'Cocktail Potion' by Transworld Transfer Bartenders

"Again, can't you sleep?

In a store with little light.

I was sitting at the counter, tilting a glass by myself, and I heard a voice.

I don't even have to turn my face. The Lord of that voice understands.

"... Sui is the one"

"... well"

Saying, Sui naturally took the seat next to me.

Today is roughly a month after the completion of the three carbonated beverages: 'Tonic', 'Ginger Ale' and 'Coke'.

And tomorrow was the real thing for the potion review.

I was ready today, and I got all kinds of bummed up.

With regard to materials and equipment, I send them to the venue to be checked. For this review, Iberis was asked to make another smaller freezer and refrigerator.

Nevertheless, that's not useless beyond this. Let's evacuate the contents of the warehouse, which is getting a little narrow, to some extent after the review.

The venue is quite far from here. Has it been running at all costs for about an hour?

This is relatively out of town, and the venue is out in opposite directions. The lord's mansion - no, is it a villa - is also around there, apparently.

It seems to use as much space as possible for the venue, and the audience enters quite a bit on the day?

Quality reviews are not just about competing in potions.

Along with that, it seems you can open your own booth and promote the product.

Me and Sui didn't know that, so we're not ready for that. I don't even have to think about it in the sense of who will turn the business travel store during the tournament.

Either way, we decided to compete in the main race with one of our skills.

And in front of a large audience and a fat judge on the tongue, you show them that arm.

There was no way I wasn't nervous.

"Total. What are you drinking today?

"... [White Lady]"

In my answer, I gave Sui a frightened, worried look.

I overlap words from myself, as I excuse myself.

"I know it from the head. He said he'd done everything he could already. But anxiety won't go away forever. There's more up there, there's more I can do, I can't be satisfied anywhere I go. That's what I think."

So, I'm worried.

the timing of the shake, the strength, the ratio of the materials, in order,

The choice of ice, the size, the time, the speed,

Maybe there's something better than the best I think right now.

Once possessed by the idea, I always want to try something new.

So even the night before, I was swinging a shaker by myself.

"... total, I know how you feel"

Sui said with a complex dark look that remained afloat earlier.

"Even I was worried before the total arrived. But that didn't move on. So."

"............ so?

"So what worries me is later, order"

I only respond a little bit, laughing bitterly at my paced girl.

"Yes, I did. It's the same thing."

"Yeah, no"

"Huh?"

But the word of denial made me false.

You cared for my pompous expression, Sui raised her voice just a little bit, then overlapped the words.

"Let's start with [Gin Lime]."

He was a fluffy, gently enveloping voice.

That's all I found out what she was trying to say.

I just say, "I did," and I rush into the counter and get ready.

That day, to make the same 'two cups' as then.

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

We punched a wide, tall glass in the mouth, as they call it a rock glass.

And neither, drank it all at once.

Not to say the throat, not the stomach, but the body became hot by the fervent flow of liquid.

After that, I felt refreshed, just like the aftertaste that remained in my mouth.

"... bad. Worry about it."

"Mutual. So, total, I'm sorry. Another drink, please."

"Hmm? Like what?

To my enquiry, Sui is stuck.

And I said, with a slightly more interesting look on my face.

"Leave it to the total. Make" The Best Cocktail ""

"... most"

Yes, I did, and there was one cocktail floating in my head as I lowered my head clerically.

[X.Y.Z]

Cocktails that are sometimes used in a negative sense, such as no more later, no more. But about this, I like the other thing that's telling me the most.

It means' No more, the best cocktail '.

"Except"

When I was so determined in my mind, Sui put out one more order.

"Make it with the 'Gini attribute'. Otherwise, the total is going to be easy to make."

In one word, the [X.Y.Z] line disappeared in me.

Because [X.Y.Z] is a 'rum' based cocktail. It is not appropriate to specify in this case.

But then I get even more lost in my head.

In this state, what the hell...

"Ah."

When the word of denial came to mind, there was only one thing that came to mind.

There was an "array" in the cocktail with the alias "best".

The ingredients are a little different, so they cannot be said to be in themselves.

But for fear of change in those places, there is no cocktail development.

Not to mention bartenders, they have to be free and fluid. Shortages create new ideas.

Arrangements are good. After that, if you can make a real one day, it's still good.

"Now, let me make it"

As I say, I take out the ingredients.

It was' gin '-' gini potion 'and' coantro '- that were taken out.

And it is' lemon '.

At the same time, put the glass you always use in the shake in the freezer and prepare ice in exchange.

Seeing the ingredients I took out, Sui showed a clear and frightened face only this time.

"So [White Lady]. How incredibly confident."

"No, I'm not."

"Huh? But..."

"Yes, the ingredients are together, but what we're going to make is something else"

I smile and go into making that cocktail.

First, 'Gini' was boldly poured into a 40 ml shaker.

[White Lady] is 30ml, so this alone changes the punch a lot.

But that's not all, pour in 20 ml more 'coantro'.

At this stage, the contents of the shaker became 60 ml.

For approximate 'cocktails', although there are no strict rules.

The material to be placed in the shaker is almost 60 ml.

I think that sometimes means the capacity to fit the glass.

Such restrictions make the imagination more cynical and encourage the evolution of flavor.

But this cocktail doesn't end here with 60 ml.

Finally, with great care, I dropped only a few drops of lemon juice - 1 dash.

Now we have all the ingredients.

Mix gently with a bar spoon to see the flavor.

It was sweet and gorgeous, and there was a liquid with intense power.

Without hesitation, I filled the shaker with ice and closed the lid quietly.

Hit lightly on the slab with the cocon and slowly move to the shake.

I don't look around much during the shake.

I pour all my nerves into a new world, present in my hands.

The content dancing in the shaker moves the center of gravity scattered, but still moves according to my will.

Up and down, left and right, making a slightly heavier karan sound so as to quickly draw the eight letters.

And then I slowly finished the shake, and I took the glass out of the freezer.

"Excuse me."

Place the shaker on the counter once and use your free hand to replace the glass that [Gin Lime] had in it and the new glass.

Then he tilted the shaker with the lid open toward the glass he replaced.

In the original recipe, a clear thin yellow liquid is poured here, but now it was a beautiful thin white.

The citrus smelled more flamboyant than usual.

"Thank you for waiting. [A1] … Arrangement."

Speaking of one of my most recent pleasures,

When I saw the new 'cocktail', it was to observe Sui's shining eyes.