FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention generally relates to a ready-to-mix cocktail, more particularly pre-packaged alcoholic cocktail concentrate for preparing a cocktail and a method of preparing the ready-to-mix cocktail from the packaged concentrate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is very common to prepare cocktail to the taste of the consumer at the instant and at the point of consumption. However it is labour-oriented, time and resource consuming, cumbersome and space-occupying at the place of consumption. The recipes are bartender dependent and thereby the consumer has consistency and taste varies from place to place. Furthermore since in a cocktail, there involves a combination of fruit pulps, extracts, etc in addition to alcohols, there is an element of skill and judgement which cannot be optimized at the point of preparing the cocktail. Therefore there is a need to have certain standardized cocktail preparations made available to consumers, and more preferably a prepackaged in concentrate form.

Most of the prior art only disclosing pre-packaged blended alcoholic cocktail beverages that do not demand mixing and may be consumed directly from the container. The prepackaged cocktail beverages of prior art are generally ready-to- drink and contained in the same volume as is consumable. And most of the prepackaged cocktail beverages are high on fruit content and low on alcoholic drink, thereby typically serve more as a fruit-based cocktail and less as a alcoholic-based cocktail. Due to high content of fruit, in prior art, there is an essential need to use preservative for storage of the prepackaged cocktail beverages. When preservatives are not used, then there is a need to store the cocktails in cold or/and frozen conditions.

US 2005/0142253 discloses a frozen beverage and method of manufacturing a frozen beverage. These cocktails are referred as frozen cocktails or slashes which are consumed directly whereby the content melts slowly in the mouth and is crushed with teeth during consumption.

US 2011/117255 discloses a method of making an alcoholic beverage but is basically again a fruit drink, as there is an attempt to 'mask' the alcoholic flavor of the preparation.

US 2006/0121173 discloses a ready-to-drink pre-made alcohol containing Margarita cocktail mix, which is directly consumed by the consumer.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The first object of the invention is to provide an alcoholic based cocktail concentrate made available off the shelf.

The another object of the invention is to provide an improved method of making a concentrate.

The another object of the invention is to provide a method of expanding the concentrate cocktail into a consumable volume palatable by the consumer.

The another object of the invention is to use ice and/or soda to expand the concentrate not only as a taste enhancer, but dominantly as an expanding agent.

The other object of the invention is to make the cocktail concentrate shelf stable at ambient conditions.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a prepackaged cocktail concentrate and a recipe to prepare cocktail from the pre-packaged cocktail concentrate. The prepackaged cocktail comprises of a fruit pulp, fruit flavoring, fruit peel extract, fruit juice, fruit concentrate, fruit puree, sugar syrup, coloring agent and essentially at least 37.5% alcohol. The high content of alcohol enables itself to act as a preservative agent thereby not needing any other additional preservative for preserving the pre-packaged cocktail concentrate. Various category of cocktail recipes can be prepared based on the various category of prepackaged cocktail concentrate, some of them are given below such as Martinis category, Long drink category and Cream based category. The examples are not limiting the invention but only put forth the novelty exhibited in the product and in the process. There is no attempt to mask the 'alcoholic' flavor in the cocktail in the invention.

The pre-packaged cocktail recipe concentrate allows the consumers/users to prepare the cocktail with addition of an expander which is merely ice, soda or combination thereof to expand the concentrate into the drinkable cocktail at the instant of consumption. The cocktail preparations which are otherwise time consuming and cumbersome, can now be prepared instantly by the consumer from the cocktail concentrate.

The cocktail concentrates are generally separated into three broad categories for sake of describing the features of this invention.

1) Martinis
2) Long drinks
3) Cream based cocktails

The following embodiments disclose the some of the category of cocktails recipes.

One of the preferred embodiment of the invention discloses a Martinis category cocktail recipe for cosmopolitan prepared with a mixture of Cranberry fruit pulp, Lemon juice concentrate, orange peel extract, sugar syrup, de-mineralised water, citric acid and Coloring matter E122. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol to form the concentrate. The above concentrate may be packed in a suitable package. For preparing cosmopolitan of martin category cocktail recipe, the user has to use the above cocktail concentrate. The user needs 8 ice cubes or 2 scoops of crushed ice, a cocktail shaker and 60ml of the above prepared cocktail concentrate. The cocktail concentrate is poured on the ice held in the shaker. Then allowing the concentrate to blend with ice by keeping the shaker still for 90 seconds then shaking the shaker for 30 seconds. The above prepared cocktail to a volume of 150ml may be served in a martini glass.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention discloses a Martinis category cocktail recipe for blue berry martini prepared with mixure of blue berry fruit pulp, orange peel extract, lemon juice, concentrate, sugar syrup, demineralised water, citric acid and coloring matter E133. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol to form the concentrate. The above concentrate may be packed in a suitable package. For preparing blue berry martini category cocktail recipe, the user has to use the above cocktail concentrate. The user needs 8 ice cubes or 2 scoops of crushed ice, a cocktail shaker and 60ml of the above prepared cocktail concentrate. The cocktail concentrate is poured on the ice held in the shaker. Then allowing the concentrate to blend with ice by keeping the shaker still for 90 seconds and then shaking the shaker for 30 seconds. The above prepared cocktail to a volume of 150ml may be served in a martini glass.

