It's summer and that's the season par excellence to get excited about getting started with a cocktail shaker. But why do we actually "shake" a cocktail ? Shaking is the most efficient way to mix ingredients as quickly as possible. Sugar floats on alcohol, citrus juice floats on sugar again, and shaking these ingredients mixes them. But not all cocktails are shaken. If you use primarily spirits (spirits), you only need to "stir," or mix the ingredients together while stirring. Another technique is "tossing" (also called "rolling" or "throwing") a cocktail. This is done when using delicate ingredients whose texture must be preserved.
Shake it baby!
Different types of preparation require different types of shakers:
- We start with the Boston shaker, also called the Two-Piece shaker. This two-piece cocktail shaker consists of a (metal) shaker and a mixing glass: the Boston. This also immediately explains the shaker's name. This type of shaker is large enough to make several (the same) cocktails at once. For the home user of this shaker, practice makes perfect and care must be taken with the glass Boston! The Negroni is a cocktail that you make by stirring it in a Boston shaker; this way the spirits are mixed in the right way.
- When both the shaker and the mixing glass of the Boston shaker are made of metal, the name changes to a Tin Tin shaker. The mixing glass of the Tin Tin shaker is called a "cheater tin. Compared to the Boston shaker, the Tin Tin variant is lighter and therefore easier to use. Another big plus to this type of shaker is that your cocktails are well chilled while shaking. This is thanks to the metal material. The cocktail Bloody Mary is made by throwing the ingredients into a Tin Tin shaker. That is the right way to make this cocktail, with fresh juice as a key ingredient.
- Whereas the Boston shaker and the Tin Tin shaker consist of two parts, there is also a three-part shaker called the Cobbler shaker. In addition to a large and a small part, this type of shaker has a strainer. The Cobbler shaker is great for do-it-yourself home use. Because: easy to obtain and easy to use. The Cobbler shaker provides extra dilution of liquids , making it a perfect shaker for James Bond's world-famous favorite cocktail: a Martini, "shaken not stirred.
- And last but not least: the Parisian shaker. Also called the flagship among cocktail shakers. The Parisian is a mix of the above Boston and Cobbler shakers. In fact, it is shaped like a Cobbler shaker, but without a strainer. This shaker is perfect for the "dry shaking" technique, known for the beautiful white foam layer this technique creates. One of the most ordered cocktails in many a cocktail bar is made with this technique: the Pornstar Martini.
Mocktails; do you taste the difference?
Mocktails, they can no longer be left off the menu in a cocktail bar. A major reason for this is the health trend that has been going on in recent years. We are becoming more aware of what we eat and drink and are adapting our going out and drinking habits accordingly. For example, the average night out starts and ends earlier and non-alcoholic drinks are unprecedentedly popular. But how do you make a tasty cocktail without even a drop of alcohol? It's easier than you think:
Pornstar Martini mocktail recipe
The well-known cocktail with passion fruit, vanilla and vodka. The Pornstar Martini cocktail is perfect for evenings on the patio or to make at home during a cocktail night. But sometimes you just want to drink this delicious cocktail without waking up the next day with a pounding head, right? So quickly discover the recipe for the non-alcoholic version!
Ingredients for 2 mocktails:
- 240 ml passion fruit juice
- 60 ml of sparkling water
- 15 ml vanilla syrup
- 1 passion fruit
Supplies:
- Cocktail Shaker
- 2 martini glasses
- Cocktail Trainer
Roadmap:
- Add the passion fruit juice, sparkling water and vanilla syrup to the cocktail shaker and shake!
- Using the strainer, pour the cocktail into a martini glass.
- Garnish the glass with half a passion fruit.
Still prefer the variant with alcohol? Via @borrelsenbites find your original recipe for making a Pornstar Martini cocktail without protein, but still with that delicious foamy layer.