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There are many types of stainless steel bar accesories for the discerning home entertainer. The Bartender's friend is an all-in-one device that opens corked or crown-topped bottles, as well as cans. It is a handy back-up even if a more eleborate corkscrew is preferred and you have a bottle-opener permanently fixed to your bar.
Mixing glasses or cocktail shakers are the next stainless steel bar accessories that you should have. These can be used to create drinks on the spot for your waiting guests. To save from having to wash up in between each concoction, you can have a few of these mixers or shakers and designate each one for making a particular drink.
Stainless steel bar accessories are a must for dealing with any citrus fruits as they are resistant to the corrosive acids. These accessories include a lemon-squeezer or juice extractor and a paring knife. No particular design can be elected as the best, since it is a matter of personal taste and ergonomics as to which handles the most easily.
However, you cannot do without these two stainless steel
bar accessories as the former provides a sweet tang to your
drinks while the latter enables you to produce slivers and
twists of lemon and clean slices of orange for garnishing. |
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For really cold drinks, steel tongs and ice-crushers are the necessary stainless steel bar accessories to have. The tongs can load ice into a mixing glass or shaker better than a scoop because they will not pick up any unwanted water which will dilute the drink. Ice-crushers are required for frappe drinks, Daiquiris and a variety of other treats. Otherwise, you would have to wrap the ice cubes in a teatowel and crack them with a kitchen mallet.
The bar should be a simple, unfussy shape so that it will be easy to move and work around it. It is for this same reason that stainless steel bar accesories are the most popular as compared with those made of any other materials.
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