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Thanks to the hard work of our guest today, Pisco Waqar is a whole lot easier to find on the shelves in London than it was even three years ago. Javiera Lorenzini Raty, Brand Ambassador for Pisco Waqar, fell in love with Pisco and John Donne at about the same time. I don’t usually say that in a sentence that’s for sure. Her passion for English poets may have led her to London, but her studies as a sommelier led her to Waqar and she couldn’t pass up the chance to work with her favorite Pisco here in Europe.Our cocktail of the week is the Pisco Sour.Ingredients3 Parts – WAQAR PISCO1 Part – Fresh Lime Juice1 Part – Gomme Syrup1 Egg White1 Drop of Angostura BittersMethodIn shaker with 5 large ice cubes (not crushed ice), combine liquids adding egg whites last.Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.Strain into six ounce rocks glass (be careful not allow any ice to pour into the cocktail.Garnish: One drop Angostura Bitters and a dried lime or lemon on top.You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.----Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! -----

2 Okt 201834min

I truly believe that today's guests were on a mission to take on the business world as soon as they were born and in this case that would be the same day. Joyce and Raissa de Haas are the twin sisters behind Double Dutch Drinks, the extremely successful mixers that in less than a year were the most sought after in London. These two took the time to sit down with me to tell me their tale of where they began and how they went on to win the prestigious Foodpreneur Award by Sir Richard Branson.Our cocktail of the week is the Notting Heels.Ingredients30ml Portobello Gin15ml Cointreau2 lime wedges squeezedDouble Dutch Cranberry TonicIn a glass with ice, add 30ml Portobello Gin. Add the Cointreau to the glass, squeeze in the juice of two lime wedges. Stir well. Top up with Double Dutch Cranberry Tonic.You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

25 Sep 201822min

Who applies to Harvard when they know they have no chance of getting in? Today’s guest, that’s who, and, of course, Tom Tuke-Hastings, founder of the non-alcoholic spirit Borrago, wowed them in every way and succeeded in winning a place to one of the most exclusive programs in the world. It’s not a surprise - Tom has succeeded in almost everything from winning the design prize at school to cooking for sheiks to writing books on vodka jelly. Now that his sights are set on conquering the drinks world - watch out.Our cocktail of the week is the Green Fizz.Ingredients50 ml Borrago #47 Paloma Blend25 ml Lemon Juice25 ml Basil Syrup2 Fresh Basil SprigsMethodPlace the Borrago, Lemon Juice and Basil Syrup in a shakerShake well over ice.Double strain into a 10oz rocks glass loaded with crushed ice.Garnish with the sprigs of BasilTop with a Borage Flower if you have oneYou’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

18 Sep 201850min

La Hechicera Rum is one of those brands I have fallen head over heels in love with. Maybe it was its history recounted so beautifully by owner Miguel Riascos right here on Lush Life in April of this year. Maybe it was my own wonderful adventure to Colombia and tasting La Hechicera in situ or maybe it was because of today’s guest, Stephanie Jordan. I met her when she was Brand Ambassador of La Hechicera Rum earlier this year. Even then, I could tell hers was a story that needed to be told.Our cocktail of the week is the Oro Fashioned, which pays homage to the belief that somewhere in the New World was a place of immense wealth called El Dorado.Ingredients50 ml La Hechicera Rum1 small cube of gold dust covered panela (Panela is dehydrated sugar cane juice, covered in gold. It has far more flavor than sugar and is argued to be healthier. It is hard to find but can be replaced )4 drops of bitters (classic, orange, cocoa or coffee)MethodIn a mixing glass, add gold panela, 3cl of La Hechicera Rum, 2 drops of bitters and 3 ice cubes and stir.After a minute or two, add another 2 drops of bitters and 3 ice cubes. Continue to stir.Serve in a classic tumbler, twist an orange zest on top and garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel.You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

11 Sep 201840min

This episode is a cocktail whose ingredients include hard work, determination, and a natural ease with guests all mixed with a centuries old Italian spirit reborn.This creation is served up by today’s guest, Luca Missaglia, the Brand Ambassador for probably the chicest spirit to come out of Italy today, Italicus - Rosolio di Beragmotto. I almost said it was a new spirit which has taken the world by storm, but Italian grandmothers have been brewing a version of it in their homes for centuries.Look for its gorgeous blue/green bottle. Remember you can always find it in my shop www.alushlifemanual.com/shop. You’ll need it for one of our easiest Cocktails of the week - the Ipalicus. There is no excuse not to make this one! It’s perfect for the Autumn ahead.You take a chilled beer glass and start with 30ml Italicus, then slowly add in 300ml of India Pale Ale.You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

4 Sep 201858min

Sometimes I sip something at a drinks do and immediately need to meet the people behind it. This time, that cocktail was Silver Swift’s Ready to Drink Wild Rose Gin at the Spirit Show in London.It as fortuitous that Rose Unwin, the founder of Silver Swift, was the one holding the bottle. A few months later, when I could lure her into London from the wilds of the Southwest, she sat down with me to reveal her secrets.Of course Silver Swift is already a perfect Ready to Drink cocktail, but Rose recommends a few ways to make the cocktails even better and all you need is some water and fruit.Recommended serves for Silver Swift spirited spritzers: Wild Rose Gin - fill your ice tray with water and add a couple of raspberries, a slice of lemon and a couple of mint leaves before freezing.Tipsy Iced Tea Vodka - fill your ice tray with water and add a slice of orange and some orange zest or slice of lemon and lemon zest.Basil Blush Vodka - fill your ice tray with water as add some strawberries and a basil leaf before freezing.We recommend the large ice sphere molds as the larger the ice, the longer it takes to melt, and they look awesome!You’ll find more recipes and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

31 Juli 201831min

This week I was invited to the inaugural Peter Spanton Cocktail Competition, being held at the Jin Bo Law cocktail bar in Aldgate, London. Before anyone picked up a shaker, William Stern, the Commercial Director of Peter Spanton, sat down with me to explain why and how they conceived the competition in the first place.Four groups of two bartenders prepared and presented one cocktail to the three judges: Veronika Karola, Jarek Zawadzki and William. And they were off. I snagged them for a chat after their presentation to discover what inspired them and how they chose which Peter Spanton drink to use in their cocktail. The Cocktail of the week is the No 5 Alive.Ingredients 35ml Portobello Ginstitute lemongrass gin by Tomas Cisty10ml No5. based pine syrup40ml Clarified gooseberry juiceTop up Peter Spanton No5 Lemongrass tonicBuild in slim collins glass, half glass of frozen gooseberries, half of ice (frozen gooseberries chill the drink and also adding flavour).For more clarification, please head to ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find more recipes and all the cocktails of the weekAlways remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

24 Juli 201831min

How is it possible for our next guest to do so many things at once and all well? Reinhard Engel, the owner of Nuremberg’s Altstadthof makes Beer, Whiskey, and gin from his distillery in the historic centre of this ancient city - a city that has over 26,000 kilometers of beer cellars below the street. He’s with us today to describe how he managed to revive A nuremberg beer that was almost lost forever.For this week’s Cocktail of the Week, we give you a few special beer cocktails, but you have to use a red beer, which you can only get in Nuremberg!Beer Royal Ingredients: Red Beer; 2 cl Cassis (Crème de cassis).Preparation: Pour beer in a champagne glass and add the cassis.Special AperolIngredients: Red Beer; sparkling wine, and 2cl Aperol.Preparation: Put ice cubes and orange slice to a tall glass or in a champagne glass, and then add Red Beer, the sparkling (Italian) wine and Aperol.You’ll find more recipes and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸

17 Juli 201815min