NIO CocktailsDinner and Drinks at Home Box, 5 x 10 cl Pre-Mixed, Ready-to-Serve Drinks (Margarita, Gin Sour, Tommy's Margarita, Cosmopolitan, Vodka Sour), Gift Pack, 50 cl

This pack contains a selection of 5 cocktails in a handy small box, suitable for taking to a party or for a little trip away.All you need is suitably stylish glasses and a load of ice and you're good to go (although a little garnish wouldn't go amiss).Each sachet has 100ml of cocktail in it, which with a generous amount of ice goes a long way to making a full cocktail.You get a selection comprising: negroni, cosmopolitan, daiquiri, espresso martini (my favourite) and margarita.The box states only premium ingredients are used and the taste is very good and would seem to reflect that (of the four we've tried so far they've all been excellent).This is a really nice way to try out different cocktails a bit cheaper than trying one out in a cocktail bar and a really nice idea to take to a party with you. So I think it works really well.It's a little on the expensive side at more than £5 per cocktail at the moment but that's gonna be at least half the price of buying it out, so a good way to see if you can find a new favourite.Congratulations NIO on a fabulous idea that is very well executed - product, packaging and concept all brilliant. I could hope for a better price but it's still 5 stars from me.

This item consists of 5 different cocktails unusually packaged in 5 polythene lined boxes. In order to access the cocktails it is necessary to vigorously shake an individual box, then tear off a marked corner and then pour the contents into a glass, carefully massaging out all the liquid.Unusual but it works, more or less.I do not generally drink cocktails but ordered this as a sampler, to see what, if any, I liked.5 different flavours, all with, as far as I can tell, the same base liquid, the same texture and mouthfeel in all, apart from when it was overwhelmed by the 'flavouring'.I quite liked the margarita and the Daiquiri - the same basic drink tho.I didn't find the cosmopolitan to be nice, just an overwhelming cacophony of different flavours consumed all together with a slightly grainy texture.I also didn't like the Espresso Martini, but that's not surprising as whilst I like coffee I do not generally like coffee flavoured things - also with a grainy feel, on top of the ever present basic base liquid.I actively detested the Negroni - the same base liquid but with something like a mixture of iron bru and raw cola syrup added, with an additional bitter flavouring added.So...I didn't object to 2 out of the 5 and would not drink the others again, even if free making this a rather expensive way of obtaining cocktails, if it hadn't been supplied free to me on the vine program.Unless you know that you, or someone you know, like all 5 of these cocktails then I would give thought as to whether it is a good way of buying them, as a mixed 5 pack.I have only deducted one star as the basic methodology works fairly well, and my views on the cocktails are entirely subjective, other people may well like them more.

There are two types of cocktails in my opinion. The first are served in highball glasses, are full of fruit juice and have imaginative names that evoke holiday memories. The second come in cone shaped glasses, have names like "Vogue" and "Boston" and remind me of sitting in an expensive lounge listening to muted jazz music. These all seem to have an ingredients list that has the word "bitters" appearing a lot.This box contained a Negroni, a Cosmopolitan, a Daiquiri, an Espresso Martini and a Tommy's Margarita. All are firmly in my latter category and vermouth seemed to appear a lot, which I'm not too keen on. There was only one of these I would say I managed to enjoy drinking and even that tasted like it came out of a plastic pouch.The drinks were small, the quality had suffered a bit from being served out of something resembling a pot noodle sauce sachet and I don't think they live up to the price. Unfortunately I can't recommend them.

These 100ml NIO pre-mixed cocktails each come in a box and the pack of five of them comes in a retail-ready display pack. Each box has 100mls of ready-mixed cocktail in it and all you need to do is tear off the corner and pour it into a glass - usually pouring it over ice as you can see in the photographs.The plastic sachet inside has a cut in the edge of the corner and a score mark where it needs to tear although I found that some of them needed to be cut with a pair of scissors in order to open properly.These will allow you to test-taste a number of cocktails without having to purchase the ingredients separately and if you find that you don't like one, you haven't then got a large bottle of one of the ingredients sitting in a cupboard, gathering dust.

I wasn't sure what to expect with the NIO Cocktails – Aperitif at Home Box – but the idea seemed a good way to sample cocktails without having to buy a whole load of ingredients. All you need to add is ice and a slice of whatever takes your fancy.This box contains five 5 x 100 ml pre-mixed, ready-to-serve cocktails: Negroni, Cosmopolitan, Daiquiri, Espresso Martini, and Tommy's Margarita.I started with my recent favourite: Negroni. Wow it was perfect. Couldn't fault it. It felt very special to be drinking such a stylish cocktail at home. These drinks are authentic and work out at £6.80 each – much cheaper than in a bar and a perfect way to sample a cocktail without spending a lot of money on different spirits.The NIO Cocktails box makes a perfect gift.