{"id":3360,"date":"2017-06-14T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metelka.cz\/uncategorized\/2060\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T20:06:23","slug":"bartender-tomas-duda-55-recipes-that-delight-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/recipes-en\/bartender-tomas-duda-55-recipes-that-delight-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"The bartender Tom\u00e1\u0161 Duda: Among 55 recipes including the Shaker liqueurs, everyone can find something delightful for their taste and eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the very historical centre of Olomouc, directly opposite the Baroque chapel of St. Jan Sarkander, there is the most popular cocktail bar in Olomouc \u2013 the OSA bar. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Duda is the owner of the bar and he pleases his fans with cocktail craft for more than eighteen years. A few years ago, he united his years of experience with the Metelka brand. He\u2019s the author of 55 cocktail recipes which were published in the Metelka\u2019s brochure. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The creation of a 55-recipe brochure was linked to Metelka\u2019s Shaker liqueurs. This product line offers twelve flavour variations such as Caribbean rum, bombardino, strawberry, peppermint, lime or vodka. They\u2019re perfect for cocktails and mixed drinks. \u201cMilan Metelka and I agreed to create simple cocktail recipes for Shaker liqueurs. These recipes indicated the possibilities you can achieve with the liqueurs,\u201d<\/em> the Olomouc bartender remembers. He emphasized that these recipes weren\u2019t suitable for bartender competitions. The aim was simpler than that.<\/p>\n

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Our intention was to provide instructions for homemade mixing. Honestly, this brochure is a manual for beginnersexplains Duda.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The authors wanted those who were interested in cocktails familiarized with basic concepts of bartender craft and ingredients. For example, what is gin or whisky used for. \u201cIt\u2019s not a professional guide but rather an attractive guide to cocktail culture. Owners of bars and small restaurants who want to add mixed drinks to their menu appreciate this guide,\u201d<\/em> adds the bartender who has years of experience and practice.
\nDuda didn\u2019t want to lecture any professional bartenders. He wanted beginners to be able to prepare cocktails at home. \u201cMilan Metelka visited my bar in Olomouc and tasted all the cocktails. We agreed that the recipes had to be as simple as possible because we didn\u2019t want people to buy a mixer for that,\u201d<\/em> he laughs. You can create simple yet tasty cocktails while using three or four ingredients with a non-alcoholic beverage. \u201cI\u2019m sure everyone will find something they like among those fifty-five drinks,\u201d<\/em> says the renowned cocktail master.<\/p>\n

\"\"Duda admits that the brochure should contribute to change how Czech customers perceive cocktail culture. \u201cIt\u2019s said we are the beer nation. Our goal was to show that cocktails are associated with culture, taste and aesthetical experience,\u201d<\/em> explains the owner of the OSA Olomouc bar.
\nHe can see this particular change in customers\u2019 taste at his bar. When he started his business customers mainly ordered wine and beer. Nowadays, they\u2019re so educated that more than 200 items on cocktail menu aren\u2019t enough for them. \u201cA lot of people have their favourite cocktails but they also start to experiment. And that\u2019s what makes me happy about my work,\u201d<\/em> he smiles. Even though, he has been honoured with bartender awards he considers a good reputation of his OSA bar more important.
\nHe certainly has a great reputation as the bar is full every evening. The fact the OSA bar is one of the best ones in the business is proven because Tom\u00e1\u0161 Duda has been making cocktails for his customers for more than 18 years. And it\u2019s not easy to withstand this long in business like this one. \u201cTo maintain the same personnel and the same space is hard. My business colleagues don\u2019t understand how I\u2019ve achieved that,\u201d<\/em> Duda adds. He admits he wanted to quit in the past but he managed to survive all crises. \u201cAlthough it\u2019s very exhausting sometimes, I\u2019ve found out it\u2019s the best to rely on myself only. And I see it in the reactions of my customers who thank me a lot,\u201d<\/em> he adds.
\nEven in this competitive, unstable and trendy business, he maintains his good heart and sense for a charity. His bar is a partner of the endowment fund Kapka nad\u011bje which helps children with hematologic diseases and in need of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. \u201cWe are the last ones in Olomouc who are involved in the event. We give 20 CZK from every cocktail sold to Kapka nad\u011bje. We have raised over 5,000 CZK for them. And during the seven-year period we have managed to achieve more than 50,000 CZK,\u201d<\/em> Tom\u00e1\u0161 Duda concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the very historical centre of Olomouc, directly opposite the Baroque chapel of St. Jan Sarkander, there is the most popular cocktail bar in Olomouc \u2013 the OSA bar. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Duda is the owner of the bar and he pleases his fans with cocktail craft for more than eighteen years. A few years ago, he..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}