I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 779 Cocktails

According to their common sense, the eunuchs responsible for managing these table wines thought that as long as the temperature was not lower than minus 20 degrees, it should be fine.

And Sophia either lived at sea before, or lived in the Mediterranean where the temperature in winter is not lower than minus ten degrees.

I didn't know that the temperature in Beijing could be so low.

Forget about the fact that wine freezes too.

If it is ordinary wine, even if it is frozen, it is no problem to re-thaw and use it again.

But the table wine prepared by Sophia contains many kinds of fruit juices.

After the juice is frozen, the taste is completely different.

So her table wine was completely useless.

This meal wine was inadvertently tinkered with during the half a year of her wandering at sea, and it can be regarded as one of her inventions.

In order to let her invention shine in this extremely grand banquet in the east, Sophia tried her best, almost using all the available fruits in the palace, and barely made these enough table wines. .

But I didn't expect that if I didn't pay attention, more than half of it would be frozen, so it's no wonder that she was so sad.

Looking at Sophia whose eyes were red from crying, Li Tian didn't know how to comfort her for a while.

After all, this situation was really an accident, so no one was to blame.

After thinking for a while, Li Tian suddenly thought of it.

Isn't Sophia's table wine prepared by adding fruit juice and water to the prototype of the famous cocktail in later generations?

He has also drank many kinds of cocktails, and he knows a little about this aspect.

At the same time, he also knows that adding juice is not the only way to prepare cocktails.

Adding egg whites, salt, and baking soda can actually make a unique cocktail.

Sophia is sad that there is no juice he needs in the palace.

She had previously used table wine prepared with orange juice, which was both sweet and sour. With the mellowness of the wine, it not only tasted unique, but also whetted the appetite.

She named it table wine, which is actually worthy of the name.

Although there are no oranges in the palace now, there are still some oranges, apples, cherries and the like.

It seems that they can make a lot of cocktails together.

So Li Tian said to Sophia,

"Okay, don't be sad, isn't it just that there is no table wine, let's get some out, won't it be fine!"

Sophia said doubtfully,
"I concocted this wine by accident, and after many times of concoctions, the recipe was gradually perfected.

Now that the banquet is less than half a day away, it is so easy to redo a table wine.

Your Majesty, I know you want to reassure me, I appreciate your kindness...but..."

Li Tian quickly interrupted her refusal, and said with a light smile,

"If you don't try it, how do you know that I can't make a better wine than your table wine?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand and said to Wang Fu,
"Go to Shangshan Prison and ask someone to prepare apples, oranges, cherries and other things for me. By the way, bring some seasonings such as salt, yeast, and sucrose."

Previously, only orange juice was added to Sofia's table wine, and the perfect taste of the table wine was achieved after careful proportioning and standing still.

But what Li Tian wants to do is to make and drink cocktails immediately.

Even the process of standing still is saved.

Sofia's table wine is characterized by the acidity and slightly sweetness of lemon.

Sourness can be replaced by vinegar and other sour fruits, and sweetness can be replaced by sucrose.

Not that there is no way to recreate the taste of Sophia's table wine.

Things were delivered quickly.

Under the shocked eyes of Sophia, Wang Fu and others.

Li Tian went into battle shirtless, rolled up his sleeves, and began to operate.

A piece of apple, a piece of orange, a little cherry juice, a little rice vinegar, add some water and white wine.

Stir and shake together, and after a while, the color of the cherry juice will be completely integrated into the white wine.

Dyeing the transparent and pure white wine into rose red, just looks and looks like Sophia's table wine.

After a few minutes of vigorous shaking, the flavors of apple and orange are deeply embedded in the wine.

Li Tian stopped at this moment, gently rubbed his sore arms, untied the lids of the glasses, and gave Sophia, Wanfu and others a small cup each.

Then said with a smile,

"Try it, I made it, Lady in Pink, try it!"

The two of them were almost dumbfounded just now when they saw Li Tian's skillful operation.

But no matter how elegant Li Tian made it, and how skilled and beautiful his movements were, they still couldn't stop their worries about this so-called 'Pretty in Pink'.

But they had to give Li Tian face, so they carefully picked up the wine glass and took a small sip.

Since Wang Fu had never drank a cocktail, he began to feel that the taste was a little weird, and he didn't feel amazing.

But Sophia has tasted the table wine she made countless times.

After a little tasting, I immediately felt the unusualness of this cocktail.

The sweet and sour taste is just right. After the original spiciness of the liquor is neutralized, all that remains is mellow.

At this time, several flavors are fused together, and the burst of taste is unprecedented.

"Well, it's delicious, it's really delicious, although it's a little bit worse than my table wine, but your Majesty, you just made this delicious wine with a similar taste in just one attempt.

I have to say, Your Majesty, you are truly an all-around genius! "

Li Tian also made a small cup for himself, and drank it down with his head raised.

His face changed several times in an instant.

That kind of taste can't be described, it's unpalatable, but compared with the Pink Lady he drank in the bar back then, it's a world of difference.

After all, he is not a professional bartender, and this is his first attempt. In fact, it is already very remarkable to be able to adjust it to such a level that it is not too bad.

But Sophia's super high praise still made him blush a little.

"Haha, it's nothing, it's just luck. Next time, I won't be able to adjust it."

"It doesn't matter, I have memorized all your operation process just now, Your Majesty, you only need to give me an hour, and I will definitely be able to jump out of better table wine.

Thank you Your Majesty for your enlightenment, let me know that table wine does not have to be prepared with a kind of fruit juice. "

At this time, Wang Fu had already drank all the wine in the cup.

Smacking the taste, it feels sweet and sour, and there is also a unique fragrance of fruit mixed in the aroma of the wine.

Instead, it aroused his urge to continue tasting.

"Your Majesty, can this old slave drink twice as much? Just now, it's not enjoyable!"

Li Tian laughed, and handed most of the rest to him,

"Drink it sparingly. There is only one wine in the world that I personally brew. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth thousands of gold!"

(End of this chapter)