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+Gear You Need To Do This
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+A basic shaker - even a long drink cocktail glass and a strong plastic cup will
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+do, but it looks (and feels) better if you get a proper Boston shaker for 15€.
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+Forget the strainer - strainers are for pussies. You can strain most drinks by
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+cracking a thin opening between the tin and the glass and letting the fluid
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+drain through it. The only notable exceptions would be drinks with small chunks
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+of fruit, pips, and spices (like freshly squeezed lemon juice, cloves, etc.).
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+Any old glass-sized sieve that you place over the top of the glass when pouring
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+can get rid of those, and with practice, you will also learn to size the crack
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+between glasses to keep the debris inside the shaker. Using properly sized ice
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+cubes helps to keep them out as well.
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+What you absolutely need instead is a measuring cup, preferably one with two
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+sides: a 30ml and a 15ml one. You won't believe how much easier and quicker
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+making booze is with these.
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+For some cocktails, like mojito, caipirinha, etc., it's welcome to have a
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+muddler, although acceptable results can be achieved with the rear end of a
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+thick mixing spoon. Again, life is much easier (and you get more time to enjoy
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+your creations) if you smash the contents with a muddler.
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+Some dasher bottle tops are also nice to have, they just make you much more
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+precise and will prevent many a spill when you're in a hurry. Do mind that some
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+spirits already have special fittings for that, and for those that don't,
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+bottlenecks generally come in a couple of different widths, so it might make
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+sense to buy a couple of both versions of dasher tops, narrow and wide.
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