Greetings..

..humans! It´s time to kick off this blog.  We surely can´t wait to get things really going!

This blog is all about having fun and maybe learning a thing or two while at it. We aim to keep it entertaining and easy to follow. Sometimes there´s a lesson in history to be learned, the next time you might read about how we think and/or feel about certain things. Let´s stay away from the politics though, shall we?

But let me introduce myself first.

The name´s Mikko (yet to be nicknamed..), and I´ve been doing this restaurant thing for a living for about five years now. It´s actually the first job that really got me and where I want to keep getting better at, especially within the fields of mixology and cocktail bartending. The real strength of our bar is that we´ll always have an answer for your questions, because we are huge nerds and know far too many random facts about...stuff.

Anyway, welcome on board! We hope you find our blog enjoyable and useful.

-Mikko

Mikko always thought he was going to be a racing car driver, but, since drinking and driving don´t go together....cocktails.

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Hi all !

Hi all :) !

I just came here for a quick stop by and to introduce myself.

So, my name is Pia aka the prinsessa. I've been working in nightclubs as a bartender for about 8ish years and this is my first time working in a real cocktail bar. There's a lot to learn but thankfully I have the best teachers beside me.

I consider myself as the common sense in our bar team coz sometimes the boys fly really high :D

Get ready to be amazed !

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Lets get started, shall we?

Hey everyone!

This blog is dedicated to cocktails, stories and everyday stuff that happens to us, bartenders of Oficina. We will be sharing our ideologies, ideas and things that we have learned along the way. This is the main idea, but I'm sure it will change somewhere in the future. We are writing this blog because we believe open communication in our business.We'll be sharing the recipes and techniques we are using to make our quite complicated syrups, shrubs and gastriques. We are not getting paid a single cent for this, we are doing this just for fun.

The restaurant we are working at is a Latin influenced restaurant with a cocktail bar. That is why most of our drinks and ideas are are related to Latin cocktails, like Mojitos, Margaritas, Daiquiries and Tiki drinks. We are not always around, so most of our cocktails are prebatched and mixed in cheater bottles, so maintain our quality of cocktails when we aren't around. I'll get back to that in later posts.

So, let me introduce myself; I'm Jussi, the head bartender. I have been behind the bar around 10 years now, working from nightclubs to brewpubs. I also compete occasionally. My nickname at our bar is Wikipedia, because I almost always have an answer to any questions my colleagues have about food or anything related to alcohol.

The other 2 bartenders will introduce themselves a bit later.

I'm glad that you found this blog. Lets have some fun!

-J

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