Muddle me this... Can you muddle mint too much?

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We've had some viewers ask if you need to muddle your mint, or if the shaking with ice will express enough oils, so we decided to give it a try. And what happens if you muddle the mint too much?
Let's find out!
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Комментарии : 62

@joshjamesuk 3 года назад

Interesting music choice for the shaking section…

@tyler_kroll1197 3 года назад

Marius's Playlist! Lol

@zipp930 3 года назад

Was the mint sleeping with a different gin perhaps, before the Beefeater? 😂

@freepour 3 года назад

I the end we won't be cheating on the classic muddle method :)

@DirtyHairy01 2 года назад

Totally agree! I found muddling expresses too much mint flavour, shaking a couple leaf’s is just right! 👍

@tristanbowser6533 3 года назад

I've always been in the camp of just shaking it w/o muddling first. Interesting to see that you evidently can taste a difference. Personally I've never had an issue with mint coming through in the end flavor and if I wanted a stronger mint flavor, I would simply add more mint. I'm not necessarily sure that this will convert me, but it does have me interested in giving it a shot. The biggest problem is that I am lazy, and when I am at home I want to dirty as few dishes as possible to make my drinks lol.

@JM-pm3tb 2 года назад

Dave Arnold, in his book "Liquid Intelligence", devotes 6 pages to the subject of muddling leafy ingredients. Basically, when the leaf cellular structure is broken, it activates Polyphenol oxidases (PPO's), enzymes which immediately cause fruits and vegetables to turn brown/oxidize and mint, basil et al to turn black and "taste like a swamp". Alcohol (40% or higher) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C, as in citrus juice) retard the PPOs, but aren't able to effectively do so with regular muddling of leaves just floating in the booze/citrus juice. He notes that flash freezing mint/basil leaves with liquid nitrogen and then muddling the frozen leaves with alcohol inactivates the PPO's so that they don't have time to have activate. For those of us who don't have liquid nitrogen at hand, he notes blender pureeing the (non-frozen) herbs with alcohol allows the alcohol to act faster de-activating the PPO's then does simple muddling non-frozen leaves with alcohol and does a good job of avoiding the vegetal "swampy" taste. From there, transfer to a shaking tin, add the remainder of ingredients and shake as usual, and be sure to strain when pouring into glass to remove the fine leaf particles.

@Greedman456 3 года назад

Keep up the experiments!!! We all love it and we need it:). Edit: I loved Marius' rascaliness haha:P

@aims10227 3 года назад

This is really great info! I guess it really comes down to preference. I typically stay away from cocktails with mint as that usually ends up being the dominate flavor. Now I can ask for no muddle just shake and hopeful balance the flavor profile to my liking 👍🏼🥂

@boozeontherocks 3 года назад

This is a great comparison, mint is one of those herbs that can go wrong fast.

@alexandermunoz7783 2 года назад

Can you test if saline solution makes a difference in a cocktail ? Maybe make 3 drinks - 1. No Saline Solution 2. A drop of saline solution 3. A couple of drops of saline solution

@TorkildKahrs 3 года назад

Best test in this series yet! Simple and clean experiment with no obvious confounding variable.

@kdub3890 3 года назад

Even more important than the muddling, is the amount of mint and the types of leaf selections that went onto the tins. You didn't even touch on that or demonstrate that there was consistency. I assume there was an attempt to be consistent, but who knows. I'm really surprised because I thought that was going to be the first comment. People have really been on you guys about the process in these types of videos before. Cheers!

@rodneywhitfield5754 2 года назад

Holy s**t…. Too funny… glad you guys are doing this… Thanks for all you do!

@31446963048 2 года назад

I took cuttings a couple of weeks ago and am going to grow some with my indoor meyer and I'm goin to put a pot in my basement access window well with some plastic sheeting out there for when the temp really drops. It already has polycarbonate above so I figure the ground temp with the covered well, plus the sheeting, I might have stumbled on a way to wintering mint for drinks. I'm in the center of the US.

@nslayton5 3 года назад

"Tricky....tricky...." Marius wins this episode.

@HechoELSalsero 3 года назад

Great experiment! For the next, could Marius also do the test so we get a second opinion from a non-professional bartender?

@dtape 3 года назад

Solid test video.

