Convert Café
When inspiration walks in from the street
As we’ve covered in a previous post, Atze Peng is a place with many regulars, and where the man tending the bar, Anže Pihler, likes to strike up a conversation with them. One day, a regular entered Atze Peng to catch up with a friend. The guy was excited. Very excited. He had just received a sample bag of what he claimed to be very, very delicious freshly roasted cocoa beans which he would be using in his own business.
Being a man with a soft spot for fresh and special ingredients, Anže overheard the conversation and eventually got tangled up in it. We don’t know how the conversation ended as it did, but we are very happy that it did. The regular handed over his bag of fresh cocoa beans to Anže and Anže went on to infuse a brandy with the beans and all spice. The Convert Café is based on this infusion
5 cl cocoa bean and all spice infused brandy2 cl aronia juice1 cl apricot brandy2 bar spoons of cinnamon syrup2 dashes ragans orange bittersStir with ice and serve over ice. Garnish with a flower – any flower will do, but purple goes nicely. To really see how it’s done, check out Anze’s own video on facebook