Cocktails: The Art of the Mix
Learn to mix professional-quality drinks at home by mastering the 'Golden Ratios' that define almost every classic cocktail.
Like Duolingo, but for Cocktails: The Art of the Mix. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 9 levels across 2 sections, about 18 minutes end to end, roughly 4 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Foundation of Flavor and Mastering the Craft. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Cocktails: The Art of the Mix
- The ratio uses equal parts of the sweet and sour components
- Sugar creates a 'heavy' or 'thick' mouthfeel that needs to be broken up
- The base spirit should be double the volume of the individual modifiers
- Citrus provides the sharp acidity required for a crisp finish
- Deviating from 2:1:1 usually results in a drink that is too boozy or too cloying
- Without acid, a cocktail tastes flat and sugary
- Applying the Golden Ratio to balance a new cocktail
- The role of citrus acid in balancing sugar
- Shaking introduces tiny air bubbles that create a frothy texture
- Granulated sugar does not dissolve easily in cold alcohol
- The motion chills the liquid much faster than stirring
- Simple syrup ensures every sip of the drink has the same level of sweetness
- The physical effects of shaking a cocktail
- Small ice chips melt rapidly and over-dilute the drink
- Pulp and seeds from fresh citrus can ruin the texture of a refined drink
- Why simple syrup is preferred over granulated sugar
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A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Beyond just being sweet, what physical sensation does sugar contribute to a cocktail?
Get it right to open this lesson and 8 more in the app.
Where Cocktails: The Art of the Mix takes you
- 1
The Foundation of Flavor
- The Three-Ingredient Sour
- The Spirit-Forward Stir
- 2
Mastering the Craft
- Customizing with Confidence
2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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