Renata Adoración has worked in the bar and restaurant sector for 13 years, she has done everything in places, but it was inside the bar that her heart made "everything". He studies and reads a lot, and today he is dedicated to implementing sustainable management within the restaurant that he has been head of the bar for almost 4 years, Fitó Cozinha. He embraced Brazilian cocktails and it was no coincidence that he signed up for the Pindorama competition, where he found everything he loves, art, Brazilian ingredients and cachaça!

She was inspired by the versatility and power of cachaça that have always impressed her, the appreciation of Brazilian identity and culture, the fusion of influences external to these elements, and in this cocktail she wanted to bring a comfortable, delicate and, why not, sophisticated flavor profile, placing the cachaça where it deserves to be, at the top! The name of the cocktail WHAT NOW, JOSÉ? is a poem by the giant Carlos Drummond de Andrade, from the second modernist generation that began in 1922, which exposes in verses of short sentences, with precise irony, the resistance of Brazilians in the face of their harsh reality. Our culture survives, giving up is not an option, so let's celebrate it.

Revenue

Ingredients

60ml Pindorama cachaça macerated with cumaru*

40ml jataí bee mead

20ml Marni Bianco

20ml Sicilian lemon

20ml aquafaba Cocoa nibs

*Pindorama macerated with cumaru: 3g of grated cumaru in 500ml of cachaça. Let it rest for 10 hours, stirring occasionally in a place protected from light, then strain using a tissue to avoid leaving residue.

Method of preparation

Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice and shake until emulsified, add ice and shake again. Double strain into a previously chilled glass and arrange the cocoa nibs as shown in the photo. Voila!