Margarita Cocktail

The original cocktail was created at the end of XIX century, during the war between The United State and the Spain. They say that after the shipwreck of the ship Main, one of the Marines reached a little village near Santiago de Cuba, called Daiquiri. There, he entered entered a sort of shack used as a bar to quench his thirst. Because he refused to drink plain rhum, they added lime juice and he complet the mix with a little bit of sugar. So Daiquiri was born. The cocktail was, together with Mojito, one of the favourite of the famous writer Ernest Hemingway who said “My Mojito a La Bodeguita, My daiquiri a La Floridita”

With a deeply Eighties soul and rich in the typical flavors of the period, Espresso Martini was invented by English bartender Dick Bradsell. It seems that one day a famous and beloved model of the 80s showed up in her London club (some sources speak of Kate Moss, others are more certain that she is Naomi Campbell, but the identity of the protagonist has never been confirmed) in search of a real "jolt" of energy. The request was very precise: a cocktail that first woke her up, then overwhelmed her - for a crackling evening without yawning. So, without hesitation, Bradsell combined vodka, a cup of espresso coffee, sugar, a coffee liqueur and created one of the most beloved fresh and energizing must of modern mixology.

The Sour is one of the oldest cocktails around. Probably it is the starting point of the mixology. Jerry Thomas was the first one to write it down. The original sour cocktail recipe is based on a simple equilibrium: a sweet part (usually sugar syrup), a more bitter part given by lime or lemon juice and of course a distillate that gives character to the mix.The most used spirits are usually rhum (Daiquiri), bourbon, vodka and gin. The name Gin Sour, which refers to the sour taste of lemon, is misleading. Actually, this cocktail is a perfectly balanced mix of the sugar sweetness, the lemon sour and the dry taste of gin.

This classic twist on because of its name and its taste is an evocative one. By drinking this cocktail we start a journey to a magic and uncommon place: a blooming garden in the cold Russia.To the first sip we’re surrounded by a landscape which is very different from the traditional one of the hard Russian winter.We’re in the exact moment when, after months of black and white, Moscow is coloured thanks to the short and intense spring flowering. The white elderflower, magic plants that blooms between March and April, is the first ingredient of this fresh, fragrant and fruity cocktail.