Cocktail is a mixed drink, which is made up of two or more kinds of wine or drinks, fruit juice and soda. It has certain nutritional value and appreciation value? .
Cocktail is usually a mixed drink with rum, gin, tequila, vodka, whisky, brandy and other spirits or wines as the base wine, and other auxiliary materials such as fruit juice, egg white, bitter essence, milk, coffee and sugar, which are stirred or shaken. Finally, lemon slices, fruits or mint leaves can be used as decorations.
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Cocktail preparation method
1. Shake method
Shake method: cocktail shaker is used to mix all kinds of materials by shaking the arm. Cocktail shaker usually comes with or comes with an ice filter.
Generally speaking, cocktails made of materials that are not easy to mix with each other (such as juice, cream, raw eggs, syrup, etc.) are prepared by shaking. "Fast" is the key point, so as to avoid the ice melting too much and dilute the wine flavor.
2. Harmony method
Stir, Mixing Glass or Large Glass, mixing bar or spoon, and ice filter are the necessary tools for mixing cocktails.
Generally speaking, cocktails composed of easily mixed materials (such as various spirits and liqueurs) are prepared by blending method. Borneolum or 1/2 cubes of ice are the best ice forms to use the blending method.
3. Exchange method
Build, this method of mixing wine, is to directly pour the main and auxiliary materials of the cocktail to be mixed into the cup. As we all know, long-term drinking Ginn &; Tonic, Harvey Wallbanger, etc., all use summation modulation.
4. Floating method
Float method, that is, the ingredients are directly poured into the glass in turn. Because of the different densities of the ingredients, you can see that the cocktail has the feeling of gradual color change and stratification. In most cases, cocktails prepared by floating method will be equipped with a stirring stick, and customers can freely choose whether to taste them in layers or after mixing them evenly.
5. Stirring method
Blend method, which uses an electric mixer to complete the mixing of various materials, is the characteristic of blending method. Cocktails prepared by mixing method are mostly Long Drinks containing fruit, ice cream and fresh juice, which are called long drinks.
6. Auxiliary methods
Twist:1cm× 5cm twist lemon peel, garnish with wine. Zest: squeeze the fragrant oil from lemon peel into cocktail. Spiral peel: hang the peeled peel into a spiral shape in a cup. Frosting the glass mouth: Wet the glass mouth with lemon slices and gently immerse the glass mouth in refined sugar or fine salt (depending on the formula).
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