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Good day dear readers, the topic of discussion today will be mixing as the title suggests. However, it isn't your ordinary form of mixing but rather applying a scientific method to mixing your beverages! Yes, that's right molecular mixology deals with finding different ways in order to create new flavours, textures, unique presentations and can enhance the overall drinking experience. This is why bartenders and mixologists are able to create various numbers of cocktails and make the drinking experience all the more enjoyable. The creativity which one can make use of is near unlimited as there have been cocktails with cigars, cocktails that resemble lava lamps and various other forms which are tantalizing to the eye.

This form of molecular gastronomy was first created by Ferran Adria, Heston Blumenthal and Grant Atchatz but the trend was adopted by many other molecular gastronomy chefs in today's world. Chef Ferran Adria created the spherification process which allows spherical gels to be created which can be added to caviar, champagne and margaritas and other traditional cocktails to make the drink stand out.

Some interesting examples which make use of molecular mixology are jell-o-shots, cocktail marshmallows, cocktail ice pops, cocktail gums, frozen nitro cocktails, suspending solid elements in liquid in order for superb visual presentation, serving cocktails in hollowed food and vegetables, foams and air bubbles, layered cocktails, and even cotton candy. Molecular mixology today, is mostly looking at the physical properties of the drink and finding ways to work with it using vaporization, the appropriate glass, making foams, gels and mists.

References:
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http://www.slashfood.com/2010/05/28/molecular-mixology-lenell-it-all/
http://runninginheels.co.uk/articles/molecular-cocktails/

Molecular Mixology. (n.d.). Retrieved from Molecular Recipes.com: http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-mixology/molecular-mixology/

O'Neil, D. (2010, December). Introduction to Molecular Mixology. Retrieved from Art of Drink: http://www.artofdrink.com/archive/research/introduction-to-molecular-mixology/