In your shaker add the vodka, lime juice, rum, and pineapple juice. Add ice and shake well. Double strain in your glass over ice. Decorate the rim with your lime wheel.
Watermelon breeze
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Berri Acai Vodka
7-8 watermelon cubes
25 ml lime juice
5- 6 min leaves
Ice: cubes & big rock for serving
Garnish: extra watermelon cubes
Tools
Shaker
Tea strainer
Cocktail strainer
Rocks glass
The how to
In your shaker add the lime juice, vodka, watermelon cubes, mint leaves and ice. Shake well. Double strain the mix over your rock in your glass. Add the extra watermelon cubes on top of the ice.
Purple power
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Berri Acai Vodka
Half of a purple dragon fruit
4 ginger slices
50 ml cranberry juice
25 ml lime juice
Ice
Garnish: white dragon fruit wheel
Tools
Shaker
Tea strainer
Cocktail strainer
Muddler
Collins glass
The how to
In your shaker add the lime juice, vodka, purple dragon fruit cubes and ginger slices. Press them with your muddler. Add the cranberry juice, ice and shake well. Double strain it in your glass over ice and garnish the white dragon fruit wheel on the rim of the glass.
In your shaker add vodka, kiwi cubes, lime juice, simple syrup and ice. Shake well. Double strain it in your glass over the big ice cube. Garnish by placing the dry grapefruit wheel on top of the ice cube in the middle of the glass.
Grapefruit fizz
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Grapefruit Vodka
1 egg white
15 ml grapefruit syrup
15 ml blood orange syrup
10 ml lime juice
Tonic
Ice
No garnish
Tools
Shaker
Cocktail strainer
Tea strainer
Collins glass
The how to
In your shaker add the vodka, egg white, grapefruit syrup, blood orange syrup and lime juice. Shake well with no ice.
Add ice and shake again. Double strain it in your glass with no ice. Top the glass with tonic. Pour it in through the middle.
Wanna be tonic
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Grapefruit Vodka
25 ml cucumber syrup
25 ml lime juice
5 cucumber slices
Tonic
Ice
Garnish: mint leaves & lime wheels
Tools
Bar spoon
Balloon glass
The how to
In your glass add ice to the to, add the vodka cucumber slices, cucumber syrup, lime juice and stir well. Add the tonic and stir again. Garnish with the mint and lime as you see fit.
In your glass add the bitters, vodka, lime juice, stir and top the glass with your water. Add the tonic water to your glass. Stir again.
Garnish with the mint leaves and lemon slice.
Foamy paths
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Pear Vodka
50 ml raspberry liqueur
25 ml lime
1 egg white
Ice
Garnish: dry orange wheel
Tools
Shaker
Cocktail strainer
Tea strainer
Coupe glass
The how to
In your shaker add the egg white, vodka, raspberry liqueur, lime juice. Shake well without ice. Add ice and shake again.
Double strain it in your coupe glass with no ice. Add the dry orange wheel and serve.
Pear Vodka Martini
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Pear Vodka
10 ml dry Vermouth
Ice
Garnish: lime peel
Tools
Mixing glass
Bar spoon
Cocktail strainer
Martini glass
The how to
The elegance in these drinks stays in its simplicity.
In your mixing glass that is full with ice add your vodka and dry vermouth. Stir well, minimum 30 seconds. Keep in mind the dilution. Strain the mix in your chill, no ice martini glass. Squeeze the lime peel oils on top of the glass and garnish with it.
In your shaker add the vodka, 5- 6 raspberries, lime juice and ice. Shake well. Double strain the mix over your rock in your glass. Garnish with the extra raspberries.
Bitter sweet
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Honey Vodka
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes lemon bitters
15 ml honey syrup
25 ml lemon juice
Ice
Garnish: thyme sprig
Tools
Shaker
Tea strainer
Cocktail strainer
Martini glass
The how to
In your shaker add the lemon juice, vodka, bitters and syrup. Add ice and shake well. Double strain it in your glass over ice and garnish with the orange wheel.
Red skies
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Honey Vodka
25 ml red orange syrup
15 ml grenadine juice
25 ml lime juice
50 ml orange juice
Ice
Garnish: lemon wheel
Tools
Shaker
Cocktail strainer
Tea strainer
Bar spoon
Collins glass
The how to
In your shaker add the vodka, red orange syrup, grenadine syrup and lime juice. Add ice and shake well. Add ice to your glass and top the glass with your orange juice. Por it slowly on the back of your spoon.
