Trend 4: Technology
Price has been a deterrent to the use of new technology, but as these are coming down, mixologists are looking for flavour highs through the use of products such as a rotary evaporator (Rotovap). This removes water, concentrating taste and extracting flavours from herb, fruit and alcohol blends without heating the mixture.
Beverage manager at the Gorgeous Group, Blake Walker, notes this could be a breakthrough in service, enabling bar tenders to create within a limited time frame.
“There is a shift away from molecular mixology and creators of menus are looking at machines such as the Rotovap to do the work and redistill products with new flavours – this way, all the work is done in the preparation,” says Walker.
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“A home kitchen can be designed at the back of the bar to make it easier for staff with fewer skills to create cocktails.”
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