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>>> WELCOME BACK TO
"HOUSTON LIFE."
IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE LESSON
WITH COCKTAIL MIXING.
GOT TO PUT A LITTLE SPRING INTO
OUR COCKTAILS.
>> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SHOWING US IS TASHA WITH ROSE
WATER.
SO YOU ARE A MIXOLOGIST.
>> I JUST PUT -- I POUR LIQUIDS
IN THE GLASSES AND I SHAKE IT
UP.
MIXOLOGIST IS TOO FANCY TERM.
>> IT SOUNDS TOO STUFFY.
>> WE'RE A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.
WE TAKE OUR DRINKS SERIOUSLY,
BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE
INTIMIDATED.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE GETTING A VODKA
SODA.
WE MAC YOU CRAFT COCKTAILS.
-- MAKE YOU CRAFT COCKTAILS.
>> WE WILL MAKE WHATEVER YOU
WANT.
IF YOU WANT VODKA AND TAP WATER,
THAT'S COOL.
WE CAN DO IT FOR YOU.
>> LET'S MAKE A COUPLE OF THE
HANDCRAFTED COCKTAILS YOU GUYS
ARE KNOWN FOR.
>> SURE THING.
>> LET'S SAY IT'S SPRINGTIME.
LET'S SAY YOU'VE GOT SOME IRISH
WHISKEY.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE COCKTAILS
THAT WE CAN MAKE.
ONE OF THEM, IT LOOKS LIKE A
TRADITIONAL IRISH COFFEE AND IT
MOSTLY IS EXCEPT THAT WE'RE
USING --
>> KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A GUINNESS
TO ME.
>> IT IS.
THAT'S THE FUN THING, IS IT DOES
LOOK LIKE A GUINNESS.
THIS IS A COBRA COFFEE FROM THE
MON THOSE.
WE LIKE THEIR COFFEE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A
WILD EYE ROSE.
IT INVOLVES A BASE SPIRIT, WE'RE
USING IRISH WHISKEY?
FRESH LIME JUICE AND THIS IS A
HOMEMADE GRENE DEAN.
>> THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAVE
AT HOME.
>> MOST PEOPLE DON'T.
IT'S SUPER EASY.
GET SOME OF THAT POM POMEGRANATE
SHOES.
ONE CUP AND -- JUICE.
ONE CUP AND
ONE CUP OF WHITE
SUGAR.
YOU CAN GET THAT AT H-E-B AND
YOU HAVE GRENADINE AND IT'S
DELICIOUS AND WAY BETTER THAN
THE STUFF ON THE SHELF.
>> WOW.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET MIXING.
>> SURE.
>> WE GET TO TASTE THESE, RIGHT?
>> FOR SURE.
>> AS SOON AS YOU MAKE YOURS,
THE SOONER YOU CAN TASTE IT.
>> LET'S START WITH THE
COFFEE-BASED DRINK FIRST.
>> SO TO MAKE THIS DRINK, MAKE
YOURSELF A RAW SUGAR SYRUP.
AND SO WE'RE GOING PUT HALF AN
OUNCE OF THAT SYRUP INTO THE
GLASS.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> IT'S A SUGAR IN THE RAW.
AND YOU JUST GET IT AND MIX IT
WITH THE GRENADINE.
EQUAL PARTS WATER AND SUGAR.
THE CRYSTALS ARE KIND OF COARSE,
SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO DISSOLVE
THEM.
>> WE CAN SEE THE INGREDIENTS ON
OUR SCREEN IN CASE PEOPLE AT
HOME WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PUT PUT IN
THIS WHISKEY.
THE ORDER DOESN'T MATTER.
>> HOW MUCH WHISKEY DISM. AN
HOUNS AND A HALF IN -- WHISKEY?
>> AN OUNCE AND A HALF.
I'M GOING TO --
>> YOU SHORT-CHANGED THAT.
>> JUST A SPLASH.
AND IT'S CRITICAL TO MEASURE
INGREDIENTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I'M
GOING -- MAYBE THAT'S WHY MY
COCKTAILS TASTE SO DISGUSTING,
BECAUSE I RARELY MEASURE STUFF.
>> LET'S START WITH TWO OUNCES.
>> OF COFFEE.
>> THIS IS A VERY CONCENTRATED
THAN REGULAR COFFEE.
PUT IN TWO OUNCES AND --
>> PERFECT.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD.
YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOURSELF A
LITTLE BIT OF ROOM --
>> IT LOOKS LIKE JUST LIKE
REGULAR COFFEE.
YOU COULD PUT THIS THE
COFFEE -- THIS IN THE COFFEE POT
AT WORK AND NOBODY WOULD KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE.
>> WE WAND TO MAND SHAKE THE
CREAM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT IT
STIFF BECAUSE IT WON'T POUR.
YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE IT A FEW
SHAKES.
>> YOU'RE NOT SERVING IT ON A
PIECE OF PIE.
>> EXACTLY, RIGHT.
YOU WANT TO POUR IT AND WILL
FLOAT BECAUSE IT'S LESS DENSE
THAN THE COFFEE.
>> THIS IS HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> A PROTEIN SHAKE BOTTLE.
>> EXACTLY.
