Maya R.Lead bartender • Portland • 18 min ago
•••Tried saline in tonight’s Paloma special. Four drops made the grapefruit jump without reading as salty. Tiny change, enormous payoff.
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Tried saline in tonight’s Paloma special. Four drops made the grapefruit jump without reading as salty. Tiny change, enormous payoff.
First clean three-drink round without checking my notes. The Daiquiri was the favorite—and now I finally understand why dilution matters.
Team question: what is your fastest way to teach a new hire the difference between shaking hard and just making noise?