Category: Tools
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5 Minute $5 Cocktail Shaker Instructable
Hello there, Cocktail Peeps. I just published a new Instructable detailing the quick process to make your own 5 Minute $5 Cocktail Shaker from a Mason jar and some spare lids. The process is super simple the end result works fantastically well.
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Cocktail Tools – Oxo Cocktail Strainer
So, we’ve covered a few essential tools so far, but none it would seem is more essential than a good strainer. Arguably, the title could go to the shaker, but since the number of cocktails requiring straining outweighs those requiring shaking my money is on the strainer. So, enough rambling. What exactly do I look…
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Cocktail Tools – Tovolo Perfect Cube Ice Cube Trays
Ice is essential to a good cocktail. In the case of drinks served over ice, good looking ice is also a nice visual touch. As I’ll discuss in detail in a later post I’m on a personal mission to create the perfect cocktail ice at home. One of the requirements of what I deem good…
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Cocktail Tools – Oxo Zester
As you may have gathered from my previous posts I’m a fan of Oxo kitchen tools. So, when I needed a citrus zester/channel knife I naturally turned to Oxo. I picked up the zester you see at the left and I’d very much like to give it a glowing review. But…I can’t. When I first…
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Cocktail Tools – Norpro Stainless-Steel Citrus Juice Press
Well, if you’ve been making drinks along with us for the last couple weeks by now your hands probably ache and you have giant blisters from all the citrus juicing you’ve been doing. Allow me to present a solution. These press style juicers are great for juicing limes, and possibly lemons. I say possibly because…