Lilac City DIY Cocktail Bitters Kit
Bring out your inner alchemist with our Badass Bitters DIY Cocktail Bitters Kits. This educational kit walks you through the infusion process that has been part of medicinal practices for centuries. The kit includes step-by-step instructions and a worksheet to guide you through the process.
$30.00
In stock (can be backordered)
In stock (can be backordered)
Product Description
Welcome to Badass Bitters DIY Cocktail Bitters Kits!
What are bitters?
Bitters fill a unique niche in the history of medicine, food, and drink. The story begins with the alchemical arts in ancient Egypt and ends in America in a cocktail glass. The ancients made the first bitters by extracting the healing (and flavor) qualities of flowers, peels, seeds, barks, and herbs through an infusion process using wine and, later, distilled alcohol.
Why are bitters used in cocktails?
In 1806, the first publication of the word “cocktail” and its definition appeared in The Balance, Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York: “…COCKTAIL, then, is a stimulating liquor, comprised of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” By the early twentieth century, cocktail culture flourished, with bitters as its defining ingredient. Today, you become the alchemist-mixologist with our Badass Bitters DIY educational kit, infusing and making bitters. Badass.
LILAC CITY COCKTAIL BITTERS
From Boston Common to Spokane’s Manito Park, John Duncan came in 1912, planting the seed for Spokane to become the Lilac City. Little did he know how well the flowers pair with gin and vodka. Our Lilac City DIY Cocktail Bitters blends the Essence of Asia’s ancient flower with citrus, vanilla, and lavender — flavors that bring your libations to full bloom. Fancy that!
Bitters are to cocktails as spices are to food. Our Badass Bitters Kit empowers you to release the flavors of nature as you learn about bitters and make your own cocktail bitters. Each kit makes approximately 10 oz. of your house-made bitters.
KIT INCLUDES Botanical-herb mix, cheesecloth, eyedropper bottle, label, funnel, Instructional worksheet, and cocktail recipes.
YOU ADD 1-1/2 cups of high-proof vodka and a lemon.
Lilac City Ingredients: dried lilac flower, dried orange peel, lavender, vanilla bean, dried lemon peel granules, dried ginger root, dried yarrow flower, angelica.
Kit box dimensions: 3” w x 5” t x 3” d
