Set sail for a style of Mexico and Latin America with Holland America Line’s new cocktails! Award-winning bartender Ivy Combine crafted 5 distinctive drinks impressed by totally different cities, promising a vibrant “pan-Latin sensory expertise” with tropical, fruity, and savory notes.
Extra than simply refreshments, these creations seize the spirit of the areas and folks, reflecting Combine’s profession and the cultural richness of Mexico and Latin America. As Holland America’s senior supervisor says, “cocktails will be highly effective storytellers,” and these drinks are certain to take your style buds on an immersive journey.
New Ivy Combine Cocktails on Mexico and Latin America Cruises:
- Costa Pacifica: Eucalyptus-infused reposado tequila, creme de banana, lemon, honey.
- Lima: Pisco, calvados, lemon, white peppercorn, apricot, sage, egg white.
- Puerto Vallarta: Blanco tequila, Aperol, lime, mango, habanero.
- São Paulo: Cachaça, coconut, lime, ardour fruit, vanilla, cinnamon.
- Santo Domingo: Rum, lime, pineapple, ginger, fragrant bitters, soda.
Combine started her bartending profession at age 19 on a visit to Guatemala. She lived and labored there for years, mixing in travels to Mexico to review mezcales and tequilas, giving her a novel and in depth information base into the agave spirits discipline. In 2009, she moved to New York to deliver collectively her love for bartending and spirits along with her inventive background. By way of the years she labored with a number of famend names within the cocktail and bar world, finally co-opening her personal bar, Leyenda, with Julie Reiner in Brooklyn, New York, in addition to her bottle store Fiasco! Wine + Spirits.
Combine is the writer of the award-winning e-book “Spirits of Latin America,” and she or he is the recipient of quite a few awards and accolades, together with American Bartender of the 12 months, Wine Fanatic Mixologist of the 12 months and World’s Greatest Bar Mentor. She is the co-founder of Velocity Rack, a woman-only, high-speed bartending competitors that has raised greater than $1 million for breast most cancers analysis.
“As a bartender, I’ve centered my path on nurturing my ardour for spirits that come from Latin America, and I’m excited to deliver these flavors from land to sea on Holland America Line cruises in Mexico and Latin America,” stated Combine. “The curated cocktails exhibit the persona of the area, utilizing spirits like tequila, rum and Pisco.”
Combine joins Holland America Line’s evolving beverage program that features launching its personal De Lijn gin and introducing an 18th century, pirate-inspired rum punch crafted by famend mixologist and cocktail historian David Wondrich that’s obtainable on all Caribbean cruises.
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