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"Bartenders are ice artisans and poets of alcohol" Patxi Troitiño
of the many tips that Patxi gave me in the world championship of 2005
the one I remember best is when he said, he looked me at eyes and said:
Yoli quiet, go up there and do what you know, as you known.
Watching the world through the eyes of a Bartender
Patxi Troitiño for me is like the Ferran Adria of cocktails. Because he was a man who in cocktails
has innovated a bunch. I'd known in the beginning
back in 2000 or so
and well, he has undergone a sizable evolution
from making international cocktails
to try to distance himself from all that and
to make his own versioned cocktails
my teacher has put me in the Stick for a stage, in the bar of Patxi
and I liked the way of working that has Patxi and how he got me into the contests
working a lot with him, in the end I decided
practically, to devote myself to the bar instead of the kitchen
a fighter, a person who is constant
given for his work
and well, there he is
being a reference in all that is cocktails and especially the word bartender
so trendy that is bartender, bartender ...
for me bartender is Patxi
He tries to convince everyone that
to do things right costs nothing
costs very little effort
and the reward is great
for me the Stick is an amusement park
He has gone beyond the world of cocktails. For example
versioning international cocktails
for example
putting other different things that they could not before:
liquid nitrogen, makes spherifications, aerosols, he does a lot of things today
a person who is
in San Sebastian, a city landmark in the kitchen theme, can not be less
in reference to the level of Spain, is Patxi
in the mixology. Why?
because he has innovated
he brings at the panorama of mixology at Gipuzkoa
many things
but above all he has been capable of bringing people mixology
I think that the cocktail was forgotten or at least very reserved
to a certain type of people or public
one of the details that caught my attention of Stick, they said:
that they met on thursdays
to investigate, to innovate, to mix things. Foams, airs
which sounded amazing to me
molecular mixology and I was astonished, those details: spherifications
airs, foams, for me it was an amazing world. I loved that
and Patxi has explain me that they met here on thursdays
and we started to do things, to do tests. With this, with that
and it caught my attention, that well, so far
They say I am the R&D, but well
the truth is that we all are
he seeks a point more, it's like a free spirit in the mixology
he always goes beyond, does not like being enclosed in the international cocktail
He always seeks another twist, I think
his quest to make the cocktail closer
has succeeded
that kids
very young
come in one of his first appointments to Stick
to drink
a cocktail, because
because they have understood that neither is so expensive
nor is anything so luxurious
nor have to carry excessive alcohol
is unbelievable all he can do and all he will do. Why?
because he has a team behind him, that is supporting him
and they are working in one direction. That is going to be the best and they will get it
Why? because they are innovating
people who innovate and that's what is today
Do we want R & D & i? That is Patxi, the R & D & i in the topic of cocktail
We had been in the classical
and Patxi has completely innovated it
his head is a machine, doesnt stop,it's all day
watching the world through the eyes of a Bartender