How This Alcohol-Free Cocktail Won First Place

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Is it possible to make a drink with plenty of body and a balance of fruity, sweet, and umami... all without a single drop of alcohol? Jonas Jasinevičius from Compliments in Vilnius proved it is, and his non-alcoholic cocktail Me So Butter won the Vegg White Cocktail Competition because of it. Now he’s come all the way to Maribor to show me exactly how it’s made.

The base starts with cascara, the dried skin of the coffee cherry that usually gets thrown away, brewed into a tea and emulsified with miso brown butter and Vegg White. Passionfruit syrup and fresh lime bring brightness, and a crisp matcha meringue topped with passionfruit-miso gel finishes the drink. Between the recipes, Jonas shares how the idea came together, what he learned from competing, and how to turn this mocktail into a rum cocktail if you’d like a spirited version. So if you’ve ever doubted a mocktail could have real depth, this one’s for you. It’s Mocktail Time!

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0:00 Today on Cocktail Time
0:34 Winning Cocktail and Bartender
1:34 Cascara Tea
2:14 Why a mocktail?
2:35 Miso Brown Butter
3:36 Vegg White Brings it all together
4:00 R&D for a competition
4:47 Passionfruit Syrup
5:25 Passionfruit Gel for the garnish
6:05 What to learn from a competition
6:50 Matcha Meringue
7:41 The Cocktail Universe
8:16 The Trip
8:57 Me So Butter
9:49 Tasting Notes by Kevin

The team behind this video:
Robi Fišer
Sašo Veber
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