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Try making your own
DIY flavoured vodka is simple. First buy a cheap supermarket own-label vodka. (If you want to make several different flavours you can always buy the flat 20-cl bottles.) Then follow these simple steps:

• Lemon or lime is one of the easiest to make. Simply cut the lime up into quarters and push them into the bottle. You can sample a bit of the vodka first – this will, after all, make room for the lime.
• Close the bottle and leave to macerate in the fridge for three to four weeks. The vodka will slowly change colour to yellow green.
• Once the time is up, decant the vodka into another bottle. If you leave the limes in, the flavour tends to become bitter. Use exactly the same technique for raspberries, strawberries, tangerines and oranges

For a totally different taste experience make some chocolate vodka.
• Buy some good quality strong plain chocolate such as Lindt .
• Then either melt the chocolate and add it to the vodka or simply break off a few squares (if you do the latter, after a month or so put the vodka through a sieve).
• While the brown sludgy liquid may not look very appealing, it tastes delicious whether drunk on its own or dribbled over vanilla ice cream.

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