Despite my intentions, I can only visit so many venues. Many of the cocktails listed here were discovered through magazine articles, blog or social media posts. Listed below are the sources which mentioned some of these cocktails, venues and trends.

• Desi Daru stars at Steak and Company - June 26, 2026
• 5 Creative Ways To Turn Fresh June Mangoes Into Cocktails - June 12, 2026
• Hyderabad’s cocktail awakening: Now drink your biryani on the rocks - September 26, 2025
• This limoncello locally produced in India, bursts with gondhoraj lebu - September 10, 2025
• In India, an outlawed spirit is making a comeback - May 3, 2025
• Bandra Born 2.0 Offers A Fresh Twist On Comfort Food With Bold Flavours And Unique Creations - December 14, 2024
• The Cup Overfloweth - October 11, 2023
• Hack Your Simple Syrup - August 1, 2023
• The 6 best cocktails to try at India's best bars - July 29, 2023
• 15 Summer Drinks From South India To Keep You Cool - May 19, 2023
• Mix it up with these cocktail recipes by Indian mixologists! - May 13, 2023
• IPL: Cocktails to Help Stump Your Guests For Your Next Game Night - 30 April, 2023
• The art of honouring plants with cocktails - 27 April, 2023
• Don’t Discard Mint or Basil! Use ‘Em To Make Herb-Infused Cocktails - April 11, 2023
• Milk Punch Is Having A Moment. Here's The No. 1 Key To Getting It Right - March 9, 2023
• Indian licorice (mulethi) is an acquired taste. These restaurants are adding it to food and drinks - February 05, 2023
• 30BestBarsIndia announces its list - January 18, 2023
• The 9 most innovative Indian restaurants of 2022 - 27 December 2022
• Salud: Raising A Toast To The Rising Cocktail Culture In India - December 26, 2022
• Rum Punch: Tracing 4 Centuries Of The Spiced Cocktail - Dec 26, 2022
• Make Hot Toddy Like A Pro: 6 Beginner-Friendly Tips And Tricks - December 25, 2022
• Wizards of drink - December 24, 2022
• Cocktail Recipe: Spice Up Your Christmas With a Spiced Apple Hot Toddy - December 24, 2022
• Cocktail of the week: Manthan’s Spiced Rum Sangam - December 23, 2022
• Cocktail of the week: Dishooms premier Padmini Negroni - December 9, 2022
• Innovative Cocktail Recipes To Try Out This Gin And Tonic Day
• 10 Best Indian Cocktails
• Aromatic smoke-filled bubbles for cocktails and cooking - 25 January, 2022
• Drink this cocktail at Retreat Gastropub - June 30, 2021
• Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra - February 15, 2021
• Sunshine in my drink - Feb 9, 2020
• Reinventing Indian regional cuisine - January 05, 2020
• Cocktail Time: Mahua Cocktails - December 10, 2020
• There's Kokum in my Cocktail - December 31, 2019
• Best Bars Of 2019 - 20 December 2019
• All things familiar - 20 December 2019
• Udupis get an upgrade - 14th December 2019
• Cocktail Science: All About Foams - Nov. 08, 2019
• Cocktails get a turmeric twist in Bengaluru - 23 September 2019
• Desi is the new cool - Aug 17, 2019
• Cocktail of the week: Little Kolkata’s Golap Martini - recipe - 2 Aug 2019
• Mixologists at the bar - AUGUST 01, 2019 16:08 IST
• Meet Rohan Matmary, the winner of cocktail challenge 2019 - AUGUST 01, 2019 16:08 IST
• Desi downers for you - JUL 30 2019, 01:00AM IST
• The monsoon drinks tale - Jul 27, 2019
• Places To Eat In London: Fatt Pundit, Soho
• How turmeric adds the Midas touch to cocktails - Jun 2, 2019
• Mahua liquor, palm toddy, cashew feni: How Indian spirits are giving people a taste of heritage liquor - 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
• Windmills introduces cocktails made with mahua, a liquor from the tribes of central India - 03 May 2019
• Mango mania hits Bengaluru restaurants - 27th April 2019
• India meets France at Epicer - 27 Apr, 2019
• The Good for your heart sour: Whisky cocktails for summer - Apr 23, 2019
• Gymkhana teams up with Penhaligon’s on new cocktails - 23rd April 2019
• Luxe Indian Restaurant Bombay Velvet Opens in Reston - APRIL 16, 2019
• 12 Perfect Festive Cocktails From The Country’s Best Bars And Restaurants - December 29, 2018
• New Indian restaurant Dosa & Chutney has opened in Nottingham - 21 DEC 2018
• Cocktails: Masala Maar Ke - Oct 26, 2018
• Farzi Café Brings Experimental Indian Cuisine To London
• Old favourites with a new twist at Threesixtythree° - 16.09.18
• Food & wine nepal, nov 2017
• High and heady - 4.12.16
• Why This Bengali Chef Says There’s No Such Thing as Indian Food - Sep 26 2016
• London Liquor, Indian Spice: The Cocktails You Need To Try
• 6 refreshing Indian twists to well-known cocktails - Jul 21, 2015 IST
• Bombay Kitsch at a New Bar in Mumbai - Jun 29, 2014 11:00 am IST
• The Drunken Munkey NYC: British Indian Cocktails - Mar 26, 2014
• Bubbles, bubbles. Why bartenders say they’re worth the toil and trouble
• 5 Old Monk mixes: Beyond rum and coke - 12 July, 2011