Practitioner process guidance. Precision improves repeatability but does not eliminate ingredient or sensory variation.
The authors separate the build into three phases and explain why small measurement differences can matter with potent ingredients.
Cocktail construction proceeds from measured combination to chilling and dilution and finally service and garnish; precise measurement is presented as the basis of repeatable results.
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