Flavour Blaster Cocktail Gun for Aroma Bubbles and Clouds

For bars that want a moment in the serve the guest remembers. The bubble stays on the glass until it is broken, and as it breaks the aroma reaches the nose: the guest does it themselves, and that is why it works.

The tank holds the aroma, the cartridge turns it into vapour and the nozzle releases it. Dip the nozzle in the bubble solution and a film forms, which the vapour inflates and releases onto the glass. Without the solution, the same Flavour Blaster cocktail gun blows an aroma cloud straight over the drink: two ways of using one tool, one that lasts and one that fades in a few seconds.

• Function: aroma bubble or aroma cloud on the drink
• Consumables: tank, cartridge, aroma, bubble solution
• Use: professional, at the bar

Why the aroma sits on top, not inside

Because what we perceive in a drink comes more from smell than from taste: the tongue picks out a few basic sensations, the nose thousands of compounds. An aroma added to the liquid blends with everything else and has to be measured carefully, because it changes the drink; an aroma held above it reaches the nose at the right moment and leaves the spec untouched. That is the technical reason behind a tool that looks like pure theatre.

What you need to use it

Three consumables, worth knowing about beforehand: the aroma, chosen from dozens of flavours; the bubble solution, which forms the film; and the cartridges, the heating elements inside the tank, which are replaced from time to time. The tank itself has a working life and is changed every few weeks depending on use.

Which drinks carry it

Drinks served in wide-mouthed glasses, because the bubble needs a surface to rest on: coupes, rocks glasses, low tumblers. On a flute or a narrow glass the bubble struggles to sit. On flavour, it works where the aroma makes sense with the drink, not where it is added for surprise: a citrus bubble on a citrus cocktail completes it, a bubble gum one on a Negroni distracts.

Care

The tank unclips and is stored closed. Rinse the nozzle after using the bubble solution, before it dries, so the film forms cleanly next time. Keep the gun on a stand and out of the wet: it is an electronic device working among liquids, and that is all the care it needs.

How long the bubble lasts

A well-made bubble stays on the glass for a few tens of seconds, no more: it has a short life, and that decides how it is served. The drink with the bubble leaves the bar and goes out straight away, with no wait on the pass and no long photo. Where the table is far from the bar, make the bubble at the table, bringing the Flavour Blaster cocktail gun with you, rather than risk it arriving already broken. That is why venues using it on the floor keep it on a trolley rather than behind the bar.

How much it slows service

Very little, if the station is ready: bubble solution already in its shallow bowl, tank fitted, gun within reach. Set up like that, the bubble adds five seconds to a drink. If the Flavour Blaster cocktail gun has to be found, refilled or cleaned on the spot, it costs a minute, and the bubble no longer fits a busy drinks list.

FAQ

What does the Flavour Blaster cocktail gun do? It makes an edible bubble filled with flavoured vapour on top of the drink, or an aroma cloud.

Is the bubble edible? Yes: it breaks and the aroma is released.

What do I need besides the gun? Aroma, bubble solution and spare cartridges.

Which glasses does it work on? Wide-mouthed ones: coupes, rocks glasses and low tumblers.

Does the aroma change the taste of the drink? No, it stays on top: it reaches the nose and leaves the spec untouched.

How do I clean the nozzle? Rinse it after using the solution, before it dries.

Spare parts and aromas are in the Flavour Blaster accessories category.

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