When I came out of the Grand Hotel Sao Paulo, it was drizzling outside.

In March, it was the end of summer in St. Paul, with heavy rainfall and flash floods were common.

After leaving the door, Zhao Guoyang held up his umbrella and slowly walked towards the bar street that Susanna mentioned.

In front of the first bar on the street, Zhao Guoyang saw Susanna sitting alone under a round rain shelter.

Perhaps because the weather was a little cooler at night, Susanna wore a sweater and a fluffy ponytail, which looked particularly refreshing and unique.

Susanna also saw Zhao Guoyang coming, put down the order in her hand, waved at him, her face full of a bright smile.

After Zhao Guoyang took his seat, Susanna smiled and handed the order over and asked, "Zhao, look, what do you want to drink?"

After taking the wine list, Zhao Guoyang was immediately attracted by the dazzling cocktail name and recipe.

Cocktails are really familiar to Zhao Guoyang.

As a wine tasting with a higher style, Zhao Guoyang in his previous life was fond of drinking, but he was not addicted to drinking.

Because he has been traveling around the world all year round, Zhao Guoyang has a very detailed understanding of cocktails around the world.

Even himself can make several cocktails of different styles at will.

At this time, when Zhao Guoyang saw the types of cocktails on the wine list, he couldn't help but recall the days when he drank alone in a bar in his previous life.

"Zhao? How about I'll choose a cup for you?" Seeing Zhao Guoyang's eyes a little erratic, Susanna next to her couldn't help but remind him softly.

"Ah..." After being awakened by Susanna's voice, Zhao Guoyang scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Sorry, I thought of something..."

"It's okay!"

Susanna held her chin with one hand and looked at Zhao Guoyang with her eyes fixed on her eyes, "This bar's 'Baijiade' is good, do you want to try it?"

The "Baikade" that Susanna mentioned is a cocktail made of rum as the base wine. It has always been very popular in Samba.

However, the "Baijiade" tastes a bit rich, not the type Zhao Guoyang likes.

Looking at the rain splashing from time to time on the ground, he thought for a while and then asked with a smile: "Miss Susanna, can customers be allowed to mix their own bartenders here?"

As soon as Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, a pleasant mature woman's voice sounded behind him: "Of course, if the wine made by the sir is outstanding, our bar can even give you a discount..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guoyang turned his head in surprise and saw a beautiful blonde and blue-eyed bartender standing beside him and Susanna.

Susanna was obviously very familiar with a beautiful bartender. After hearing what she said to Zhao Guoyang, she joked, "Sister Matilda, I can enjoy this benefit too, right?"

"Of course, as long as this gentleman also helps Miss Susanna, you can also get a discount for you." The beautiful bartender Matilda said with a smile on his face.

After hearing her words, Susanna turned to look at Zhao Guoyang and said, "Well, Zhao, it depends on you now. I don't understand bartending at all."

Zhao Guoyang said dismissively: "OK, no problem. Then I'll ask Miss Matilda to lead me."

"Sir, please come here!" Matilda bowed and, under Susanna's interest-minded gaze, led Zhao Guoyang to the bar at the front of the bar.

Following Matilda to the bartender area at the door, Zhao Guoyang asked: "Miss Matilda, I wonder if your bar has complete base wine, is there any Amsterdam gin? I want to make a glass of Alaska for Susanna first..."

The gin wine that Zhao Guoyang mentioned, also known as gin wine, is one of the top ten spirits in the world.

Gin was first produced by the Windmill Kingdom, and later gradually spread to European and American countries.

This kind of wine is a raw grain wine obtained by distilling at least three times after fermentation.

After that, add juniper spices and distillate them, store them in a glass tank, and then mature to obtain wine.

Its biggest feature is its unique style, cool color, and outstanding fragrance. When tasting, it often has a herbal fragrance.

Although the quality of gin is unique, it is only suitable for single drinks and is not a base wine for cocktails.

Amsterdam gin, especially, is notoriously difficult to prepare.

Now that Zhao Guoyang asked this, Matilda knew as soon as he heard it, this handsome guy from the Eastern side must be a master who knows how to mix bartending.

"Sir, I'm asking the right person. Our bar happens to have this kind of Amsterdam gin. I'll bring it to you now!" Matilda looked at Zhao Guoyang with some anticipation, turned around and went to pick up the wine.

