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Carbonation Kit

Homemade carbonation with a simple kit is an easy way to create your soda recipes or add some bubbles to any of your cocktail creations for a different texture.

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Agar Agar Clarification

Everyone loves that crystal-clear cocktail! You can achieve it with the Agar Agar clarification, let us show you.

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Pectinex Clarification

Ever thought of extracting a clear juice from a banana or from any fruits/vegetable that doesn’t easily produce juices? Pectinex is your solution! This technique will also give you a whole new set of flavours and textures to play with.

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Milk Punch

Adding whey to your cocktails will give them a silky mouthfeel, whilst extending its shelf life significantly, especially if you want to use fruit juices. This fast-batching technique guarantees 100% consistent results and a bit of theatre for your guests.

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Keg Carbonation

Not only will this technique ease your service when you are three deep at the bar, but carbonating a batched cocktail adds some complexity and depth of flavours.

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Flash Carbonation

Create your very own sparkling mixer with a soda syphon or cream whipper. This method is the perfect way to combine flash infusion and carbonation at same the time for a fresh soda or an on-the-spot fizzy cocktail

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Freeze Concentration

With freeze concentration, you can obtain 3 different ingredients from one product

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Oleo Saccharum

This forgotten technique was brought back a few years ago.

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Super Juice

Reduce your prep time and increase dramatically the shelf life of your citrus juices.

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