5 DRINKS THAT ARE NOT PIMM’S TO TOAST TENNIS

1Sipsmith Strawberries & Cream

To celebrate Wimbledon, London distillery Sipsmith have released a Gin Liqueur Gift Set (£16, includes 1 x 90ml bottle of Strawberries & Cream Gin Liqueur, 1 x 5cl bottle of London Dry Gin, Sipsmith).

Originally only available to members of the Sipsmith Sipping Society - a gin membership that offers an exclusive taste of the distillery’s hand crafted gin creations - a limited run of 500 bottles are now available. 2Heston Fruit Cup

Heston Blumenthal’s spin on a summer cup is his Heston from Waitrose Fruit Cup (currently £12 from £21.35 until September 5, 70cl, Waitrose). This marries ‘fruity blackcurrant, fragrant elderflower, citrusy bergamot and a kick of apple spirit’. Infused with eight botanicals, the raspberry liqueurs and elderflower are a great match and it’s not too sweet.

Ingredients: 50ml Fruit Cup, 100ml ginger ale, handful of raspberries, peeled fresh sliced ginger, lime, rosemary for garnish.

Method: Place the raspberries and ginger in a tall glass. Add the Fruit Cup and ginger ale. Stir gently, add lots of ice and a squeeze of lime. Garnish with fresh rosemary and lime zest. 3Lawn Tennis Tonic

The premium tonic trend has filtered into the Sportsworld hospitality bar at Wimbledon, and this year The London Essence Company will be creating this ace serve to win over the crowds.

This recipe uses their alllight mixer, The London Essence Co’s Classic Tonic Water (£1.50, 20cl, Harvey Nichols), which is low sugar but well balanced.

Ingredients: 50ml Gin, 15ml elderflower cordial, London Essence Classic Tonic, 3 lime wedges, sprig of mint for garnish.

Method: Half fill a tall glass with ice and lime wedges. Add the gin and elderflower cordial, stir slowly and top with tonic. Garnish with the mint. 4Wimbledon Green

Summer socials, manicured lawns and ball games... what you need to cap it all off is an enticing green cocktail. Cue Tanqueray London Dry Gin (£25.50, 1 litre, Tesco) mixed with a mean green juice.

Ingredients (serves 5): 250ml Tanqueray Gin, 40ml ginger juice (such as Waitrose Ginger Shot), 12ml salt water, 120ml agave, 80ml lime juice, 80ml lemon juice, 400ml green juice (we recommend Innocent coldpress easy greens from Waitrose)

Method: Pour the Tanqueray, ginger juice, salt water, agave, lime and lemon juice into the sharing vessel. Top with the green juice and slowly stir. Pour into the martini glasses.

How to make salt water: 200g boiling water, 50g Maldon salt. Combine boiling water and Maldon in a heatproof container. Stir until salt has dissolved. Allow to cool and transfer to an eye dropper or dasher bottle. 5Strawberry punch

At first glance, this may look like a lot of effort for one serve - punches are all about sharing after all.

But once you’ve made the strawberry puree, it will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks... so just enough (possibly) to tantalize the taste buds until Wimbledon finals day, or at least the quarters.

Strawberry puree ingredients: 250g strawberries, washed and stalks removed, 50g caster sugar, 100ml water, zest of orange

Strawberry punch ingredients: 35ml Black Moth Truffle Vodka (£42.85, 70cl, Whisky Exchange), 25ml strawberry puree, 10ml fresh lime juice, 80ml ginger ale

Method: To make the strawberry puree, put the washed strawberries and sugar into a small pan with 100ml water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for five minutes until the fruit is soft. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Add the orange zest. Tip the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor, and whizz to a puree, then strain through a sieve, rubbing it through with the back of a ladle or spoon.

To make the drink, half fill a shaker with ice. Add the vodka, lime and strawberry puree. Shake vigorously and strain into a large wine glass filled with ice. Top up with ginger ale. Gently stir and garnish with a strawberry and basil.

Strawberry Punch excerpted from The Flavoured Spirits Enthusiasts’ Manual, priced £17.24, available from Haynes.