Cocktail trends 2022
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Our love for cocktails has surged during the pandemic. Nisha Patel speaks to mixologists and bar owners from all over the world to find out what's inspiring them and what concoctions we may see across global bar menus. Hanky Panky bar in Mexico says lockdown sent everyone back to their books and emerging are pairings inspired by cook books. Two Schmucks in Barcelona say the diversity of their staff has led to a range of cocktails you'd usually see in your main meal and cocktail aficionado Lynette Marrero shares how she's seen her cocktail masterclasses filled with customers who have a thirst for premium alcohol. Phil Tate from CGA strategy analyses cocktail trends worldwide and explains how the pandemic has influenced and changed the global cocktail trend, and how this will continue into 2022.
This programme is produced and presented by Nisha Patel
(PIC: Vodka with cranberry and grapefruit CREDIT: Getty)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Nisha Patel. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. Coming up on the programme, |
| 0:09.2 | how do you like yours? Shaken or stirred? We're talking cocktails, of course, and how our thirst for them |
| 0:16.8 | is driving the global drinks market. So across the globe, really, we've seen double-digit growth |
| 0:23.6 | for cocktails versus even performance in 2019, which was pre-COVID. We'll be finding out about some of the |
| 0:30.4 | concoctions on offer in some of the world's most acclaimed bars. The one in front of you that we're |
| 0:36.1 | just putting together is called the Champagne Tommies. |
| 0:39.4 | So two of my favourite things. |
| 0:40.9 | And it uses 100% agave tequila with freshly squeezed lime. |
| 0:44.9 | And then we top it up with French champagne. |
| 0:47.1 | And asking bar owners and mixologists about how they plan to set our taste buds on fire in 2022. |
| 0:55.2 | All new menu now is all inspired by dishes. |
| 0:58.4 | So we have cocktails inspired by a beef borgadneal, inspired by tomkassou. |
| 1:02.9 | More on cocktails that sound like a main course coming up on the program. |
| 1:10.2 | So I've come to the world's 50 Best Bars Award Ceremony in North London, |
| 1:14.8 | which is filled to the brim with the creme de la crem of mixologists, bar owners and industry experts from all over the world. |
| 1:22.4 | Definitely the right place to find out how this year has impacted and inspired bar menus for next year. |
| 1:29.1 | All around me, pop-up bars are making opulent, gorgeous-looking cocktails. |
| 1:34.3 | It's time for a closer look. |
| 1:36.1 | This looks absolutely delicious. |
| 1:37.7 | For sure, I'd say this is a showstopper of our three cocktails today. |
| 1:41.4 | All of them have Altaquilas as a base, |
| 1:44.1 | and they're all kind of twists on margaritas |
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