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Cocktail Town
Redeem: www.cocktailtown.com
San Francisco knows from chic bars and louche lounges, so it’s no wonder the city was the inspiration for Cocktail Town, a one-stop online shop for the home bartender in all of us. Of course you need all the best tools (like a shimmering OXO steel shaker and a martini atomizer with funnel), plus all the right glasses (from a low-base, wide-rim martini set by Riedel to a curvy Elina cocktail confection designed to please the guys and dolls at your home bar, as well as the ones in every B&W noir movie ever made). You want mixers, too, so help yourself to rare Himalayan pink salt—all the better to rim your Margarita glass with—and a bouquet of bitters and syrups to stir things up like a pro. And since you’re a mixologist who does it by the book, be sure to get the book: Cocktail Town San Francisco, the first in a series that will eventually include other tippling towns across America. We’ll drink to that.
Add a little color to that cocktail
1. Pour six tablespoons of Margarita or kosher salt into a plastic bag (with seal) to make enough salt to rim about a dozen glasses.
2. Add four drops of food coloring (or mix colors to create exotic shades).
3. Seal bag and shake for a good 25 seconds (if color is not dark enough, add more drops—one drop at a time—and shake in between).
4. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with a wedge of lime, lemon, or orange.
5. Pour colored salt onto plate and place glass face down, turning it clockwise once or twice.
2. Add four drops of food coloring (or mix colors to create exotic shades).
3. Seal bag and shake for a good 25 seconds (if color is not dark enough, add more drops—one drop at a time—and shake in between).
4. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with a wedge of lime, lemon, or orange.
5. Pour colored salt onto plate and place glass face down, turning it clockwise once or twice.
