How to Mix Excellent Cocktails with Xavier Herit at Daniel

# Strawberry "caviar" is a fashionable and festive way to incorporate texture into a smooth drink. This is done with a bar syringe to squeeze drops of strawberry puree and alcohol into a calcium bath and then a water bath. The calcium bath creates a coat around the strawberry mixture, forming them into little strawberry pearls # Martini glasses should be frozen before pouring the cocktails; this adds an extra chill to your special cocktail # In a white cosmopolitan white cranberry juice is recommended, it has a smoother, less acidic taste than other juices # Freeze orchid or any other edible flower with water in a spherical ice tray to create an edible and beautiful garnish