SodaStream teams up with the world’s best bartender Ryan – Mr Lyan – Chetiyawardana to create bespoke cocktails line
SodaStream teams up with the world’s best bartender Ryan – Mr Lyan – Chetiyawardana to create bespoke cocktails lineVisitors to London Cocktail Week to experience the launch of Mr Lyan’s carbonated cocktail mixes at Alchemy Lounge
5th – 10th October 2015: Midday – 9.30 pm
Sunday 11th October: Midday – 7.30 pm
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Horner Square, Spitalfields, London
www.mix-sodastream.com
SodaStream MIX, innovated to carbonate all liquids and featuring digital interface, App and Bluetooth connectivity is adding another exclusive feature – recipes by Ryan Chetiyawardana A.K.A. Mr Lyan, recently crowned with the title Best International Bartender of the Year at the Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirit Awards in New Orleans.
Alchemy Lounge, the bar of the future centered on SodaStream MIX, is designed by renowned designer Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO at fuseproject, and will be offering visitors to the London Cocktail Week Village at Old Spitalfields Market bespoke Mr Lyan cocktails.
“Ryan – Mr Lyan – Chetiyawardana’s passion for innovation made him a natural partner for SodaStream. The purity and uniqueness with which he creates cocktails is a perfect combination for us. We are honoured that Mr Lyan’s cocktails will be the first signature recipes created for SodaStream MIX.” – Yaron Kopel, Chief Innovation Officer at SodaStream
“The Mr Lyan team, in collaboration with SodaStream, have been working on some super exciting cocktails – both alcoholic and non – that carry the signature Mr Lyan magic with the extra addition of fine bubbles. Giving a lift to richer flavours and carry delicate notes across the palate through carbonation, the partnership has allowed us to create unique and vibrant combinations.” – Ryan Chetiyawardana, CEO and Founder of Mr Lyan
“We are thrilled that the exciting partnership between SodaStream and Mr Lyan will be showcased for the first time at the London Cocktail Week Village. The festival is about celebrating innovation and forward thinking in the cocktail world, and the collaboration between these two frontrunners in their respective fields truly sums that up.” – Siobhan Payne, Festival Director of London Cocktail Week
Throughout the week SodaStream will serve cocktails created by Mr Lyan and carbonated by SodaStream MIX.
About SodaStream
SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) is the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of home beverage carbonation systems, which enable consumers to easily transform ordinary tap water instantly into sparkling water and flavored sparkling water. Sparkling Water Makers offer a highly differentiated and innovative solution to consumers of bottled and canned carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water. SodaStream products are environmentally friendly, cost effective, promote health and wellness, and are customizable and fun to use. In addition, the products offer convenience by eliminating the need to carry bottles home from the supermarket, to store bottles at home or to regularly dispose of empty bottles. SodaStream products are available at more than 65,000 retail stores in 45 countries around the world, including over 15,000 retail stores in the United States.
Powered by a refillable CO2 carbonator, a SodaStream Sparkling Water Maker allows consumers to easily customize sparkling water and flavored sparkling water in an instant. SodaStream empowers consumers to Make Water Exciting, with a range of over 100 varieties of flavored sparkling water mixes.
For more information please visit
www.mix-sodastream.com www.SodaStream.com
About Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar (born 1967) is a Swiss design entrepreneur who believes that product, digital and brand design are cornerstones of any business. He is the founder of fuseproject, the San Francisco and New York based design and branding firm he established in 1999. In 2011, the Conde Nast Innovation and Design Awards recognized him as Designer of the Year. He is also Chief Creative Officer at Jawbone, where for the last 11 years his products, brand and communications work has helped the company become a leader in wearable and audio consumer electronics. Behar is also the Creative Co-Founder of OUYA, an open sourced gaming platform, and is Co-founder of start-up August, a next generation home entry system. His collaborations with renowned partners including Herman Miller, GE, Puma, PayPal, SodaStream, Samsung, Issey Miyake, Prada and many others have received international acclaim. Béhar’s works are included in the permanent collections of museums worldwide, and he is a frequent speaker on design, sustainability and business topics.
About Mr Lyan
Mr Lyan is crowned with the title of Best International Bartender of the Year at the Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirit Awards in New Orleans. In addition, Mr Lyan’s bar Dandelyan at Mondrian London, scored the award for Best New International Cocktail Bar 2015.
That most studious of bartending gentlemen, Mr Lyan (Ryan Chetiyawardana) opened White Lyan at the end of 2013, where he’s created arguably one of the most inventive cocktail menus in the world. It’s the first cocktail bar globally to use no perishables whatsoever, no fruit and even no ice, meaning the amount of waste is significantly lower than any other bar.
For more information please visit: www.mrlyan.com
About London Cocktail Week
Now in its 6th year, London Cocktail Week is the biggest drinks festival in the UK and has grown to attract record numbers. It was created as a chance to open the doors to some of London’s best venues and showcase the best bartenders and spirits brands to an increasingly large number of willing consumers, by partnering with hundreds of bars across the capital to offer £5 Signature Cocktails to those wearing wristbands. This year, for the first time, the festival is also taking over Old Spitalfields Market to create the London Cocktail Week Village – a maze of bespoke pop-up bars, trucks, vans and even bicycles which will be serving up their specially created cocktails at just £5 for wristband wearers.
The festival comes from the same team behind London Wine Week, now in its third year, and London Beer Week, which launched in February 2015. These all sit under the Drink Up.London umbrella, which is headed up by London Cocktail Week founder Hannah Sharman-Cox.
For more information please visit: www.drinkup.london/
