Maggie Hoffman's New Book Explains the Benefit of Batching Cocktails

On a recent visit to the ever-packed Manhattan cocktail bar Amor y Amargo, Sother Teague and team had their customer flow down to a science. One bartender passed out menus, another took orders, and Teague made the drinks. They also took advantage of any lull in the barrage of orders, no matter how brief, to quickly batch cocktails. Batching allowed those next drink orders to go out more quickly, and kept...