Fine mesh conical strainer, 8cm

Description

This is a small conical mesh sieve for double straining: hold it over the glass while you pour a drink through your Hawthorne or julep strainer, and it catches the fine ice shards, herb fragments, seeds and pulp that a normal strainer lets through. It's a second step, not a replacement for a Hawthorne or julep strainer, which do the job of holding back the ice itself.

You won't need it for every drink. A simple two-ingredient drink shaken over clean ice cubes comes out clear enough without it. Where it earns its place is anything muddled — mint, berries, citrus with pulp — or drinks finished with egg white, where you want a smooth texture rather than flecks of herb or seed in the glass. At 8cm it's a manageable size to hold one-handed over a coupe or rocks glass. It's inexpensive enough that most people who shake regularly keep one to hand for when a drink calls for it.

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