TOTC2025 Seminar: Future of Flavor: Exploring the Untapped Flavor Potential of Wood скачать в хорошем качестве

TOTC2025 Seminar: Future of Flavor: Exploring the Untapped Flavor Potential of Wood

This seminar was featured duringTales of the Cocktail®, which took place, July 20-25, 2025, at the Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans. MOD: Ben Branson There are 73,000 tree species on earth and another 9,000 experts believe are yet to be discovered [that's nearly twiceas many tree species as edible plants on this planet!] and we have no idea what the majority of woods taste like. Ben Branson is on a mission to taste as many as possible exploring both native and exotic woods. At his distillery and maturation lab, Ben is pioneering maturation and extraction techniques to produce experimental dark non-alcoholic spirits for sipping called Sylva. This seminar will open the audience's eyes to the importance of trees, diversity of wood flavours beyond traditional species like Oak and the opportunity to smell, taste and learn about different species and their application. About Tales of the Cocktail®: With hundreds of opportunities developed specifically for industry professionals from bartenders to distillers, Tales of the Cocktail® is the drinks industry’s annual meeting place for exchanging new ideas, products, and techniques featuring in-person education, tastings, networking, and awards programming. Since 2002, the global spirits community has gathered in the heart of the French Quarter for Tales of the Cocktail®. What started as an annual walking tour of historic New Orleans cocktail bars has now become the world’s leading cocktail conference. To learn more, visit talesofthecocktail.org.