🍋 My Essential At-Home Bar Tools
You don’t need a huge bar or expensive gear to start creating beautiful drinks. A simple, intentional setup will take you further than a drawer full of tools. Here are the core pieces I recommend for any at-home bar: 🧊 1. A good shaker Either a Boston shaker (my fave) or a cobbler shaker. This is your foundation for sours, shaken cocktails, and citrus drinks. 🍸 2. Mixing glass + bar spoon For stirred drinks like Old Fashioneds, Negronis, and Manhattans. This is where clarity, dilution, and texture are built. 📏 3. Jigger Precision matters. A solid jigger (ideally with ¼ oz markings) will instantly improve your drinks. 🍋 4. Hand citrus press Fresh citrus changes everything. This is non-negotiable. 🔪 5. Sharp knife + small cutting board For citrus, herbs, and clean garnishes. 🌿6. Muddler Extract fresh flavours from herbs, fruits, veggies and spices 🧂 7. Fine strainer For silky texture, clean pours, and elevated presentation. ❄️ 8. Quality ice Even store-bought ice in larger cubes or molds makes a noticeable difference. If you had only these, you could build hundreds of proper cocktails. Later inside Alchemy & Ice, we’ll go much deeper into: ice, prep tools, speed setups, and professional bar flow. For now — start simple, start intentional. 👇 Drop in the comments: what tools do you already have? — Misha 🧊🍸