"Unpacking the Suitcase" Cocktail Commission

Journal / Unpacking the Suitcase

Unpacking the Suitcase

Aplós, August 11th, 2024

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The top you won’t wear at home but thought you’d wear on holiday is still not the top you want to wear, even on holiday.


The shoes, stylish as they may be, are still uncomfortable, even on holiday.


The hideous pajama-like pants with the hole in the crotch are still the only pants you want to wear, even on holiday.

You are the same person you were before you packed the suitcase. Can a person really change? A better question: is vacation the right moment to become the person you always wanted to be?

On the contrary. When everything else looks new, the familiarity of our old ways is extremely comforting. Delicious, even.

So we need not be transformed by the contents of our suitcases. There’s genuinely nowhere better to be our best, worst selves than when we are far afield.here better to be our best, worst selves than when we are far afield.

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Unpacking the Suitcase

There’s genuinely nowhere better to be our best, worst selves than when we are far afield.

Ingredients

Aplós Calme or Ease

  • Calme
  • Ease

2 oz

Pineapple juice

1 oz

Oatmilk

1 oz

Coconut water

1 oz

Lime juice

½ oz

Agave syrup

½ oz

Ground cinnamon

½ oz

Sea salt (optional)

1 pinch

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with 2 cubes of ice and shake until chilled. Pour into a highball glass, tropical cocktail mug, or large margarita glass. Add crushed ice to fill the glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or maraschino cherry and Angostura bitters (if desired).

Frozen: Place all ingredients except for the garnish in a blender. Add 1/4 cup cracked ice per cocktail. Blend until smooth. Garnish and Serve.

Recipe crafted by Lynnette Marrero
Photography by Daphné Lejeune
Set by Lea Beyl
Words by Sophie Isherwood

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