Follow Your Flavour Profile: 4 Best Cocktails For The Saucy One
Customising cocktails to suit one’ exact flavour preferences can be an interesting way to bring a personalised touch into mixology. Take the Follow Your Flavour quiz on The Bar and answer simple questions about ingredient preferences. The responses of the quiz will be assessed using specifically curated AI tools as well as the inputs of master distillers to deliver a personalised profile that encapsulates one’s cocktail preferences.
Once these responses are in, it will become easier to craft drinks suited to these traits. In the quiz, one must choose how much one prefers different ingredients like ginger, green tea, caramel popcorn, chillies, cumin and cinnamon from least preferred to most preferred.
For the saucy one, the results inevitably indicate a personality that chooses the complex, woody and nutty notes of cinnamon and cumin. Such a nomad would also lean towards the grassy flavours of green tea and the slightly pungent and spicy flavours of ginger.
Now, all that’s left is to prepare a cocktail complete with these flavours and their tasting notes. Read on to know more about some of the drinks that can be crafted as a customised blend for those embodying a ‘cocktail personality’ complete with spicy, saucy and smoky flavours:
Cumin Pineapple Cocktail
The saucy cocktail personality prefers nutty, umami and earthy flavours of cumin. A cocktail which can bring out these flavours combined with the citrusy and sweet touch of the tropical pineapple is the cumin and pineapple punch. Here’s a simple recipe to prepare this blend:
Ingredients:
30 ml Captain Morgan Dark Rum or any other premium rum of choice
30 ml pineapple juice
15 ml cumin syrup
15 ml lime juice
A dash of lemon bitters
Roasted cumin for garnish
Method:
– Add 30 ml Captain Morgan Dark Rum or any other premium rum of choice, 30 ml pineapple juice, 15 ml cumin syrup and 15 ml lime juice to a cocktail shaker. Shake the drink until all the ingredients are blended uniformly. Add to a serving glass along with a dash of lemon bitters and garnish with roasted cumin for the finishing touch.
Green Tea Gimlet
This rendition of the classic cocktail is an excellent choice for the saucy nomad who prefers the grassy and herbal flavours of green tea. Here’s how to prepare a green tea infused version of the classic gimlet for such a personality:
Ingredients:
30 ml Tanqueray No. 10 Gin or any other premium gin of choice
15 ml freshly brewed green tea
10 ml lime juice
Method:
– Add 30 ml Tanqueray No. 10 Gin or any other premium gin of choice, 15 ml freshly brewed green tea and 10 ml lime juice to a cocktail shaker. Shake well and serve the drink in a rounded glass on a bed of ice.
Cinnamon Old Fashioned
When a cocktail personality prefers a spicy, smoky, and earthy touch to their cocktails, cinnamon inevitably becomes the go-to ingredient. Prepare a classic old fashioned with pronounced cinnamon notes for bringing this ingredient into the personalised cocktail. Here’s a simple recipe to prepare the blend:
Ingredients:
30 ml bourbon or rye whisky
15 ml cinnamon syrup
2 dashes of orange bitters
Cinnamon stick for garnish
Method:
– Stir in 30 ml bourbon or rye whisky, 15 ml cinnamon syrup and 2 dashes of orange bitters until all the ingredients are mixed well. Fill a rocks glass with ice and add the drink to this along with the cinnamon stick garnish.
Classic Kentucky Mule
Another ingredient which is picked out for the saucy, smoky, and sour cocktail personality trait is ginger. It adds a spicy touch to cocktails and can be an interesting addition to drinks for balancing their sweetness and acidity. Here’s a simple recipe to craft a classic kentucky mule featuring ginger:
Ingredients:
30 ml bourbon
15 ml lime juice
30 ml ginger beer
Shaved ginger for garnish
Method:
– In a cocktail glass filled with ice, bring together bourbon and lime juice. Top the drink off with 30 ml ginger beer. Garnish with shaved ginger bits for the finishing touch.
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