A perfectly prepared cocktail is essential for warm summer days and evenings, relaxation, socialising and enjoyment.
Cocktails are much more than a simple drink – they express the creativity, passion and skill of the bartenders who create them. Each sip carries stories and feelings, new tastes and emotions.
This passion unites people all around the world with an extra touch during summer. The desire to be refreshed and delighted with new combinations reaches its peak.
From classic to new, innovative recipes, cocktails evoke the season’s atmosphere and make the created moments unforgettable.
Masters Behind the Bar
Mixology is the skill of innovation, preparation and serving cocktails or mixed drinks. A cocktail holds within it the story of who the bartender is, how good he is and how much hard work he puts in. They’re artists who transform simple ingredients into magic drinks using their skilful hands and creative minds.
Flavours, aromas and textures combined give birth to cocktails that delight and leave behind their impressions.
The culture of cocktail drinking holds a special place, and a well-proven recipe, perfect balance of ingredients, and the skilled hands of the bartender guarantee excellent taste.
Be Your Bartender
You can enjoy your favourite combinations at home or dare to try something new, such as luxurious cocktails (check some cocktails recipes with gold leaf).
Aside from properly measuring ingredients, the most important thing to learn about making cocktails is the various mixing techniques and the appropriate time to use them.
Additionally, one should purchase the best wine and spirits for the specific cocktail creations.
Get to Know the Ingredients
It’s normal to find confusing words used in cocktail recipes, especially since some of these terms sound the same. Liqueurs are a good example of this.
A liqueur gives many drinks their distinctive taste, while liquor is a general term that describes distilled alcoholic beverages, including liqueurs.
Therefore, don’t be confused if, for example, you’re making an Italian espresso martini. If the recipe states that you must combine Kahlua liqueur with chilled espresso and amaro (an Italian herbal liqueur), this refers to a specific type of sweetened alcohol.
In addition to liqueurs, there are other basic distilled spirits that you’ll most likely use in your home bar:
- Gin
- Tequila
- Rum
- Whisky
- Vodka
What Else Is Needed?
For home preparation, you’ll only need the basics: spirits, juices, ice, a shaker, straws and interesting cocktail glasses.
Mixing cocktails, in addition to taste, appearance, beautiful colours, alcohol and socialising, offers a special passion that many become a hobby.
What’s important about cocktails is that every bartender has, so to speak, their recipe, and it is rarely known for certain where a particular cocktail originated and what the original recipe was. As with everything else, everyone claims to be right.
Therefore, your cocktails don’t have to be strictly made according to a specific recipe—make them as you like, stronger, weaker or more colourful. Garnish them as you wish, or even enjoy them from a mug.
