Blackberry Drink

square photo of the berry martini in the glasses with lime as garnish

This blackberry vodka drink recipe is perfect for summertime sipping! It's refreshing, bubbly, and just a little bit sweet. Plus, it's easy to make so you can enjoy one (or two) without spending too much time making them.

Course Cocktail

Cuisine American

Keyword blackberry cosmo, blackberry drink, blackberry martini

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings cocktails

Calories 302kcal

Author Elaine Benoit

Equipment

Ingredients

4 ounces blackberry vodka
2 ounces Cointreau (or another orange liqueur like triple sec)
2 ounces lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 ounces lavender simple syrup (or regular simple syrup)

Garnish

2 lime wheels (I use dehydrated lime wheels)
2 leaves fresh mint

Instructions

Fill the cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Get a measuring glass, and two martini glasses. And gather the garnish.
Add blackberry vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, and lavender syrup.
4 ounces blackberry vodka, 2 ounces Cointreau, 2 ounces lime juice, 2 ounces lavender simple syrup
Cap the shaker and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour, strain, and divide the liquid between the two glasses.
Add one lime wheel to the rim of each glass and float a mint leaf in each cocktail.
2 lime wheels, 2 leaves fresh mint

Notes

Helpful tips

At the time of making this blackberry martini for the blog, I decided NOT to buy fresh, juicy blackberries either to muddle or for garnish. Why? Because the price was close to $9.00 for the tiniest container! Frozen blackberries work fine.

If you are going to muddle some berries, don't use more than 3 berries. You don't want them to overwhelm the flavor. The blackberry vodka is flavorful on its own.

Although I use lavender syrup from HipStirs - (so good), you can use regular simple syrup if you prefer.

I recommend Cointreau, which is a premium orange liqueur, but if it's not in your budget, you can use triple sec.

I chose to use dehydrated lime wheels and fresh mint leaves for garnish, but you could also use fresh blackberries or wedges of lime.

Don't be tempted to substitute the blackberry vodka with blackberry liqueur as the liqueur is too sweet and won't balance the cocktail correctly.

You can use martini glasses as I do, or coupe glasses if you prefer.

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