Who doesn’t want to enjoy a tipple or two in a gorgeous setting? Today, I bring you to one of the most historically important homes in London, which held and is still holding some of the best parties the city has ever seen.

On today’s episode, you’ll meet a power player in Georgian society, the Lansdowne House, constructed in the 1760s by the celebrated architect Robert Adam.

Not only did it see the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American War of Independence, in its Round Room, but also the negotiations for the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France. But let’s not forget: Thanks to some of its famous residents, Lansdowne House was the first stop on the party circuit.

I don’t want to ruin the fun by revealing all here, but let me just say they could throw one great shindig after another!

Currently, it is home to The Lansdowne Club, the first club in London to accept both male and female members, shocking in 1935. Here to tell us all are CEO and Club Secretary David Herbert and then Head Bartender Marco Caglià.

The cocktail of the week is the Pink Duke:

INGREDIENTS

• 35 ml Hendrick's gin
• 25 ml Kwai Feh Lychee Liqueur
• 25 ml fresh lime juice
• 25 ml Raspberry and rose cordial
• Prosecco

METHOD

• Add all ingredients except the prosecco to a shaker with ice
• Shake for 15 seconds
• Fine strain into a coupe
• Top up with the prosecco
• Garnish with an edible rosebud

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/lansdowne-club-with-david-herbert-and-marco-caglia

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Remember a time when asking for a non-alcoholic beverage meant getting a soda or an apple juice? Well, thanks to the brain behind Seedlip, there are now stores filled with No-ABV and Low-ABV spirits. It’s not often one can invent a whole new category of drinking, but our guest did, and now he is coming for bitters, watch out.

My friend and former Lush Lifer Ben Branson was on the program more than 5 years ago and since that time, he is not only the Founder of Seedlip - the first ever non-alcoholic spirit, but also the Pollen Projects, the non-profit The Hidden 20% & the host of The Hidden 20% podcast. He is also the genius behind the new drinks flavoring, seasn.

There are two seasns right now in the UK (and coming soon to the US) LIGHT and DARK - each born to make your drinks even tastier. LIGHT brightens up your lighter drinks and DARK adds a rich spicier note to your darker drinks. But I don’t want to give it all away. But I don't want to give it all away. The story of seasn is Ben’s to tell.

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The cocktail of the week is the seasn Margarita:

INGREDIENTS

• 40 ml Blanco Tequila
• 20 ml Fresh Lime juice
• 10 ml Cointreaul
• 3 dashes seasn LIGHT
• 2:1 sugar syrup as needed

METHOD

• Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice
• Shake for 15 seconds
• Fine strain into a coupe or rocks glass with ice
• Garnish with Maldon sea salt rim and a lime wedge.

OR make the non-alcoholic seasn Margarita:

INGREDIENTS

• 40ml Seedlip Garden
• 20ml Fresh Lime juice
• 3 dashes seasn LIGHT
• Agave syrup as needed

METHOD

• Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice
• Shake for 15 seconds
• Fine strain into a coupe or rocks glass with ice
• Garnish with Maldon sea salt rim and a lime wedge.

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/seasn-with-ben-branson

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This March, I was blown away by the creativity of some of the best bars in the world. Not only were they making cocktails, but they were saving the planet.

On the 17 and 18th of March 2024, the third edition of the Paradiso Sustainability Summit, organized by Giacomo Giannotti and his team, in partnership with Ketel One Vodka through their Garnished with Good program was held.

Giacomo’s bar Paradiso is ranked one of the best Bars in the world, and he established the Summit three years ago as an exchange of ideas and tools with the aim of raising awareness and making the industry more sustainable.

This year, the event took place at Palo Alto - an indoor and outdoor space chosen for its approach to helping local communities. There were two stages for masterclasses, seminars, and workshops, a marketplace where local organizations showcased their sustainable projects and products, and, of course, pop-ups of all the invited international and local bars serving cocktails all day long!

While I was there I caught up with not only Giacomo, but a few of the other speakers who are my guests on the program today.

Riccardo Rossi and Michele Filip from Rome’s Freni e Frizioni, Paul Voza from Oslo’s Himkok, Vasilis Kyritsis and Dimitris Dafopoulos from Line in Athens, Alexandros Tselepis and Konstantinos Theodorakopoulos from The Bar in Front of The Bar also in Athens, Partick Howley from So Let’s Talk, and last but certainly not least Timothy Etherington-Judge of Avallen Calvados and Healthy Hospo who gives us the place to start with sustainability to have the greatest impact.

It was truly an eye-opening event, and they will most definitely inspire you to do more.

But before I begin, make sure you check out a sampling of all the activities from the summit on my YouTube channel! www.Youtube.com/@lushlifemanual

Up first is, of course, Giacomo our host and founder of this important initiative.

The cocktail of the week is Paradiso’s The Voyage:

INGREDIENTS

• 50 ml Ketel One Vodka
• 25 ml Amaro Santoni
• 25 ml Italicus
• Yogurt blueberries
• Yogurt raspberry

METHOD

• Mix the following ingredients together in a container
• Infuse it for 24 hours in the fridge
• Filter it all through a cheesecloth.
• Then pour it into your chilled martini glass
• Garnish with a jam-filled white chocolate if you have one

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find some of the ingredients in our shop.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/paradiso-sustainability-summit-2024

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