{"id":6809,"date":"2025-05-22T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:28:35","slug":"what-has-been-the-most-challenging-cocktail-youve-ever-had-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/what-has-been-the-most-challenging-cocktail-youve-ever-had-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"What has been the most challenging cocktail you\u2019ve ever had to make?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\ud83c\udf78\u00a0<b>Face to Face: What Has Been the Most Challenging Cocktail You\u2019ve Ever Had to Make?<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In the world behind the bar,\u00a0there are\u00a0some questions really make you think. The kind that have you replaying every service, every customer, and every mix made against the clock.<br \/>\nAnd this time, it\u2019s about looking across the bar and asking yourself the big question:\u00a0<strong><i>\u201cWhat has been the most challenging cocktail you\u2019ve ever had to prepare?\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfa4 This is the fourth instalment of our\u00a0<b>Face to Face<\/b>\u00a0series, where leading figures from the world of mixology pose questions that go straight to the heart of the craft.<\/div>\n<div>On this occasion, the challenge comes from none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christiandelpechofficial\/?hl=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Delpech<\/a>, 19-time world flair champion, who shoots a precise question directly at our Brand Ambassador,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houseofmixology.com\/barman-completo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luis Inchaurraga<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">And as expected, the answer does not disappoint.<\/div>\n<div>Luis takes us straight to a very special moment:<br \/>\nAn unforgettable guest bartending session, where creativity, tension, teamwork, and passion for mixology were served ice-cold and charged with adrenaline.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">A service where cocktails were more than just drinks: they were language, liquid culture, and pure\u00a0show.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christian Delpech lanza esta pregunta: \u00bfc\u00f3ctel m\u00e1s desafiante que has hecho?\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3PLoRojyqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\ud83d\udc49 Because sometimes the bar becomes a stage.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nAnd that tricky cocktail, the one that tests you\u2026 is exactly what reminds you why you love this craft.<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udc40 And you? What has been your most challenging cocktail?<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Maybe it was that customer who asked for a non-alcoholic tiki reinterpretation but \u201cfull\u00a0of flavour\u201d.<br \/>\nOr that Saturday night when the shaker seemed to have a mind of its own.<br \/>\nWhatever it was, every difficult cocktail has its story. And every story teaches us something.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Why do we love this format?<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>Face to Face<\/i>\u00a0is not\u00a0just the\u00a0usual interview.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a meeting point between professionals who admire, respect, and challenge each other with real questions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">And you can\u00a0definitely\u00a0feel it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The next instalment will be just as intense\u00a0as usual.<br \/>\nSo start thinking: what would you ask a leading bartender?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf78\u00a0Face to Face: What Has Been the Most Challenging Cocktail You\u2019ve Ever Had to Make? In the world behind the bar,\u00a0there are\u00a0some questions really make you think. The kind that have you replaying every service, every customer, and every mix made against the clock. And this time, it\u2019s about looking across the bar and asking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[776,1314,733,1312,1313,5695,2227,772,794,1,793],"tags":[5697,5698,5678,5696,5699,2456,36,2457],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barman-2","category-christian-delpech-2","category-cocktail-2","category-flair-bartender-2","category-flair-bartending","category-house-of-mixology-3","category-luis-inchaurraga-2","category-recipe-of-cocktail","category-sanz-cocktails-2","category-sin-categoria","category-syrup-2","tag-bartender-stories","tag-bartending-en","tag-christian-delpech-en","tag-craft-cocktails","tag-flair-bartending-en","tag-luis-inchaurraga-3","tag-mixology","tag-sanz-cocktails-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6810,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions\/6810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanzcocktails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}