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THIAGO AUGUSTO

SPIRIT COPA BAR, FAIRMONT HOTEL RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL

Though only six years behind the bar, Brazilian bartender Thiago Augusto has worked at some of the top venues in Rio de Janeiro, including Restaurante Casa Momus, the Grand Hyatt Rio, and now the Spirit Copa Bar at the city’s luxurious Fairmont Hotel at Copacabana Beach.

In 2019 and 2020, Thiago won first place in a competition to recognize the “Best Caipirinha” among all hotel bartenders in Rio, and also last year the Spirit Copa Bar was announced as one of the “Best International Hotel Bars” in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Tales of the Cocktail 2020 Spirited Awards.

In addition to creating cocktails and homemade infusions for tourists and locals at his bar, he also hosts cocktail workshops for hotel guests and works on large events in the city (including New Year’s Eve, Carnival, and international fairs and congresses).

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL

In tribute to the famous Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, the first European to reach India by sea, his “7 Mares” cocktail:

7 MARES

30 ml White rum 30 ml Dark rum (spiced) 40 ml Fresh pineapple juice 15 ml Amaro Lucano 30 ml Mate 25 ml Orgeat de Brazilian mix nuts (cashew nut and almonds) 3 dashes Brazilian coffee bitters 10 ml Tahiti lemon juice

Method: Throwing Ice: Crushed Glass: Glass tiki Decoration: Pineapple crown, dehydrated lemon and coffee mixer over the ice