Don't get Hoodwinked, tropical drinks are PERFECT for winter

[@paulc1173]

OMG THANK YOU for the GLOVES statement…. It drives me crazy people think gloves are some “magical” barriers to dirt and germs……

[@dtpugliese318]

Thank you Leandro! I’ve been saying forever that just because you use gloves doesn’t make your hands cleaner. You just have to keep your hands clean and everything should be fine. A lot of people get a false sense of security using gloves. They can wipe their nose and scratch their ass with gloves on then make your sandwich with those same gloves and then it’s okay. But use your clean, bare hands and everyone loses their minds

[@eyespy3001]

Well, proper food handling etiquette calls for a change of gloves after each prep. So, no, that wouldn’t happen.

[@MrIrishpunk]

@@eyespy3001 gloves give people a false sense of confidence is what people are getting at. A clean hand is better than a dirty glove.

[@cadesolivan6454]

IMO gloves look way more gross than just using hands. Also just doesn’t feel right or look natural. We’re making drinks here not performing surgery.

[@eyespy3001]

@@MrIrishpunk I understand that, but I was responding to the original comment saying that someone with gloves on can wipe their ass and then make your sandwich, which wouldn’t really happen if proper food safety protocols were followed. Gloves are switched out after every preparation, whereas someone making your sandwich without gloves could have scratched their ass an hour ago, forgot to wash their hands, and would be prepping your sandwich. I’d rather go with the low-probability false sense of security that gloves give than a more likely case of disgusting that not wearing gloves does. I’ve been bartending for twenty years. While my hands are usually clean from all the solvents and cleaning fluid from washing glasses, there are times where I’m touching dusty old bottles, kegs that have sat in some warehouse touched by god knows what, used napkins, food, and people’s used glasses… If I threw on a new pair of gloves between each drink I made, your drink would be 1000x safer to drink than if I didn’t.

[@brian5728]

Also, certain food just can't be prepared properly while wearing gloves. Try making sushi wearing gloves...just doesn't work

[@ChadWinters]

as a doctor I agree with you. I prefer food prep without gloves as people tend to be much more free with touching nastiness if they have gloves on and they don't wash or change the gloves after like they would with their hands

[@almitchell381]

This drink really makes fresh pineapple juice shine!

[@thesaskatchewankid]

I'm not used to Leandro wearing such funky coloured shirts, but I'm here for it. It's really jiving with my two old-fashioned's-deep-buzz-I-got-going-on-late-at-night-after-cleaning-my-basement-and-wet-bar vibe.

[@zoe9190]

Its currently summer in the southern hemisphere, its been hitting 40C, we are on the tropical drinks

[@polishprince7219]

you said it so perfectly that tropical cocktails are more important for winter! Just as Don the Beachcomber intended as a form of escapism!

[@pandafragrance]

100% agree! I busted out the Smith and Cross and some homemade orgeat to do some Mai Tais last weekend.

[@betht555]

Thank you for a Summer Cocktail from those of us in the Southern Hemisphere 😃

[@shauncho6738]

lol I really wish I got to see the part where you told Marius off about the handwashing thing. Can't wait to try this one!

[@nicolasnegrete3226]

Thank Leandro for this drink ! We nned more Tropical in Winter!

[@caspianberggren4195]

I tried this drink tonight and it was delicious! Surprised at how the pineapple juice and the tiny bit of aperol was able to reign in the smoky mezcal.

[@vanavanaja3018]

wow guys you are braver than i imagined that shirt...

[@benandrovich112]

Awesome video! I just bought 2 Mai Tai glasses, they look amazing! Can’t wait to see them in person. Love your videos!

[@TheEducatedBarfly]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@edwardguy6048]

I love that shirt…

[@jonstrauss3535]

As a health inspector, I’ll take a clean hand over a dirty glove any day. Folks with gloves on eventually start to think/act like the gloves are there to protect them, not the food.

[@noahyonts6670]

I have also struggled with the Aperol lid.

[@TroyHutch]

Nice shirt bro! Cheers fellow bar flies 🥂

[@nancycampbell7959]

I guess technically it`s still fall, until Dec.21. Lucky you that you can say it and believe it. Up here in the Great White North, we are already shin deep in snow :) Yep, we can use a taste of the tropics.

[@leepetrenka]

had our holiday party this past weekend. one of the drinks we had was a Mele Kalikimai-tai. its always a good time for tropical drinks lol.

[@robertquail5838]

I have drank tiki drinks all year long as soon as I discovered these rum rhapsodies

[@thunbergmartin]

Great work Marius with the shirt, Skikklig flott design! Maybe Ill buy one for the summer, just have to get in shape first :)

[@bruceharlick3322]

That is a great shirt! (Also, a great video.) Thanks!

[@MrMoney331]

Hey man. That is a pretty nice shirt 😄

[@yoavpariente196]

Love your videos man! Just a question. I don’t have Aperol at home, if I use Campari instead will it work? And if the answer is yes would you add more or less than the Aperol? Anyway Thanks!

