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If you’re anything like me, seeing those TikToks where people make the most hellishly complicated cocktails for after-work drinks is a big scoll-past NOPE. Too much effort, too expensive – who do they think we are, mixologists?

That’s why South Africans have been gobbling up content from local TikTok-er Lexi AKA @lexipotie21 because of how refreshingly easy, local and cheap her beautiful cocktails are.

Lexi’s got that down-to-earth local vibe that signals to other regular Saffas that she’s got our back in terms of sundowners. No fuss, no excessive garnish, just YUM.

One particular video that’s drawn a whole lot of gees shows Lexi letting us in on a secret that I personally have never turned my back on.

It’s a two-ingredient drink that, in the words of Lexi, will make you say “Oooo, Jinne!”

The key tastemaker here is Fitch & Leedes ‘Island Fish Bowl’ , a high-end local drink mixer tasting of fruity coconut, paired with a vodka of your choice. Deceptively simple yet delicious!

If you’re feeling bleak with Cape Town’s ‘second winter’ that’s happening right now, Lexi assures viewers that the easy-peasy cocktail tastes like ‘SUMMER’, so you can get your ‘Dezemba’ vibes going despite the cold.

@lexipotie21 Unmatched 10/10 #fitchandleedes #fyp ♬ GOOD VIBES – Ellen Once Again

This drink is so tasty, that it’ll even fool your Constantia friends who are spending over R100 on a kombucha cocktail.

Another super cool part of this genius two-piece is that it’s completely customisable – it’s all about the combo of a Fitch & Leedes mixer and vodka. While Lexi swears on the ‘Island Fish Bowl’ flavour for the proper summer feeling, many viewers have since proven that you can pretty much use any Fitch & Leedes flavour, they’re that good.

One person commented on the TikTok clip that, “I couldn’t find the coconut one but I tried one of the others and it was actually pretty good,” while another netizen in the comment section has sworn on Fitch & Leedes ‘Blushing Mimosa’ mixer as the GOAT of after-work drinks.

While many TikTok-ers spend their days overcomplicating and overpricing drink-mixing, this is a simple and tasty trend we can get behind.

BRB, getting a case of Fitch & Leedes ‘Island Fish Bowl’ mixers to go with my Friday voddy. Anything to help me live in the summer fantasy!

[source:tiktok/@lexipotie21]