Flair bartending in China(2)
Zheng Wen is a Beijing girl. And although only 19-years-old, she is already a professional. She is also the youngest teacher at the National Bartender Training Base. At 14, Zheng graduated from junior middle school. She applied to a vocational school to study mixology, because being a bartender was her dream. And she truly had a gift for it. After half a year of training, Zheng had mastered all sets of working flair skills.
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Zheng Wen, bartender, said, “The skills are harder for girls to learn than for boys. Girls have smaller hands, and less strength. Boys acquire the skills faster than girls. But hard work can help girls catch up. I once considered giving up when I was learning juggling. But I continued and mastered it. Now when I teach my students, sometimes I get hurt by the bottles when they are practicing juggling. “
The traditional way of mixing a drink, or the way we see it done in old British films, demands a debonair manner. The bartenders are dressed in a waistcoat, and mixing the liquor is accompanied by classical music.
Flair bartending, on the other hand, can be much more entertaining with its fascinating stunts, like juggling or flipping the bottles.
