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You know how it is with Ikea: even though you don’t need anything for yourself, you always end up going back from the store with a few things. In my case, I returned with a brand new “bartending bag”! A little thing about me: as hard as I try, I don’t know how to pack lightly. Even when I manage to leave with a reasonably filled carry-on luggage, 90% of the time I end up either checking it in or carrying it back like a dead body because I bought too much stuff during my trip and it’s become too
If you want to look for barware in Athens, head to barequip.gr, which is both the name of the boutique and the address of its online shop. A nice selection of barware The shop is small but well equipped. You’ll find a decent selection of shakers, bar spoons, mixing glasses, drinking glasses and jiggers. They also have bartending bags, including the one I bought online from Mavenhal! There are also a few books in English and in Greek of course. Bitters, syrups and shrubs The most interesting part of the shop is the ingredients section: the (nearly) complete range of bitters by
Once I became actively interested in making cocktails myself, I started attending courses and buying equipment to prepare drinks at home. My friends were keen to be my tasting panel and suggested I prepare cocktails at dinners they would host. I soon realised that transporting my shakers, jiggers, bar spoons and, especially, bottles in regular shopping bags was not very convenient. Things might hit each other and break. While reading articles on trade websites I found several articles promoting a bartender bag developed by a Seattle bartender. After reading various reviews about Mavenhal (at the time still called Barkeeper &