Basic equipment & glassware
Basic equipment & glassware

Basic equipment & glassware

Explore the essentials, from glassware to cocktail shakers, and get started making cocktails at home...
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Basic cocktail equipment

As with most pastimes, a bewildering array of bartending equipment is available, but watch a bartender at work, and you'll find they use very few pieces
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Cocktail glassware

Cocktails are something of a luxury. You don't just ping a cap and pour – they take a degree of time and skill to mix, so deserve a decent and appropriate
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2-piece versus 3-piece shakers

Shaking not only mixes a cocktail, it also chills, dilutes and aerates it. Along with stirring, shaking is the most common technique used to mix cocktails.
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