Hack Your Martini
How to turn the classic savory, velvety or sharable with seven easy techniques.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How to turn the classic savory, velvety or sharable with seven easy techniques.
Bitter sodas like Crodino or Stappi offer a quick way to add complexity, effervescence and color to any cocktail.
To add a textural boost to highballs, sours and more, mix lactic acid into any sweetener.
A simple trick adds body and subtle aromatics to any stirred drink.
A small measure of the shelf-stable ingredient can add creamy richness to cocktails.
Even in the absence of alcohol, the milk punch treatment adds body and complexity.
For Death & Co.’s Devon Tarby, an iSi canister is the secret to light-as-air renditions of sours, flips—even eggnog
For Al Sotack, the dictum that drinks with juice are shaken, not stirred, has a tropical loophole.
Dave Arnold has a simple secret to a more concentrated, boldly flavored shaken drink.
Adding an à la minute maceration of fruits, herbs or spices to a drink's build can impart robust flavor and aroma—no muddling necessary.