A HANDBOOK ON TEA MIXOLOGY
drink making techniques Drink making simply means the techniques you need to make drinks, everything from simple soft drinks to complex cocktails. Just like with cooking, mastery of technique is extremely important. Different techniques impart different flavors to the drinks - a shaken whiskey sour tastes very different to a stirred one, even though otherwise the recipes may be identical. This is because different techniques may mix or dilute the drink more or less, and some ingredients (like juices) literally look and taste differently when shaken or blended than when stirred or layered.
THE SIX GOLDEN RULES OF DRINKMAKING: 1. Freshly squeezed lemon and lime juices. 2. Decent, correct brands of liquor, liqueur, juice and soda. 3. Correct glassware. 4. Large, cold, hard, dry ice cubes –and lots of them! 5. Consistent, correct recipes and correct technique. 6. Attractive, fresh, simple garnishes.
DRINKMAKING JARGON Straight-up Drinks chilled with ice by shaking or stirring and then served without ice (eg: Margarita straight up).
Neat Drinks served without ice, at room temperature or chilled, but without being diluted by chilling with ice (eg: Scotch neat).
On the rocks Served over ice (eg: Vodka Martini on the rocks). Double Double the amount of liquor (eg: Double Rum and coke). Back With an accompanying glass of water or soda (eg: Bourbon neat, Coke back).
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