Welcome to Drinks Tube. My name is Simone and Jamie, as part of his competition- 'search
for a cocktail star' asked me to come here and explain some of the tricks and tips for
the cocktails. For more information about this amazing competition follow the website
below. I want you to enter, I want you to compete, I want you to win. Today we are talking
about how to make a video perfect, not just a cocktail must taste delicious but needs
to look good- the video, the frame, the angle, the lights, every single detail. Beautiful.
It is not about what kind of camera you use, either a profession camera or you phone. Most
important thing, is the light. It must be bright enough in order for me to see what
you are doing otherwise what's the point? You don't want to make a video like this-
guys where are you? Also when you making a video, I don't want to see the video like
this. Ahhhh. So you see the light is a very important detail. Make sure that whatever
you do, it is visible. That's why we always use transparent and clear glasses and always
move your hands clearly so you can see every single detail, every single step. So now your
video is looking good, I have to make sure your drinks are looking good. Different style
of glasses, can change the style of it. Here we have a classic Martini glass for beautiful
espresso Martini. The classic cocktail glass. Here would be an amazing nice sidecar or a
daiquiri. The rock glass, we should put a nice Negroni or an old fashion. This is the
hurricane glass, originally designed for the hurricane cocktail invented in New Orleans
but you could make a delicious pina colda in this. You can make all the style of tropical
cocktail. Classic highball glass, not good just for gin and tonic but you can make mojito,
you can make a refreshing Tom Collins with gin. But because it's your video I want you
to be more creative, original- 100%. Like for example... a gigantic sea shell. Tiki
mug, nice and fun at the same time. Even a shaker, yes- because you make the cocktail
inside and then you can leave it like this. Think about what you have around. It is not
just important about having the right glass but also the garnish. Because the garnish
is the first thing that your eyes see. It can change the perception of something, is
something good or is something bad? And when you garnish a cocktail, always think about
what a garnish can deliver to the drink- the notes of the aroma, the perfume, even the
taste if you can eat it. I'm gonna peel a 360, I start to clean the edges, I'm gonna
cut in the middle like this to hold it on the glass- you see? But I'm not finished,
I'm not finished. I wanna show you how beautiful I can make this orange with the same knife
for everyday use in the kitchen. Isn't it beautiful? You see how simple it is? I wanna
show you a little bit variation of this using a classic strawberry daiquiri. I'm gonna make
it match again. I'm gonna use fresh lime and a fresh strawberry. Cut in order to be able
to hold it on the glass but I'm gonna leave this part quite thick, I'm not gonna cut so
half a centimetre to put it on the rim. So I use this same line as a holder for the second
garnish, how cool is this? Final garnish the pina colda. How many times have you been in
bars all around the world and the pina colda was garnished with this dry old leaf of a
pineapple? If you use a garnish like this you are not going to win the competition,
forget about it, maybe in your dreams. So we take three out of it. If I cut it upside
down, automatically as a result, I will have great leaves with three different shades of
colour. Look what a beautiful chromatic effect I have. Great and creative garnishes for your
winning cocktails. One last thing to remember, make sure your garnish is in the right a proportional
size. For example for this pina colda, we can put a nice straw and perhaps a cocktail
umbrella, which is a typical, institutional garnish for such a drink. Perhaps we use this
cocktail umbrella, no maybe it's too big- maybe this cocktail umbrella which is proportional
and is beautiful, think about this size sometimes biggest is not the best. OK guys so these
were all of my tips for winning the cocktail competition. All the details are below. Enter
the search for a cocktail star, you must win, you must make delicious and good looking cocktails.
If you wanna see more tips and tricks about the competition just click on the box over
here. All I can say is fantastic, fantastic and good luck!