Your drinks deserve better
Legend has it that one day in 2019 we got drunk and googled how to make better drinks. Your bartender’s simple secret?
Cocktail Bitters
The high alcohol, high taste addition to your drinks to make them awesome. To make them fucking better than all the other drinks. And thus, after countless hangovers through experimenting, we handcrafted these unique recipes for you to enjoy at home.
If you’ve ever had an Old Fashioned, then you’ve had cocktail bitters. To be more specific, you’ve probably had Angostura bitters, which is the brand of bitters typically specified for that most classic of drinks.
People have been using infusions and tinctures of bitter botanicals for centuries as treatments for a wide range of maladies, including poor digestion, nervousness, headaches, and arthritis. In the colonial period, it became common to mix healing bitters with whiskey, rum, brandy, or cognac, plus a little sugar and water, to make a sippable medicinal tonic.
At least as early as 1806, Americans were calling these delightful potables cocktails. By that time, cocktails were being consumed as much (or more) for their pleasures as for their curative properties.
After our first week ever in China, that one question kept coming up:
"What is this tingling, numb feeling on our tongue? And where is it coming from?"
The more we tried the variety of Chinese cuisine, the more we loved it. It is not too spicy and spreads a hint of a lemon-y flavor in your mouth. Of course we're talking about nothing less than the aromatic spice of Szechuan Pepper.
After days of experiments with our tincture jars, to find a special and suitable companion for this cheeky fresh ingredient, we were happy to find the perfect match:
The noble bitter richness and mild nutty note from espresso beans. They round everything up nicely with some more spices and herbs to THE perfect match to make your drink fucking better.
When you travel in South America you get to try all those rich flavored beans. For this bitter, we've combined tonka and cocoa.
Addicted to the flavors of both of them, why not bring their unique tastes together in this high octane alcohol and let your drinks taste even better? Yes exactly, why not?
That's what you'll get in 90ml of selected spices and herbs. A rich and balanced taste of velvety sweetness meets expressive noble bitterness.
This tiny bottle delivers you our love for a countries culinary specialties and celebrates its incomparable taste. For everyone who had the chance to try Thai food knows that the perfectly nuanced combination of flavors feels like an explosion in your mouth.
For those people who never tried it, this cocktail bitter will bring you a balanced flavored mix right in your drink. Just lemon isn't bad.
But why not making it even Better? Just a few dashes of the combined secrets in Thai herbs brings you a fucking good drink with a subtle spiciness of Thai chili, the freshness of lemongrass and the interesting sweet licorice bites of Thai basil.
Thinking back to India brings back vivid memories of the plethora of smells and flavors the Indian cuisine has to offer. But even those of you who haven't been to India yet, may have had the joy of tasting really delicious Chai.
"Chai" means nothing more or less than simply "tea". In India, Chai is also an abbreviation for "Massala Chai", which is probably the most flavorful spiced tea there is. "Massala" here simply meaning "mixture".
This exquisite mixture made with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger and nutmeg is usually enjoyed together with milk. And why not bring this very experience to our luscious selection of bitters, enrich it with turmeric and elevate your cocktails to the next level!?
