Bar spoon
Appearance
Abar spoonis a long-handledspoonused inbartendingfor mixing and layering of bothalcoholicandnon-alcoholic mixed drinks.Its length ensures that it can reach the bottom of the tallestjugor tumbler to mixingredientsdirectly in theglass.[1]
A bar spoon holds about 5millilitresof liquid (the same as a conventionalteaspoon). Its long handle is similar to aniced tea spoon,but is usually decorative and elegant – some variations mimic largeswizzle sticks,with a disc at one end. The shaft is typically thin and threaded so that the fingers can easily grip and rotate the spoon.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^Lai, Ann (2005).Bartending 101: The Basics of Mixology, 4th Edition.Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. p. 32.
- ^Arnold, Dave (2014).Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail.New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
- ^Solmonson, David; Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs (2014).The 12 Bottle Bar: A Dozen Bottles. Hundreds of Cocktails, a New Way to Drink.New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc. p. 15.