What os cocktail??

Cocktail is simply an alcoholic mixed drinks prepared either by shaking or mixing or blending or direct building. The origin of the word cocktail is obscure or vague. It appears itself as a strange word and consists a lot of mystery and full of fascination. It believed that Americans are the first to innovate a habit of consuming cocktails.

Cocktails are simply an intoxicating beverage or mixed drinks, compound of different spirits mixed with some other liqueurs or bitters and artificial or nature essence to produce an outstanding drink. Normally cocktails may be of long or short and strong or weak nature. It may be very dry to sugary sweet or fizzy or frothy and can retain all colors of rainbow.

Preparing a cocktails or any mixed drinks is a skillful task to be performed by any professional bartender. While mixing a mixed drinks, two basic principle rules should be followed, which are mentioned below:

• Those mixed drinks are clean such as Manhattan Dry, Martini Dry etc. and do not contain fruit juice or cream or milk etc as modifying and flavoring agent should be stirred ice in a mixed glass or built up.

• Those mixed drinks containing additional flavoring and modifying agent like- fruit juice, egg white, cream, milk etc should be shaken or blended by using an electrical blender to acquire a correct body and perfect blend.