With base wine, Zhao Guoyang next chose the more common liqueur wine "Jinbali" and "Xinar".

The addition of liqueur is mainly to blend the flavor and taste of the base wine.

Due to the uniqueness of Amsterdam gin, the choice of liqueur is less important.

After choosing base wine and liqueur, Zhao Guoyang chose pomegranate and blackberry, the two relatively rare fruits, the most auxiliary ingredients.

Then, he first put the pomegranate and blackberries into a classical cup, then stirred the juice with a stirring rod, then added brown sugar and mixed and stirred.

After removing the remaining fruit residue, Zhao Guoyang took a glass of ice from Matilda and poured it into it. Finally, he added several kinds of wines he had prepared and placed on the side.

After mixing these together, Zhao Guoyang rolled up his sleeves, picked up the classical cup with one hand and shook it left and right a few times, and then gently placed the quilt aside.

Looking at Zhao Guoyang's series of moving movements, Matilda's eyes were filled with a rippling ripples.

Although she had never seen this wine made by Zhao Guoyang, she still had a high level of vision and knowledge after being immersed in the bar for so many years.

Needless to say, just by making these few moves of Zhao Guoyang and the color of this cocktail, you know that this wine is definitely a fine product.

Putting this cup of freshly baked "Alaska" aside, Zhao Guoyang smiled at Matilda and said, "This 'Alaska' is suitable for girls. I made it for Susanna. I would like to send it to me!"

"Of course this! Please wait!" Matilda nodded repeatedly, carefully picked up the wine glass from Zhao Guoyang, and walked quickly to Susanna.

"Miss Susanna, this is the wine that Mr. Zhao has made for you."

After taking the wine glass from Matilda's hand and looking at the crystal clear wine in the wine glass, Susanna was filled with joy.

Before she could taste it, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister Matilda, Zhao is very good at bartending, right? I just saw his movements, and it seemed that he was not inferior to the bartender in your hotel! Of course, it's probably a little inferior to you, a senior bartender, right?"

"No, Miss Susanna, you're wrong."

Matilda shook her head and said in a sincere tone, "This gentleman's bartending skills are not inferior to me. At least, I can't catch up with these two wines he made..."

After hearing this, Susanna was shocked. She stared at Zhao Guoyang in a daze, but found that he had picked up a bottle of brandy and started to serve the base wine of the second cocktail on his own.

"Oh, is it really that amazing? This is amazing! No, I want to taste it first!" After Susanna said to herself, she brought the glass to her lips and took a sip.

"Uh, this wine..."

After taking the first sip, Susanna felt somewhat disappointed, as if the wine was nothing strange.

However, her evaluation has not yet been expressed. The wine that had just swallowed to her throat had already emitted a refreshing herbal fragrance, which shocked her entire body.

"How is it?" Matilda asked while observing Zhao Guoyang's bartending movements ahead.

"Well, it's so wonderful, there's an indescribable strange smell. Sister Matilda, you can taste it too!" Susanna held her breasts in her hand and handed the wine glass to Matilda.

Matilda and Susanna should be very familiar with each other, so they didn't hesitate and brought the wine glass over and slapped it lightly.

A few seconds later, when the fragrance surged into Matilda's throat, the same shock as Susanna appeared in her eyes.

After taking a deep breath, Matilda looked at Susanna seriously and said, "I want to take back what I just said."

"Miss Susanna, your friend, has gone beyond my understanding of the 'Alaska' cocktail. This is the most special and flavorful 'Alaska' I have ever tasted so far."

"Wow, it's really that awesome?" Susanna exclaimed.

While the two were amazed here, Zhao Guoyang's movements had entered the final stage.

The cocktail he made now, called "Alabama", is a rich cocktail with brandy as the base wine.

Generally speaking, brandy is a relatively luxurious choice as a base wine. Good brandy usually costs several hundred dollars, which is really valuable.

However, Zhao Guoyang chose an ordinary cognac with a lower cost, and the price was only more than ten US dollars.

He added six ice cubes to the mixing glass, then used a wine meter, and slowly poured brandy and several liqueurs into it in turn.

Then, Zhao Guoyang used a bar spoon to stir the wine in the mixing glass for fifteen times, then used an ice filter to block the mouth of the cup, and poured the mixed wine into the glass.

Finally, add a slice of lemon to the wine glass, and this "Alabama" is freshly released.
Chapter completed!