How to Bring Together Quintessential Ingredients That Define a Cocktail with Lauren Mote, Bittered Sling, Part 2

We left our guest just as she was finishing up her Diageo Global World Class Competition experience. For those of you who missed part 1, go back to the previous episode and start there!Now is the time to delve into Part 2 of our interview with Lauren Mote and discover where she landed when she brought food, wine and work together.I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. Now that you know a little bit about Lauren, it’s time to find out how everything she learned along the way led her to launch her award-winning, internationally renowned bitters company Bittered Sling and what being the first Diageo World Class Global Cocktailian really means. Before we begin, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars or have cocktails delivered right to your door during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. Our cocktail of the week is the Third Pole, referring to the Himalayas being the third largest body of snow on our planet, after the Antarctic and Arctic areas. Ingredients:1.50 oz Bulleit Bourbon0.75 oz Cynar Amaro0.75 oz Lemon Juice1.00 oz Chaga Chai Tea Syrup*2 dashes Bittered Sling Kensington Aromatic BittersDehydrated lemon wheel with skewerMethod:Put all the ingredients in a shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain neat into a double rocks glass. Garnish with dehydrated lemon wheel on a wood pick standing up from the cocktail which signifies the flag atop the mountain claiming your achievement.--*To make Lauren’s Chaga Chai Tea Syrup and learn more about the story of the cocktail, you will have to visit  alushlifemanual.com where you will find this recipe, more recipes, and all the cocktails of the week as well as links to all the ingredients.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-bring-together-quintessential-ingredients-that-define-a-cocktailAlways remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly!-----If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday.Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more!Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission.Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