Basic Bar Tools And Equipment For Beginner
In order to make the tasty and beautiful cocktails, mojito, and mocktail, we not only need the most suitable ingredients but also have to use the specialized tools. Thus, if you are a beginner, let’s first learn about basic bar tools and equipment with All Asia Recipes!
Cocktail Shakers
A shaker is a tool used to shake and mix the wine and other ingredients that make different kinds of drinks. It is essential for a beginner to implement the job of a bartender.
There are several kinds of shakers but two common types are Boston shaker and standard shaker.
Boston shaker has two sides, an inox jug, and a pint glass. Thus, this shaker is also called by another name – a mixing glass. A standard mixing glass should have a capacity of 500ml and the water level line on the glass. Therefore, if choosing shakers, you should note these points.
The second type is the standard shaker consisting of 3 inox components. The metal jug has a capacity of 240ml – 720ml, a built-in strainer, and a cap. A standard shaker has 3 different sizes: < 0.5l size, 0.5l – 1l size, and 1l – 1.5l size.
Mixing Spoons
This tool is also called a bar spoon that is very essential in cocktail preparing. It is a metal spoon with a long and spiral handle, great for stirring drinks in a high glass. The left handle is used to create layered cocktails, add fruits for decoration. A bar spoon is made of various materials such as inox, hard plastic or stainless steel.
Normally, bartender uses the stainless steel mixing spoons to make cocktails and the colorful patterned plastic spoons to decorate.
Jiggers
That is a handy measurement tool – jigger. It helps to make sure that precision is absolute when making a good cocktail and create a perfect cocktail. It is an indispensable tool for anyone who begins cocktail making. A jigger has many different sizes such as the cone shape, tall and small jiggers.
Strainers
There are two common types of strainers: Julep Strainer and Hawthorne Strainer.
Julep strainer is a large spoon-shaped strainer with many small holes inside. Julep strainer is used to filter fruit nuts when squeezing fruit juice into the cocktail such as lemon, orange … or remove ices. This strainer is fit to Boston Shaker so it is easy to filter when using Boston shaker.
Hawthorne strainer is also a spoon-shaped metal strainer with small holes inside. It has a special spring that ensures that all fruits and herbs are removed out of the cocktail before mixing with other ingredients.
Bottle Openers
The opener consists of 3 parts: the knife head used to cut a layer of foil wrapped outside the wine cap; the spring used to pierce the cork and create a grip, and the lever part is to create a force to push the cork.
Glasses
There are many kinds of glasses to contain the cocktail, mocktail hay mojito after preparation. Choosing the glasses is up to each different types of drinks. Thus, you should learn about the relationship between the glasses and drinks carefully.
