chiasmus 2024 year in review: November 14th, 2024 "reborn of the oblivion" cocktail recipe.
November 14th, 2024
"reborn of the oblivion" cocktail recipe
For the spice mix:
- Tip of a teaspoon of All Spice powder.
- Thyme, four sprigs.
- Half a tablespoon of Maple syrup.
- One ounce of water.
Alcohol/non alcohol base:
- Mid Tier Bourbon, preferable aged.
- Good quality, chilled Ginger Beer.
- Single Thyme sprig.
- Habanero Chilli, whole with the stem removed.
Preparation:
Place the All Spice powder, Thyme sprigs, Maple Syrup and water into a small pot. Do not boil and keep the heat at a very low temperature. Ensuring that the All Spice, Thyme begins to emit a spiced 'thyme' scent. Filter mixture through a muslin cloth into an espresso cup. Place aside and allow to cool.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add the one ounce of Bourbon, followed by the Spice Mix. Very gently stir, do not shake. Then drain into a chilled Rocks glass with ice, top up with the Ginger beer. Stir slightly, then add the Thyme sprig and Habanero chilli garnish. Settle for 30 seconds.
Background:
Named after my 2024 artwork *"Reborn of the Oblivion" which means just that, to be reborn after calamity, beyond death. And in lieu of our world in 2024, being that we should have evolved out of the 2020 pandemic with at least some sensibilities, instead society dug further into its stagnated conservatism and 1950s esque template of Utopia under autocratic rule. And with Fascism been implemented throughout the world, no one is to blame but ourselves, yet the self is where the lessons are learnt and released, as is knowledge. Nothing is hoarded, all must perish. Future ambitions, lead to delusion. To live in the moment is the discipline, and what I was yesterday is no more. The cocktail is not celebratory per se, it is uplifting, but in a sombre, yet fearlessly, detached way. The "Reborn of the Oblivion" could be seen as a ritual purifier, to cleanse out the self and its past spirits. To look inward is to heal. To be reborn.
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