@Sinnistering 2 года назад

Experiment suggestion: Are bitters bottles actually worse at dashing out bitters? Specifically looking at the difference between a full, half full, and almost empty bottle. Setup: Get a large and a small bottle of Angos, as well as a cheap jewelry scale off Amazon/etc. For each size, do three "runs" of the experiment: One freshly opened, one half full, and one almost empty. To make sure it isn't weirdness due to the initial "tip" dash, I would say do 4 or so dashes for each run and then compare them. Just make sure you do the same number for each one. I've done this crudely once before, and I found that it maxes out around the halfway point, but I'd be curious to see it in a more scientific way! If you really wanna go crazy, you could skip the different bottle sizes and look at different brands, types, etc. I'm pretty sure orange bitters have smaller dashes, though not certain.

@andrewyarosh1809 2 года назад

“Tammy poo.” Priceless……

@dravendrinks 3 года назад

The pinky polish is looking nice

@gabrieljosefson7467 3 года назад

Good one 👍

@SolomonTheSoloOneDy 3 года назад

The random Mr Hankey "Howdy Ho" at the end 😄

@destructobot4102 2 года назад

So please please do an episode with mixologist dice...you can find them on Amazon and you roll dice with different ingredients on them to make a drink!!

@joe_hutnak 3 года назад

6:54 Cartman : You're the worst character ever, Towelie. Towelie: I know.

@julietittler9171 2 года назад

I like the content of this video, but the music overlay was so out of place that I thought my phone was glitching and playing an audio source from somewhere else. 😊

@TheMatthewcota 3 года назад

Science!

@ItsMe-fs4df 2 года назад

This is why I thought I hated Mojitos lol

@logansullins4545 3 года назад

This video was great, I'm going to start pointing people to it whenever they question why I always use mint syrups inside my shakers instead of fresh leaves. Leaves are just so inconsistent I vastly prefer to be able to accurately measure the amount of mint flavor I'm adding.

@RazielXAze 3 года назад

You are asking the real questions here! Thank you for the info, I love your content

@bc0838 2 года назад

When the music came in I loled. When will you include music library pop on the main channel??

@margefoyle6796 3 года назад

Love it as usual! Also like the Mr Hanky sign off!

@elizabethzubanova897 3 года назад

I like these. This and the lemon/lime test. Do more of these

@frostbite4954 3 года назад

Nice music choice! We like us some Synthwave/Retrowave. The Midnight is a big favorite. I’m curious about the artist.

@mrhoborz 3 года назад

Malarkey is underused, more people should use malarkey every day

@UnclePete 3 года назад

Yay!! experiments!

@trevorsocia2300 3 года назад

Why not let Marius give this (these sort of tests) a shot? Let a non-drinkers palette see what they can decipher! I feel like I'd have similar tastes to Marius, plus its nice to see him instead your mug the entire time. Lol

@jhcarrothers 3 года назад

Holy gold pinky

@Sinnistering 3 года назад

I loved this! I've always been completely on your side with this one. I will say, however, that this tells me that I would tell the "public" to not muddle and just shake. So many people think muddle means "pulverize", and while the enthusiast will undoubtedly learn the difference, I think a cocktail recipe for the everyday person would do better by telling them to just shake. Also, I'd like to mention note that the music at the start was a bit distracting (not the "Prep" music, but the actual start). It made it hard to hear what Leandro was saying.

@loriander2 3 года назад

I heard you can cut out the stem of the mint and it should not become as bitter from lots of muddling. Also i have tried a fantastic version of a mojito where they blend the mint, don't know how they do it but it does not become bitter.

@Ghorda9 2 года назад

the flat leaf uses a blender to muddle parsley and doesn't over do it.

@NightSkyJeff 3 года назад

So many mixing tins!

@TheAdambg112 3 года назад

Stop being that much a genius

@lttrbox 3 года назад

Really like the vid, but the stock music is not really my thing man. Also there seems to be a ringing in the audio from around 1 minute. That said; again awesome video and explanation.

@paintshadows9232 3 года назад

The music really puts me off

@ASM-vo2nx 3 года назад

Great video. Do you tend to use spearmint? That’s my favourite and also the favorite of the rhinoceros

@TheAdambg112 3 года назад

If I may have an idea for this channel is how much ice should we put in the tin ? 2 big ices cubes and shake a lot or a full glace and a normal shake is ok ? what about dilution, freezing, taste ...

@GrumpyCoffeeBean 3 года назад

Oh I so need you to visit a few mojito bars in PR and have this debate!

@lettersnstuff 3 года назад

no. you can’t. you also can’t have too much mint. a true cocktail is closer to a wet alcoholic salad than a beverage.

@OrenNoah 2 года назад

Dang! I got really nervous watching this. Does Marius want to see Leandro bleed? Why else would he place him, blindfolded, in front of a cutting board with a sharp knife?!

@freepour 2 года назад

😂 🤷‍♂️