IDEA

It is simply a white spider cocktail (vodka, mint liquor) made of frozen vodka shot as muthwash and a green mint liquor gel toothpaste.

RECIPE

Mouthwash : 50 ml of frozen Ultimat vodka in a shot. (Beautiful)

Toothpaste : this is a bit more complicated just because of an ingredient that you’ll have to buy on the internet to make this. The ingredient in question is Xanthan gum, a polysaccharide, produced by fermentation of glucose or sucrose, used as a thickener, it is very easy to find and buy on internet.

So I mix 30 ml of the green creme de menthe, dash of mint bitters to give a deeper flavour, 1 shot of simple syrup, 100 ml hot water, 1/4 tsp of Xanthan gum. Stir properly and then boil with a coffee machine steamer, the liquid will gel in seconds, let it rest for few minutes to get a more solid consistency.

Serve on a toothbrush with the vodka mouthwash on the side.

Brush the gel around your mouth and then wash it off with the mouth wash!

Good night everyone, I am sure you will not know what is an hangover tomorrow!

Wake up and smile.

IDEA

The idea is to make a spiked (in a healhy version) drink with something actually good for the body with a pill of Vitamin C, and a cocktail made in a bottle and covered with a newspaper, to resemble the hiding of the bottles when drunk in the street…

INGREDIENTS

50 ml of strawberry puree

30 ml Punt e Mes (red vermouth)

40 ml Gentleman Jack Bourbon

5 ml Absinthe  70%

1 small bottle ginger beer

1 Vitamin C pill

METHOD

Take a small bottle of water, about 300ml, take the label of and washed it properly in and out, once dried, stored in the freezer.

Leave the bottle in the freezer and take it out  only when finished to make the drink.

In a shaker combine:

50 ml of strawberry puree

30 ml Punt e Mes (red vermouth)

40 ml Gentleman Jack Bourbon

Shake strong for a good 10 seconds.

Now take out the bottle of the freezer, pour in 1 cl of green absinthe 70% minimum, coat the inside of the bottle and discard the excess.

Strain the shaken drink through a tea strainer the in the bottle, and top up with 100 ml of fiery ginger beer.

Cover the bottle with the newspaper and an elastic band to keep it steady.

Serve on a little tray with a Vitamin C pill (supermarket quality does the job)

Spike your own drink when you fill like it! The orange taste will complement the drink with his tartness.

Spike and Smile!

Enjoy.

Taste map illustration of    my cocktail menu.

Thomas Colombo mixologist at Bar Sixteen, Derby, UK :
he’d I rather serve a glass of tap water with a smile than the best cocktail in the world with a sad face, but he does serves the best cocktails I ever tried unfolding to your hears only the origins of gin and sending your papillae to an exiting new adventure in taste.
I drew, basing on his cocktail list, a map for taste riders, it will help choosing an area, it won’t prevent getting lost into the flavors!

Laura Veronesi

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