THIS IS HOW I GET MY EXERCISE,
JUST WHIPPING CREAM.
>> SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE.
>> YOU TAKE IT AND SHAKE IT.
WE TOOK IT AHEAD OF TIME.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE BABY FORMULA.
>> IT TASTES WAY BETTER.
>> A PROTEIN SHAKE.
YOU SHAKE IT UP.
>> AND THEN YOU POP THE TOP AND
YOU'RE GOING TO POUR IT GENTLY.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A GO --
>> I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS.
>> LOWER IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AS LOW AS YOU CAN.
>> YOU JUST WANT -- IT LIKE
EXPANDS ALL OVER.
THAT IS SO COOL.
>> HELLO, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
I DON'T MIND IF YOU DO.
AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T EITHER.
>> THAT'S THE TRICK TO GET IT TO
FOAM UP?
>> YEAH.
GET AS LOW AS FOSS THE -- AS
POSSIBLE TO THE SURFACE SO IT
DOESN'T SINK AND FILL TO THE
TOP.
>> THIS IS SUCH A WAY TO IMPRESS
YOUR GUESTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AM I SAWSOME A THIS?
>> I -- AM I SAWSOME AT THIS?
>> I WOULD SAY --
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A SIP OF
YOUR CREATION.
>> CAN I SIP THE ONE THAT WAS
ALREADY MADE?
>> ABSOLUTEL
>> HMM.
THAT'S GOOD.
SO LET'S DO THE WILD EYESED
ROSE -- WILD EYED ROSE.
>> THIS IS CALLED A SOUR OF
WHICH HAS JUST THREE
INGREDIENTS.
SOME KIND OF SPIRITS AND BOOZE,
SOME CITRUS JUICE, LIME, AND
THEN A SWEETENER.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO BUILD THESE
ITEMS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR -- OUR
SYRUP.
>> THAT'S THE GRENADINE SYRUP.
AND HOW MUCH OF THAT?
>> THREE-QUARTERS OF AN ONS.
>> WE HAVE THIS END -- OF AN
OUNCE.
>> WE HAVE THIS HANDY.
RECIPE.
>> SQUEEZE YOUR CITRUS JUICES AS
CLOSE TO THE TIME YOU'LL MAKE
THE DRINK AS POSSIBLE.
THREE QUARTERS OF AN OUNCE OF
LIME JUICE.
>> FRESH MEANS FRESH.
>> WE SQUEEZED THIS AN HOUR AGO,
BUT IF YOU CAN SQUEEZE IT
ALREADY IT'S THE BEST.
>> YOU CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE.
>> I GUARANTEE, IF YOU LET IT
SIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN YOUR
FRIDGE, ANDTATION IT AGAINST
FRESH --
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> IT WILL OXIDIZE.
WE HAVE TWO OUNCES OF IRISH
WHISKEY.
WE'RE GOING TO POUR THAT IN THE
GLASS.
>> THAT'S ALL?
>> THAT'S IT.
SO WHEN YOU USE A VERY
HIGH-QUALITY SPIRIT, FRESH JUICE
AND A VERY HIGH-QUALITY
SWEETENER, YOU GET A LOT OF
COMPLEXITY, YOU CAN IMPRESS YOUR
FRIENDS.
>> MAKES TOTAL SENSE THAT THE
BETTER INGREDIENTS YOU USE, THE
BETTER YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT
WILL BE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU'RE USING THE BIG SQUARE.
>> WE GET THESE CUSTOM MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED ICE AGE.
AND WE LOVE THEM.
IF YOU'RE SHAKING AT HOME, YOU
NEED ONE BIG ICE CUBE.
OR FROM YOUR REFRIGERATOR.
>> THE BIG ICE CUBES, IF YOU
WANT ON AMAZON, THEY'RE CALLED
THE KING CUBE.
THEY COME IN A SILICONE TRAY.
I HAVE THEM, MY SISTER HAS THEM.
>> YOU'RE SHAKING FOR 15
SECONDS.
>> YOU GET A CUBE LIKE THIS,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AS FAST
A THINKLUTION.
IF YOU -- OF DILUTION.
TO SERVE IT.
>> YOU HAVE THIS DOWN TO TIMED
OUT.
NOT GOING TO GO.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO FIT IN THAT
GLASS.
>> A SMALLER CUBE.
AND WE'RE AT HOME SO IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> SO THEN YOU JUST TAKE A
STRAINER AND STRAIN THE COCKTAIL
DIRECTLY INTO THE GLASS.
>> OOH.
>> SO PRETTY.
>> YOU'LL NOTICE, AND THEN WE
GARNISH WITH A LITTLE --
>> GOT TO HAVE THE GARNISH.
WE HAVE A LITTLE FANCY LIME WITH
THE CHERRY TRUE IT.
>> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!
HERE, JENNIFER, I'M GOING TO
HAND THAT TO YOU.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GLASSES
HERE.
COCKTAILS DON'T HAVE TO BE
STRICTLY DEFINED BY THE GLASS.
IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, LIKE AN ORANGE JUICE GLASS
AND A PINT GLASS --
>> THIS IS DEFINITELY SPRING IN
A CLASS.
>> TASHA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.