Bartending

Today’s topic will be about bartending. Indeed, I got recently

interested in alcohol mixture, I even bought myself a Boston shaker for 70 dollars but dont get me wrong, Im not a big drinker. Like cooking, I believe bartending deserve a bit more attention. Mixing alcohol in order to archieve a sweet and smooth taste is an art and I’m going to share  this pleasure with you guys. This is the story how I got interested into bartending.

I still remember the first day I did my first cocktail. In the first place, I wanted to visit my cousin in a restaurant called Anise in California.  Since she happens to be a bartender, I thought it would be fun to ask her if she could make me a drink. So I asked her for a Mojito …and to my great surprise, she didn’t give me any drink. Just a bottle of rhum, some mint leaves, lime, sugar cane and sparkling water.

« Here… Do your own mojito ».

« What the … ? Are you kidding me ?? hmmm hey why not ? ^^»

And here goes my first cocktail and it tasted not so bad… Then she asked if I knew what a bartender was.

« Well of course, it’s a person who serves alcohol »

« Well not exactly. Bar, a roost. Tender kind . When putting it together, it give Kind Roost »

Then she knocked the bar and said :

« If this was a roost, it would be a board to place the drink on. But because there is a bartender, tender, which is also kindness, is born into the bar. If there is no kindness, it can’t be called a bar »

Of course after our little conversation, I really got impress by her knowledge and I wanted to know more about bartending.

There is two job in the world where you are never allowed to betray your Customer. The first is a doctor or a pharmacist and the other one is a bartender. Indeed, both these jobs offer things that can be either poisonous or medical.

Now i would like to focus on cocktails. Some cocktail doesn’t require ice nor shaker, and is very easy to make. But because it is so simple, it has to be made correctly. The easier the cocktail is, the harder it is to please your customer. One perfect exemple would be the « red eye ». The « red eye » is carbonated and feels like beer. But it has got a sense of sweetness in it and is very soothing. To perform a red eye, all you need is a beer and a tomato. These type of cocktails are called reviver cocktails. Revive as in cheer up or give life to.  However, everyting that is served in a bar is a « reviver cocktail ». When you’re tired of working, as soon as you enter a bar, it already starts to feel better. That might be the reason why bar exist.

If you would like to know more about cocktails, Ill be glad to writte other post about the history and recipes of each cocktail.