[@eyespy3001]

Aperol and Campari are too different. Aperol is sweeter, with more of a grapefruit bitterness, whereas Campari is more bitter, but in an herbal way. They’re not really interchangeable. However, if you did want to make this, and all you had on hand was Campari, I would dial back the Campari significantly; like down to a bar spoon.

[@mmeiselph7234]

Spot-on about gloves. Gloves are supposed to be single use. If you literally touch anything possibly contaminated? Re-glove. My wife (a surgeon) bitches about the misuse of gloves all the time. Some germs are good for us, anyway, gotta keep the immune system exercised.

[@godslittlestidiot2984]

Hi, i bought xanthan gum powder because one of your recipes, but i feel like i dont understand the purpose of it 😅it instently turns to a gum in liquid (i imagine thats the intenfer purpose). Should i have bought something else? Even blending, it stays gummy. I can only use it with a shaker/ strainer so that it doesnt hit the drink.

[@eyespy3001]

You’re using too much of it if it gets gummy. With xantham gum, a little goes a long way. A quarter teaspoon or less in a blender full of liquid (and, yes, you want to blend, not shake) is more than enough to emulsify and stabilize whatever you want to emulsify or stabilize

[@godslittlestidiot2984]

@@eyespy3001 okay, thank you ❤️back to the drawing board

[@TheEducatedBarfly]

you have to use very very little of it.

[@Mrzapper85]

You have taught me so much I love your channel quick question though. Is there a website you recommend where it categorizes different spirits based on how good they are ? I’m just trying to build my home bar but never really know which brand of for example tequila to get.

[@TheEducatedBarfly]

I mean there are many many many resources out there but none are going to do the work for you. For tequila look at Tequila Matchmaker

[@AlejandroMartinez-rk3st]

I’m okay with Marius not talking off camera ever again. I came here for you, not him.

[@brandond.7768]

Hey I was wondering what makes a cocktail balanced? Does the type of drink, like sweet, savory ect.... matter on "balance"?

[@matthaught4707]

The great American poet, sage, and philosopher, Jimmy Buffett, wrote an entire song about the need for tropical drinks in the wintertime.

[@Tomlong65]

is this Moriarty from the BBC's Sherlock?

[@tortillagorilla]

No. You are looking for Andrew Scott. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Scott_(actor)

[@Tomlong65]

I am not convinced they aren't the same guy.

[@bobby_c07]

Having an old fashioned made with 12 year Appleton right now. Oh baby, I can feel the sand in my buttcrack.

[@Adamrc98]

Tropical drinks are made for the winter! Tiki in particular, with its references to the South Pacific abound, is made for Americans who are as far from Polynesia as possible, Ohio in the middle of winter.

[@user-bf8it7fq9r]

Love the shirt. I don’t see it for sale though. Is it still available?

[@TheEducatedBarfly]

yes, you can get it here www.theeducatedbarfly.com/product/birds-and-cocktails-hawaiian-shirt/

[@Jfaulkner95]

Hey you should try cocktail chemistry’s cocktail GPT, might make a fun video to see what kind of ai drinks it comes up with!

[@RodrigoKuerten]

Remember that it is summer in the South Hemisphere!

[@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits]

I only have half the ingredients and dont even know what the ingredients are that I dont have for this.

[@brentdnowicki]

I ❤️✋🏻🧊

[@aaronmueller1560]

Just want to preface this with the fact that this comment is pure speculation based on limited available information. I got a bit of an uncomfortable feeling with how you responded to your crew helper in this video. Again, just based on a couple very very short interactions, but the feeling was enough that I just wanted to leave a comment. The way you quickly responded with what sounded like frustration when he talked about using your bare hands was offputting to me. It was like you were annoyed he even brought it up, instead of being a little more lighthearted and respectful with something like “that’s a common belief, but in reality wearing gloves is no different than just using your hands if you wash them often.” Then there was the coughing, which you didn’t seem annoyed by but didn’t seem like you were having fun either. I think if I were making a video with friends I would at least cracked a smile at that, being a harmless interruption. I know that these tiny glances behind the scenes don’t tell the whole story, and I know doing this for so many years and it being a job can lead to less enjoyment of parts of the process itself, and I even know that people can just have off days where they aren’t totally feeling it. But I would be a bit disappointed if this was the attitude you consistently treat the people who work with you to. These short clips paint a bit of a dismissive and annoyed picture, which is so different to the pleasant but instructive picture the rest of the video paints. If this assessment doesn’t reflect reality (which is more than likely), please ignore it, but I give it to you as something to think about or reflect upon. Thanks for the great content!

[@markmywordsreviewchannel3860]

Sensed it too but they are the odd couple at times.

[@ryan1cobine]

A little bit gonzo.

[@borgar11]

A minute and a half long Ad for a sub 8 minute video seems aggressive.