cocktail mixing is an art which is expressed in the preparation and presenting of the cocktail

1. How to make a brandy alexnder accross

take two short straws and with a sharpknife, slice one of the straws half way through in the middleand wedge the other uncut straws into the cut straw to create a cross

2. Storing fruit juices

take a 750ml bottle soak it in hot water to remove the label and steriise the alcohol. the glass has excelent appeal and you 'll find it easier to pour the correct measurement with an attached nip pouerer.

3. Sugar fruit juices

fit a cup or bowl ( depending on how much you want to make ) with white sugar,top it up with boiling water until receptacle is just about full and keep stiring until the sugar is fully dissolved.refrigerate when not in use.putting a teaspoon of sugar into a cocktail is being lazy,it does not do the job properly as the sugar disolves.

4. juice tip

never leave juices,coconut cream or other ingredients in cans pour them into the clean bottles,.cap and refrigate them,.more recipes use with berri fruit juice and orange juice

5. Ice

ice is probably the most important part of cocktail.it is used in nearly all cocktail.consequently ice must be clean and fresh all the times.the small squared cube and flat chips of ice are superior for chilling and mixing cocktail.ice cubes with holes are inefecient.wet ice ice craps,and broken ice should only be used in blenders.

6. Crushed ice


tke required amount of ice and fold into aclean linen cloth,although uncivilised,the most effective methode is to smash it againts.the bar floor shaterring with a bottlemay break the bottle.certain retailers sell portable ice crushes,alternative blender may be used half fill with ice then pour water into blender until it reaches the level of the ice blends for about 30 seconds.strains out the water and you have perfectly crushed ice always try and use a metal scoop to collect the ice from the ice tray.
never pick up the ice with your hands,this is unhygienes,shovelling the glass into the ice tray to gather ice can also cause brekeges and hence should be avoided where possible.
it's important that the ice tray is cleaned each day.as ice is colourless and odourless,many people assume wrongly it's always clean.taking a cloate soak in hot water,wipe the inside of the bucket warm.the blender used for all of our bar equipments are moulinex blender with glass bowls,.i have found this blenders to be of exceptional quality.