The shaker is the bartender's weapon, just as the soldier has a knife and gun, the literati has a pen and paper, and the barista has a coffee machine. As an industry insider who has been in the industry for a very long time, every time someone asks, what kind of shak do we generally use? In fact, the choice of Shak by the bartender is as important as the choice of weapons by the knight, which can let you use it easily. Today for everyone to share their own humble opinion, I hope to enlighten you.
shaker is currently divided into two types, one is the traditional three-stage shaker, and the other is the American two-stage shaker.
The traditional Shaker pot is also called the English Shaker pot, which consists of three parts: the lid, the ice filter and the body. It is the first choice of bartenders who currently do traditional and Japanese mixologists. It is generally made of stainless steel material, and plastic materials are also available on the market. Stainless steel pot will be used to ice hands, can be a good feeling of the effect of ice, professional bartenders generally choose it as their own bartending tool. The advantage of the plastic pot is that it does not ice the hand, it is very comfortable to use in winter, and the ladies will like it more, but the general drink shop uses it more, and it can also be used with a device called: the shaking machine. It's a device that holds the pot in place for mechanical shaking, which means you add the ingredients and you don't have to do it yourself, you put them in the machine and shake them for you.
American shaker is also called: Boston Shaker, it is made up of two cups of different sizes, can be two stainless steel cups, can also be composed of a large stainless steel cup and a smaller glass, when the small cup is used in the larger cup, shake and cocktail. It is also the most favorite bartender for many people who love fancy bartending, and many traditional bartenders are also loyal fans of it. It is convenient to use and easy to clean compared with traditional Shaker.
How to choose the right kind of Shaker for you?
1, recommend high quality stainless steel Shaker
2, according to the size of their own hands, choose a suitable size of the shak, the traditional shak is generally divided into 350ML, 500 (550) ML, 7500ML, 1L such several different sizes of capacity. Generally, men can use about 500ML of Shak, and women can use 350ML of Shak. 350ML is suitable for one glass of cocktail, 500ML can make one to two glasses of cocktail.
3, shape, now is the era of looking at the level of appearance, so you can choose your favorite shape according to your own preferences, but also must meet the grip of the hand. For bartenders, the grip of a shaker in the hand is very important, because you will use it to shake many cocktails every day, if the grip is not good, it will make you feel that mixing is not a happy thing, and will reduce your efficiency, but also make your hands very uncomfortable, which is called physical and mental fatigue.
4, color, the current Shaker era has a lot of choices, previously only stainless steel primary color, did not give you the opportunity to choose. Now it is different, there are: gold, rose gold, bright silver, ancient silver, sand,, and more listening cup colors, such as: red, blue, green, pink, black, yellow, and now many online stores also provide color DIY services, so you can customize the color.
Summary: Things are for their own use, so they feel comfortable with the whole, do not care about so many statements. At the same time, I personally feel that the traditional Shak body is relatively slender and better, and it is easy to hold at the same time, its distance is relatively longer, so that when Shak, the ice running distance is longer, which helps to fuse the cocktail faster and better.