Ok, so I think I’ve created the drink of the year, perhaps my best cocktail yet.

Now, after hearing about my red wine spritzer or bogan margatrita, you might be wondering just how I could come up with anything better, but I have.

And it’s all thanks to one secret ingredient: Hydrolyte.

I’ve been right into the stuff lately. I only tried it for the first time a few months ago, after I had a rough digestive situation and it changed my life. It’s now my drink of choice for when water or cold milk won’t cut it. I like the idea that I’m replenishing my shrivelled, deprived organs with some magic, pastel purple powder. But I also really like the taste.

The other day I was feeling a bit rough but wanted to have an afternoon drink with guests, so I put my newfound appreciation for electrolyte-replacement powder into use and created the perfect I-have-to-work-tomorrow-but-I-want-a-bit-of-a-buzz afternoon cocktail.

Sure, there were some at the table who had their doubts, the screwed up their noses and thought I was insane. But they came around.

Here’s what you do:

Step 1: Tip a sachet of purple Hydrolyate powder into a fancy whiskey glass (the fancy glass adds a bit of glamour and authority)

Step 2: Fill the glass up by a third with cold water

Step 3: Add a dash of good, fancy gin that you panic bought when you last went through duty free

Step 4: Fill the rest of the glass with ice

Step 5: Swirl it

Step 6: Grab two mint leaves from your garden (because you’re a fancy person who has fancy glasses, fancy gin and can keep things alive), tear them and chuck them in the glass

Step 7: Ignore the haters and enjoy your hydrating cocktail. Toast yourself. You’re a mature woman. You do what you want. You control your own destiny.

Step 8: Live life the way you’ve always wanted.