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In your shaker add the tequila, syrup, lime juice and grapefruit juice. Add ice and shake well. Double strain the mix over ice in your glass. Drop in your garnish and serve.
Elderflower drop
Ingredients
50 ml elderflower liqueur
15 ml elderflower syrup
25 ml lime juice
5-7 mint leaves
prosecco
Ice
Garnish: extra mint leaves, 2 lime wheels
Tools
Shaker
Tea strainer
Cocktail strainer
Muddler
Wine tumbler
The how to
In your shaker add the 5-7 mint leaves and press them gently with your muddler. Add the liqueur, syrup, lime juice and ice. Shake well, double strain the mix in your glass over ice and garnish. Top the glass with prosecco.
Pure lavender
Ingredients
50 ml gin
50 ml fresh grapefruit juice
25 ml lavender syrup
2-3 dashes lavender bitters
Favourite tonic water
Ice
Garnish: lavender bulb, grapefruit wheel
Tools
Bar spoon
Balloon glass
The how to
In your glass add the gin, grapefruit juice, lavender syrup, lavender bitters and stir well. Add ice to your glass and put in the garnish.
Top the glass with your tonic water and enjoy your day.
In your shaker add the vodka, cinnamon stick, star anise, lime juice, apple syrup, ice and shake well. Double strain in your glass over ice and top the glass with ginger beer, don’t stir. Garnish with your apple slice.
Apple lollipop
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Apple Vodka
25 ml limoncello
10 ml lime juice
2 dashes rosemary bitters
Ice
Garnish: rosemary spring
Tools
Shaker
Tea strainer
Cocktail strainer
Rocks glass
The how to
In your shaker add the lime juice, bitters, limoncello, vodka and ice. Shake well. Double strain over ice in your glass. Garnish with your rosemary spring.
Apple Vodka Martini
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Apple Vodka
25 ml green apple syrup
25 ml dry vermouth
Ice
Garnish: apple peel
Tools
Mixing glass
Bar spoon
Cocktail strainer
Martini glass
The how to
The elegance in these drinks stays in its simplicity.
In your mixing glass that is full with ice add your vodka, apple syrup and dry vermouth. Stir well, minimum 30 seconds. Keep in mind the dilution. Strain the mix in your chill, no ice martini glass. Garnish with the apple slice.
I want to start with these statements because I see them everywhere in this industry and I think society evolved enough to understand that looks don’t matter!
There is one reason why waiters are not allowed to let their hair down or wear jewelry and bright makeup or have a beard. And that is hygiene. You, as a customer, will not want to find in your food a piece of fall out nail polish, earrings or hair or even on your plate, just hanging there. Regarding make up is mostly about fall out as well and maybe even technique, so just keep it simple.
You, as an owner, should keep in mind this, but don’t be rude or expose your employees in front of your guest. These rules should be presented when hiring a person. Also keep in mind your state rules, it can be that in different countries rules are more permissive.
Next is a statement that I heard a lot and: “people that are really attractive may not get hired because guests don’t want to see people that are looking better then them”.
O my God this is so much BS on so many levels especially in this time in this society. Also for people that actually thinks like this, ain’t our fault you are insecure as fu*k. First of all, you can get a lot of regulars by having nice looking staff. Treat them like paintings in a museum, you go there to stare at the “nice beautiful works of art” that you don’t understand, at least a cute bartender can talk with you.
My point is that you should not discriminate by looks or anything for that matter. You should keep in mind the hygiene rules, their willing to work and their involvement.
Invest!
Yes, this is another statement that a lot of owners and managers are having an allergic reaction to. But it’s easy, if you invest in your team they will give you back. And the “give back “ part for you as an owner means increased revenue.
Invest in a comfortable uniform. Keep in mind there are cold seasons and warm seasons. Make sure they are comfortable and visually pleasing. You don’t want your employees looking like butchers if they work in a coffee shop.
Invest in training sessions before the season starts. Make sure your team has all the information about products and techniques that your establishment is using and they can present it in a way that will make your customers buy the most expensive item that you have on that menu.
