Berries

The balance between sweet and sour is very individual. That's why berries, which can be sweet -- like blueberries and strawberries -- or bitter as anything -- like cranberries -- make such great drink ingredients. Vodka Cranberry is a refreshing drink, but try a Cranberry Kurrant. The recipe highlights one of the newer trends -- muddling fruit in the bottom of the glass before adding the other ingredients. Try it with Kiwi, blueberry, even watermelon. You get all the fruit aromas, sourness and sweetness, while avoiding the little floating bits of fruit or rind that can be so annoying.