Technique Flashcards
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Add
to put in an ingredient
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Chill
to freeze a glass or to let ice and/or water stand in a glass
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Color
to add a few drops of liquid for its coloring effects
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Dash
the smallest bar measure, also “Splash”
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Decant
to pour wine from a bottle that has deposits into another container,
often in a carafe that will allow the wine to breathe
usually done with red or port wine
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Fill
to add an ingredient to the
remainder of a cocktail
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Float
a very small amount of liquor carefully poured on top of a cocktail,
often done over the back of a spoon, also “Layering”
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Frost
to rub sugar on the rim of a glass
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Crusta
a sugar-rimmed glass
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Garnish
to decorate with pre-cut fruit or vegetables
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Muddle
to crush an ingredient with another,
for sugar, mint, etc.
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Salt
to rub salt on the rim of a glass
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Shake
to mix in a shaker with ice
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Stir
to mix in a shaker with ice
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Strain
to pour from shaker into a cocktail glass through a straining device