Post #739537 by AceExplorer on Tue, Mar 17, 2015 12:31 PM

Interesting book, Keith. I had some more thoughts, what if we consider ditching the whole "syrupy juice drinks and smoothies" world and head in the direction of drinks made with flavors based on teas and bitters and extracts and herbs? These would be NA drinks with potential for pleasing aromatic blends of "adult" flavorings mixed into sodas, tonic water, etc. and garnished with mint, basil, nutmeg, etc. For example, what would you mix with muddled blackberries or strawberries to offset but also complement the sweetness of the fruit? Where we use a spirit and citrus juice and simple syrup today, what would we replace the spirit with? Tonic water for flavor and soda water for fizz and texture? Super-strong coffees and super-strong teas made with whole new and unique blends of herbs?

I'm thinking that it may only be a matter of time before someone does some real magic with the herbs/teas/extracts/bitters thing as bases for some good NA drinks. This could become a whole new category of mixology. I don't have a lot of time right now, but I sure would like to try and come up with something. If I do, then I'll post it here for others to try. It would keep me out of jail and more behind my bar... heh...