The another preferred embodiment of the invention discloses a long drink category cocktail recipe for blue lagoon martini prepared with mixture of blue curacao flavoring, lemon juice concentrate, sugar syrup, demineralised water, citric acid and coloring matter E131. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol to form the concentrate. It is then packaged. For preparing blue lagoon (240ml) of Long drink category, a collins glass has to filled with ice cubes then the above pre-packaged 60ml of cocktail concentrate is added and stirred. Soda may also be added prior to consumption. The volume of the prepared cocktail is 240ml.

The another preferred embodiment of the invention discloses a long category cocktail recipe for Bloody Mary prepared with a mixture of tomato juice puree, celery juice puree, lemon juice concentrate, chilly oleoresin, black pepper oleoresin, salt , sugar syrup and demineralised water. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol to form the concentrate. It is then packaged. For preparing Bloody Mary type of long category cocktail a cocktail shaker has to filled with 6 cubes of ice then above prepared 60ml of cocktail concentrate is added and gently stirred continuously for one minute. It is then served with a salt rimmed Goblet. The volume of prepared cocktail is 220ml.

The another preferred embodiment of the invention discloses long drink category cocktail recipe for Mojito prepared with a mixure of mint extract, cloudy lemon juice concentrate, peely lime flavoring, sugar syrup, demineralised water and citric acid. The mixture is added
with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol to form the concentrate. It is then packaged. For preparing Mojito of Long drink category cock tail recipe, a Collins glass has to filled with ice cubes then the above pre-packaged 60ml of cocktail concentrate is added and stirred with stirrer.

Soda may also be added prior to consumption. The volume of prepared cocktail is 240ml.
The another embodiment of the invention discloses a Cream based category cocktail recipe preparation for Pina Colada prepared with a mixture of pineapple juice concentrate, coconut flavoring, pineapple flavoring, sugar syrup, and demineralised water. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol. The above concentrate is packaged. For preparing the Pina Colada of cream cocktail recipe, an electric blender has to be filled with 5 ice cubes, one large scoop of Vanilla ice cream and 60ml of above prepared pino colada cocktail concentrate. Then it mixed together for 45 Seconds. Finally, it may be served in a hurricane glass or suitable container. The volume of the prepared cocktail is 240ml.

Yet another embodiment of the invention discloses a Cream based category cocktail recipe of Strawberry Creme prepared with a mixture of strawberry pulp, coconut flavoring, strawberry flavoring, sugar syrup and demineralised water. The mixture is added with a 37.5% of ethyl alcohol. The above concentrate is packaged for preparing the Strawberry Creme type cocktail recipe, an electric blender has to filled with 5 ice cubes, one large scoop of Vanilla ice cream and 60ml of above prepared pino colada cocktail concentrate. Then it mixed together for 45 Seconds. Finally, it may be served in a hurricane glass or suitable container. The volume of the prepared cocktail is 240ml.

The following table discloses about various category of cocktails and ingredients used for preparation of concentrated cocktails.

The following table discloses the process of making cocktails from prepackaged concentrated cocktail:

It is to be noted that inspite of non-use of preservative specifically in the design of the alcoholic concentrate, the concentrate exhibits stability and which would allow the concentrate to be characterized as preservative-free cocktail concentrate.

Although the invention has been described above with reference to the disclosed embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the specific experiments detailed are only illustrative of the invention. It should be understood that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is limited only by the following claims.

WE CLAIM:

1. A recipe for a cocktail concentrate comprising :-

a. an alcohol, and

b. a concentrated preparation with ingredients such as fruit pulp, fruit flavoring, fruit peel extract, fruit juice, fruit juice concentrate, fruit puree, sugar and/or sweetener or a combination thereof alongwith flavoring agents characterized in that the alcohol concentration is atleast 37.5% by volume.

2. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 includes sugar syrup in combination with demineralised water, ethyl alcohol and colouring agents.

3. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 may include citric acid.

4. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 may include colouring agent.

5. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 is a ready-to-mix concentrated cocktail which with addition of an expansion agent such as ice, soda or combination thereof expands to form a volume of the cocktail drink.

6. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 is a ready-to-mix concentrated cocktail for use with an expansion agent, wherein a 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of the cocktail.

7. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a cosmopolitan martini cocktail concentrate, wherein the ingredients are Cranberry fruit pulp, orange peel extract and lemon juice concentrate.

8. The recipe as claimed in claim 7 includes citric acid and colouring agent.

9. The recipe as claimed in claim 7 has ice as expansion agent.

10. The recipe as claimed in claim 7 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 150ml of cocktail.

11. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Blue Berry martini cocktail concentrate,

wherein the ingredients are blue berry fruit pulp, orange peel extract and lemon juice concentrate.

12. The recipe as claimed in claim 11 includes citric acid and colouring agent.

13. The recipe as claimed in claim 11 has ice as expansion agent.

14. The recipe as claimed in claim 11 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 150ml of cocktail.

15. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Blue Lagoon long drink cocktail concentrate,

wherein the ingredients are blue curacao flavouring and lemon juice concentrate.

16. The recipe as claimed in claim 15 includes citric acid and colouring agent.

17. The recipe as claimed in claim 15 has ice and soda as expansion agent.

18. The recipe as claimed in claim 15 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 240ml of cocktail.

19. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Bloody Mary long drink cocktail concentrate,

wherein the ingredients are tomato juice puree, celery juice puree, lemon juice concentrate, chilly oleoresin, black pepper oleoresin and salt.

20. The recipe as claimed in claim 19 has ice as expansion agent.

21. The recipe as claimed in claim 19 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 220ml of cocktail.

22. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Mojito long drink cocktail concentrate, wherein the ingredients are mint extract, cloudy lemon juice concentrate and peely lime flavouring.

23. The recipe as claimed in claim 22 includes citric acid.

24. The recipe as claimed in claim 22 has ice and soda as expansion agent.

25. The recipe as claimed in claim 22 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 240ml of cocktail.

26. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Pina Colada, a cream based cocktail concentrate, wherein the ingredients are pineapple juice concentrate, coconut flavouring and pineapple flavouring.

27. The recipe as claimed in claim 26 has ice alongwith vanilla ice cream as expansion agent.

28. The recipe as claimed in claim 26 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 240ml of cocktail.

29. The recipe as claimed in claim 1 for a Strawberry Creme, a cream based cocktail concentrate, wherein the ingredients are strawberry pulp, coconut flavouring and strawberry flavoring.

30. The recipe as claimed in claim 29 has ice alongwith vanilla ice cream as expansion agent.

31. The recipe as claimed in claim 29 wherein the 60ml of concentrated mix expands on addition of expansion agent to form a final volume of 240ml of cocktail.

32. A method of preparing cocktail from a prepared cocktail concentrate comprising the steps of:

a. expanding prepared cocktail concentrate containing fruit extracts and alcohol with expanding agents, wherein the expanding agents are ice, soda or combination thereof, and

b. straining to produce fruit based alcoholic cocktail drink.

33. The method as claimed in claim 32 for martinis such as cosmopolitan martini and Blue Berry martini, wherein the step of expanding includes pouring a prepared cocktail concentrate into an agitator containing ice, allowing the mix to stand for a duration, agitating the mix and thereafter straining to produce martini cocktail.

34. The method as claimed in claim 32 for long drink cocktail such as blue lagoon and Mojito, wherein the step of expanding includes pouring a prepared cocktail concentrate into an cocktail shaker containing ice, stirring the mix, and topping the mix with soda, and thereafter straining to produce the long drinks cocktail which may be garnished with a slice of lime.

35. The method as claimed in claim 32 for long drink cocktail such as Bloody Mary, wherein the step of expanding includes pouring a prepared cocktail concentrate into cocktail shaker or a stirrer containing ice, stirring the mix and thereafter straining to produce the long drink, cocktail which may be garnished with a lime or a mint.

36. The method as claimed in claim 32 for cream based cocktail such as Pina Colada or Strawberry Creme, wherein the step of expanding includes pouring a prepared cocktail concentrate into an electric blender containing ice and icecream and blending the mix electronically to produce the cream based cocktail, which may be garnished with a fruit slice.