One of my favorites all time summer drinks. This melon mint cooler drink may take some time to prepare, but I am sure you will be as happy with the outcome as I always am.

Peel the outer skin off the rockmelon, watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and dice up into fairly small cubes and place into a plastic dish. Mix the seeded passionfruit, mint, simple syrup and cointreau in a small bowl and poor over the diced fruit. Let the liquid marinate over the fruit for at least 1 hr in a cold fridge. After the fruit has been marinating for at least 1 hour, strain the liquid into a plastic jug. Place the marinated fruits into a blender and pulse of around 1 to 2 mins. Then add the strained liquid, white rum and ice cubes. Pulse again for around 2 to 3 mins. The ice should be completely crushed and your drink thick with ice.

1 ounce of boiling water

1 ounce of castor sugar

Boil water and add the sugar, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Cool down in a cold re- fridgerator.

4 ounces of white rum

1 ounce of cointreau

2 ounces rock melon

2 ounces cantaloupe

2 ounces watermelon

1 ounce pineapple

8 sprigs of mint

1 seeded passionfruit

2 ounces of simple syrup

20 ice cubes

Time to make 1hr Serves 4 cocktails