drink in a way that aligns with your goals.

Which has more calories vodka tonic or vodka soda? ›

Swap a vodka tonic (175 calories) for a vodka, soda, and lime (106 calories). As with the gin & tonic, it's the soda water that gives the vodka tonic a relatively high calorie count of 175 calories for 280ml. Vodka, soda, and lime has no extra sugar and a low calories count of just 106 calories for the same measure.

Freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice is mandatory. If you don't have any fresh limes or lemons, substitute with grapefruit. If all else fails, skip the citrus and just use high quality vodka and high quality carbonated water, like Fever-Tree Club Soda.

The drink, like many other quick bar-mixed drinks, is pretty simple — an ounce and a half pour of well (or the bar's lowest tier brand of spirit) vodka mixed with 10 ounces of soda water and topped with a wedge of lime or lemon.

Use Lemon Not Lime

Much like using only one or three olives in your Martini (never, ever two), this rule of thumb is based more on superstition and bartender tradition than fact. If you want to use a lime in your Vodka Soda at home, be our guest. But if you're out at a bar, know that you should get a lemon.

Elderflower tends to mix better with light-coloured fruits such as pear, apple and white grapes. Strong berry flavours such as raspberry, blackberry and blackcurrant can overwhelm elderflower liqueurs with only its honeyed sweetness contributing to such drinks, its floral flavours smothered by these dark fruits.

We recommend as Wonderful with tonic, soda or lemonade, excellent in co*cktails, with champagne of simply over ice.