Who says a good cocktail needs a dozen obscure ingredients? Some of the most enduring and popular recipes are actually some of the shortest and easiest to make.
While there are very simple drinks that are just alcohol and a mixer--the Rum & Coke and the Gin & Tonic come to mind--when you add just one more thing, you can often get greater complexity and depth.
Here are five of the best three-ingredient cocktails, whose recipes we suggest you commit to memory.
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Ayla McIntosh
Delicious!
I'm surprised that a simple martini didn't make the list. (Though, I suppose that most everyone already knows about them, when these are more obscure cocktails). Chilled Beefeater, a whisper of vermouth, and an olive. That's the apex of the 3 ingredient cocktail.