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Bartending 101: Garnish Tips

by Kanyon Walker

Garnishes are one of the most important parts of a drinks overall appeal and appearance. Most customers already know what garnish should be included in their drink, so it's a good thing for you as a bartender to know too. In addition to complimenting a drink's appearance, garnishes can also play a big roll in a drink's taste. If you forget the garnish, you run the possibility of a customer becoming dissatisfied, which will directly affect your tip as well as future bar sales.

Garnishes should be fresh and properly prepared in order to boost a drinks appearance. The flavor of a particular garnish should match the flavor of the drink.

Oranges should be sliced and picked together with a cherry in advance of actually needing them. An orange and cherry picked together is called either a flag or a butterfly, depending on the manner in which they are assembled together.

For any drink containing pineapple juice, a pineapple wedge should be used for the garnish. If you work at a bar in a resort type area selling tropical drinks, this garnish will be a hit. Most neighborhood bar and grill type locations will not serve or stock these garnishes. They will usually substitute orange slices and cherries in place of pineapple wedges.

Lime garnishes are typically used in all forms of tequila based drinks, especially margaritas.

Lemon wedge garnishes are popular in most vodka drinks.

Garnish Tips:

1. Make sure you stock up on your garnishes before the start of your shift. Keep extras in a refrigerator so you can quickly swap out when you need more.

2. The drink should be filled with ice, so the garnish sits neatly on top. Lemon and lime wedges should be squeezed into the drink and rubbed once around the rim of the glass. Always cup your hand around the glass when squeezing to prevent fruit juice from spraying the customers sitting at the bar.

3. Drop garnish wedges into the drink.

4. Lime wheels are placed on the rim of the glass.

5. Squeeze any lemon twists into the drink, then rub the fruit around the rim of the glass.

6. Any coffee drink should get whip cream as a garnish.

7. Any hot tea drink should get a lemon twist for a garnish.

8. Most white wine and champagne drinks will get a lemon twist garnish.

9. Tonic drinks will get a lime wedge for a garnish.

Follow these guidelines on garnishes and you will have a great shift bartending.



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