Invest time. Make sure the mental health of your employees is OK. This is a demanding job, both physically and psychically. Have 15 minutes meeting with the team each month, hear out their ideas and worries.
Invest your money. Don’t underpay your team just because you think they make tips. Some days are good and some are bad. Don’t rely on the tips and make your team happy. Money makes everybody happy, they are not an exception. If they are coming happy and smiling at customers and giving a good vibe around your customers will spend more money on your location.
Your employees are as important as your guests.
Yes, I know it’s controversial. A lot of owners are treating their team like something that they can dispose of easily but the truth is that it is hard to keep someone happy and willing to work with a smile and make you money if they are treated like shit.
In the end it is not that hard. Invest in your team the resources that you invest in your customers like time and money. They will, in the end, make you more money.
Tips
Have quarterly meetings with all employees. Even if you need to close your establishment for three hours. Get them all together and hear them out, maybe do some constructive exercise to bring them all together. For a lot of employees that are working in this domain, the people at work are as a second family. If they work as one you will feel it in your pocket. In the end they will empower each other.
Have some surprises for them. Like a coupon for a massage, a bonus for Christmas, a free day for their birthday if they are scheduled to work that day. They will appreciated and you will reward in loyalty and increased revenue.
Be part of the team and don’t micromanage. If you see something that you would like to be changed, propose the idea, hear them out on why they do it this way and agree to change or not(this can also be a possibility). People are reluctant to change, and if this is enforced the “low trust phenomenon” comes in effect. An unfriendly takeover or rude enforcement, unable to see the other side’s opinion, pushing change without visibility or trust is something that you can’t come out of winning. You might get your way but you will lose the team.
Don’t work understaffed. It is a stressful environment for all sides. Customers have to wait a long time, the employees will be overworked and the mistakes will be more frequent because of tiredness, you will be angry because of all the bad reviews and the profit that is slowly decreasing.
The team is also an asset. If you treat it well and take care of it, rewards will come, if not your turnover will be high and profit medium to low.
In your shaker add vodka, syrup, lime and red orange juice. Add ice and shake well. Double strain the mix in your glass over ice and garnish with the lemon and orange wheels.
Peachy
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Apeach Vodka
25 ml peach syrup
Tonic
Ice
Garnish: 3 peach slices & 2 orange slices
Tools
Bar spoon
Balloon glass
The how to
In your glass add ice to the top. Add your vodka, syrup and tonic. Stir well.
Garnish with you peach and orange slices.
Apeach Vodka Martini
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Apeach Vodka
10 ml dry Vermouth
Ice
Garnish: lemon peel
Tools
Mixing glass
Bar spoon
Cocktail strainer
Martini glass
The how to
In your mixing glass that is full with ice add your vodka and dry vermouth. Stir well, minimum 30 seconds. Keep in mind the dilution. Strain the mix in your chill, no ice martini glass. Squeeze the orange peel oils on top of the glass and garnish with it.
In your glass add ice, vodka, raspberry syrup, lime juice and top the glass with the tonic. Stir well and make sure everything is mixed. Add the mint leaves and extra raspberries. Our shaker add vodka, ginger slices, lime juice and ice. Shake well.
Double strain it in your glass over ice and garnish with you watermelon triangle and lime wheel.
Tasty Screwdriver
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Raspberry Vodka
75 ml orange juice
25 ml raspberry syrup
Ice
Garnish: 1 orange wheels & strawberry
Tools
Shaker
Cocktail strainer
Tea strainer
Collins glass
The how to
In your shaker add the vodka, raspberry syrup, vodka and ice. Shake well.
Pour the mix in your glass over ice. Add the orange wheel in the glass and cut the strawberry in half, not all the way through and place it on the rim of the glass.
Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini
Ingredients
50 ml Absolut Raspberry Vodka
10 ml dry Vermouth
25 ml lemon liqueur
Ice
Garnish: lemon peel
Tools
Mixing glass
Bar spoon
Cocktail strainer
Martini glass
The how to
In your mixing glass that is full with ice add your vodka, dry vermouth and lemon liqueur. Stir well, minimum 30 seconds. Keep in mind the dilution. Strain the mix in your chill, no ice martini glass. Squeeze the lemon oils on top of the glass and garnish with it.
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