Post #355716 by Chip and Andy on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 5:50 AM

On 2008-01-17 18:43, bigbrotiki wrote:
All this (thank you for the elaborate explanations, C&A! :) ) still does not answer the question of does a top mixer create a different, more authentic consistency in certain vintage cocktails. Are they more frothy and light than blended ones, perhaps?

I don't know about the 'authentic consistency' because a ultimately a top mixer does the same thing as a regular blender. It is a matter of power, ingredients, and blend time.

A top mixer will do its job to a drink faster than a blender, generally, because of the physics of a top mixer. A top mixer is nothing more than mixing wheel on a stick very much like a modern immersion blender (or stick-blender). When you use a top blender you are pushing the mix part of the machine through the drink versus a blender that has the mixing blade in a fixed position in relation to the ingredients.

In theory at least, five seconds in a top mixer is more blending compared to the same time in a blender.

Does someone out there have a top mixer and a blender that can run a comparison for us?