Introduction
By looking at the glass, it looked like a refreshing drink. It tasted tangy and refreshing, perfect for a day at the bar with friends or on a hot, summers day in your own balcony. The lemon slice on the rim gave it a final touch. It has a sweet, tart, and mild flavor. A glass of nice cocktail just makes your day or night. Bartending is more complicated than it looks. Bartending is full of techniques and requires a good knowledge of liquors. It is a mixology rather than just a mix drink.
Want to know the basic bartending techniques in English and Chinese? The basic techniques are muddling, building, shaking, blending, mixing, stirring, straining and floating. Want to know how to make a fabulous drink? This book has many drinks that belong in every bartenders book. New York Sour? It sounds fancy and also looks fancy. Floating is the trick. This book also has good party tricks for drinks. DIY Amaretto, DIY Irish Cream, DIY Drambuie or even DIY Worcestershire sauce can be handy if the ingredient cannot be found in store. What about exotic names in mixology in Chinese and English? The history background of liquors also brings us to learn piece of history information from several countries.
This is a phrase book for anyone who is interested in learning bartending in English. All recipes in this book are provided by professional bartenders; even they are not tested by the author.
作者序
光是看著玻璃杯，就知道是一杯清涼的飲品。味道酸酸的卻很爽口，這是一杯在酒吧與朋友一起喝的完美雞尾酒，也是一杯在炎熱夏季在陽台上可以喝的完美雞尾酒。杯子上裝飾的檸檬片更是讓雞尾酒畫龍點睛。這樣一杯喝起來有甜有酸也很溫和的味道。能有一杯很棒的雞尾酒會讓白天或是夜晚感到美好的享受。調酒做起來比看起來還複雜。調酒是需要很多技巧，也需要對酒有很好的了解。所以這是一種調酒學而不只是混合飲料。
想要知道英文和中文的基本調酒技巧嗎？基本技術有搗碎法、注入法、搖盪法、混合法、攪拌法、過濾和漂浮法。想知道如何做很棒的飲料嗎？這本書有屬於每一個調酒師需要知道的很多飲料。紐約酸酒？這聽起來不止很特別，看起來也很花俏。技巧在於漂浮法。這本書也有很好的派對調酒技巧。自己做杏仁香甜酒，自己做愛爾蘭香甜奶酒，自己做蜂蜜香甜酒，甚至自己做英式伍斯特黑醋醬，這些都可能很有用，因為有些材料可能買不到。還有特殊調酒的中英名字？酒的歷史背景也會讓我們學習到有些國家的一段歷史。
這是一本針對調酒主題有興趣讀者的英文學習書。這本書裡的所有配方是由專業調酒師所提供的，儘管是未經作者親身測試。
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