How to Drink Latin American Spirits with Lynnette Marrero

The family of our guest today views the world by what is edible and what is not edible. It’s not a shock that Valentine Warner would end up as one of the most well known chefs in the UK. Working hand in hand with Mother nature, Valentine’s first foray into the spirit would produced award winning Hepple Gin.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Hepple Martini.Ingredients10 Parts Hepple Gin1 Part Dry VermouthPour ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice.Stir slowly 30 times. Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a small twist of lemon peel.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 🍸

15 Maj 201830min

Our next guest was born for the role of brand ambassador with his love of the chat, his eagerness to teach, and his lively and generous spirit. I finally pinned down my friend Peter O’Connor, the European Brand Ambassador for the Irish Whiskey Roe and Co, and got him to start from the very beginning.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Roe & Co Peaches and CreamIngredients50ml Roe & Co30ml Fresh peach25ml Lemon juice1 Barspoon of lavender infused honey 25ml Egg whitesCinnamon pinchChocolate pinchShaken and served in a Nick & Nora glass. Garnished with bee pollen, bitters and cut flower.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 🍸

8 Maj 201839min

When our guest today, David Wallwork, was naming his birch spirit - only Freya would do. Sustainably sourced and distilled from wild birch tree sap and named for the Norse Goddess of love, life & beauty! If anyone knows anything about the Norse Goddess Freya, they know she has the reputation of being the ‘party girl” of Asgard. She can’t help it if she’s the goddess of nature and fertility.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Freya Spritz:Ingredients10ml Elderflower cordial25ml Freya Birch Spirit50ml Soda Water75ml Good dry white wineFresh lemon and rosemary to garnish - optional.Add the elderflower to a large chilled balloon wine glass & rinse to line the glass. Half fill the glass with large ice cubes and a squeezed wedge of lemon and add in 1,2,3 ratio of 25ml of Freya Birch Spirit, 50ml soda water and 75ml of the white wine. Stir & serve.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 🍸

2 Maj 201836min

This episode is a little different from the previous ones. Last weekend I was in Edinburgh for Tales on Tour, three days of event, including lectures, bar takeovers, tastings and overall fun and festivities held all over Scotland's capital city.Instead of meeting just one person, you’ll meet a whole slew of people in the drinks industry who, while creating new brands, are also hoping to change the world for the better.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Tricentennial Old Fashioned.Ingredients:.25 oz El Guapo® Creole Orgeat.25 oz Amaro Meletti2 generous dashes El Guapo® Tricentennial Bitters2 oz Jim BeamLarge ice cubeOrange twist and rosemary sprig for garnish.In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine Jim Beam, amaro, orgeat and bitters. Stir until well chilled and strain into a lowball or coupe over a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist and rosemary sprig.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 🍸

24 Apr 201820min

Our cocktail of the week the Banana Old Fashioned or Banana Republic is a yummy mix of rum and one of Colombia’s main exports - the banana.Apart from coffee and flowers, bananas are one of Colombia’s main exports. The Riascos family used to cultivate bananas before moving into ageing fine Colombian rum. This cocktail showcases the family’s heritage in a smooth, fruity classic.60ml / 2oz La Hechicera20ml / 2/3oz Banane liquor3 drops Angostura Aromatic BittersIf possible, add 5 drops Chocolate BittersStir all ingredients with ice and strain into and ice-filled Old-Fashioned crystal glass (preferably a single block ice or an ice sphere). Garnish: Banana chipAlways 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 Apr 201841min

Two brothers from different parents, that’s what my guests call themselves. Friends from birth, born almost on the same day and with the same entrepreneurial spirit, Robin Clough and Max Davies-Gilbert join me today to talk Tequila Enemigo and how they are convincing the inconvincible that tequila is not just for shots any more.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Mineral 89:50ml of Enemigo 89175ml of Sparkling Mineral Water (with a Calcium concentration of over 150 or a Magnesium concentration of over 50. Ideally both e.g. San Pellegrino/Badoit has both, Perrier has the magnesium.)Half a lime, cut into quartersIce cubes (ideally made from the same water) Serve in a highball glass. Pour in 50ml of Enemigo 89 Anejo Cristalino, add 3-5 ice cubes (depending on size), enough to comfortable reach halfway up the glass. Pour 175ml of sparkling mineral water that ideally has the concentrations above. Squeeze in a quarter of a lime, stir the glass to combine the liquids. Squeeze the other quarter of the lime in if wanted/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 🍸

3 Apr 201834min

Our guest today hails from Heidelberg Germany originally and he knew, for sure, he could never sit at a desk all day. Good thing a friend asked him to join on a trip to Brazil that would change his life. Noah Dorian Matthies had the luck to be at the beginning of the El Barón movement to bring the cocktail scene to Cartagena.Our Cocktail of the Week is the Geóloga Galáctica.Ingredients:300 ml of Bulleit Bourbon150 ml of Johnnie Walker Double Black230 ml of Caramel Syrup300 ml of Lime Juice600 ml of Whole MilkMix all ingredients apart of the milk together in a container. Add the milk slowly a bit by a bit on the top (don't stir) and put the container in the fridge for about 6-10 hours. Filter with paper coffee filters. Store in a fridge - serve over ice cubes.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 🍸

20 Mars 201816min

Julian and Nikol have combined the classic Espresso Martini and the Carajillo Cocktail to make their own Carajillo Epoca. You too can make at home as long as you have Aguardiente, the Colombian national spirit - like grappa with a slight anise flavour to it. It’s our Cocktail of the Week.Ingredients: 1½ oz of Aguardiente1 oz espresso1 oz Sugar cane syrup1 oz Acacia1 tablespoon coffee parchmentMix all the ingredients in a shaker full of ice and stir. Smoke the glass with coffee parchment, pour everything into the glass and serve.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 🍸

13 Mars 201816min