Cyprus Brandy Lemon juice Add some drops of angostura bitters
Top up with soda water and ice cubes...and enjoy a pleasant summer cocktail! Cheers!
Margarita
2 parts Tequila 1 part Cointreau 1 part Lime or Lemon Juice
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass with a salt frosted rim.To frost the rim of the glass first moisten its inner and outer edges.
Bamboo
2 parts Dry Sherry 1 part Dry Vermouth 2 dashes Orange Bitters 2 drops Angostura Bitters
Stir well, serve with ice and a green olive. If Orange Bitters are hard to find try using Grand Marnier.
Pastis Cocktails
Although it is consumed throughout France, especially in the summer, pastis is generally associated with southeastern France, especially with the city of Marseille, and with the clichés of the Provençal lifestyle, like pétanque (boules).Aniseed is an acquired taste – you either love it or you hate it. I must admit that my taste is to the latter. I tried a tomate in the Dordogne once when I was a teenager.I was desperate as there was not a cold beer in sight.It looked more like a dessert than a drink, being a pale blancmange pink in colour with the remnants of the grenadine lying blood red in the bottom of the glass. After drinking it I was straight off to the water fountain to try and get rid of the taste!
You may have come across some of the well known cocktails which use pastis and syrups:
Cyprus Brandy
2 parts Tequila
2 parts Dry Sherry
Although it is consumed throughout France, especially in the summer, pastis is generally associated with southeastern 
3/4 ounce gin
1 ounce pastis (Pernod)
2 parts Calvados
1 1/2 oz vodka