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Green VS Clear | Zero Waste Gin Basil Smash

By letter2self on February 9, 2023



Do you like the green color of a beautiful Gin Basil Smash cocktail? What about a clarified version? Do you think it loses all the freshness and the look of this herbal drink? I made a zero waste Basil Smash with clarified basil-cucumber cordial (using agar agar for clarification) which can be used to make delicious, elegant and fast Basil Smashes! Perfect for summer gatherings with friends or for busy shifts in cocktail bars. But I try to keep Cocktail Time sustainable so I made a food pairing snack for this cocktail – Tzatziki with the cucumber used for a cordial, which would otherwise go to waste. Learn how to make this cordial and learn to waste nothing while enjoying this Clear & Zero Waste Basil Smash. Letโ€™s call it the Elevated Basil Smash!

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๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ก: https://www.patreon.com/cocktailtime
A massive thank you to all our Patrons, especially “Old Fashioned” Julien Laucke,
Johannes Haas, David McDermitt and โ€œNegroniโ€ Cesar Garcia and Stefan Molitor for their support!

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—› ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://my-store-11171765.creator-spring.com

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ full ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ for your Elevated Basil Smash ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.kevinkos.com/post/Zero-Waste-Basil-Smash

โ— ๐— ๐—œ๐—ซ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฌ ๐—š๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ: https://geni.us/h0A2aC3
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โ— ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—ฆ: https://geni.us/PgQ3Um
โ— Liquid Intelligence by Dave Arnold: https://geni.us/MIgy
โ— Meehanโ€™s Bartender Manual: https://geni.us/kYNiW17
โ— The Flavor Matrix: https://geni.us/9PJj3R

๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ
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By buying through the affiliate links youโ€™re also helping out the Cocktail Time channel with a small commission (at no additional cost to you). Cheers!

Watch the creator of the Gin Basil Smash, @jrgmyr make the drink himself: https://youtu.be/Nw2m5kEN9bA
Listen about other benefits of the โ€œcucumbaโ€. It might make your mustache grow faster! https://youtu.be/Hc65D12fV8Y
Use the leftover cucumber pulp to make the Greek Tzatziki Sauce with the recipe by @akispetretzikisen: https://youtu.be/YVlIExa-xek

Check out some other cordial episodes that makes fast and delicious cocktails:
Rose & Lime Cordial: https://youtu.be/s8JLCgN8XYg
Beer Cordial: https://youtu.be/uP9ef6A1_1E
Lime & Mint Cordifal: https://youtu.be/dwjAZ_d_964
Zero-Waste Rhubarb Cordial: https://youtu.be/8DPIpO_5vPQ
Zero-waste Pineapple Cordial:https://youtu.be/3am0RhECCeo

๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—š, ๐—™๐—• or ๐—ช๐—˜๐—•
โ— https://www.instagram.com/kevin_kos/
โ— https://www.facebook.com/cocktailtimewithkevinkos
โ— www.kevinkos.com

Here are some of my favorite YouTube cocktail channels:
@How To Drink
@Steve the Bartender
@Truffles On The Rocks
@The Educated Barfly
@Vlad SlickBartender
@Behind the Bar
@Anderserickson

0:00 Wall of Fame
0:22 Intro
0:45 Cordials
1:20 Gin Basil Smash
3:35 Basil Cucumber Cordial
9:04 Elevated Basil Smash
11:26 Patreon – Wall of Fame

The team behind this video:
Robi Fiลกer
Saลกo Veber
Phantom hand

#cocktailtime #zerowaste #basilsmash

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