Jean Ponce is one of the professionals who most reflects on the existence of a genuinely Brazilian cocktail bar. His research, studies and philosophy are taken to his consultancies and to the counter at Guarita, a bar he opened in São Paulo, in the Pinheiros neighborhood, in 2016, alongside chef Greigor Caisley. In addition to pizzas and the famous bolovo, Guarita also stands out for its excellent cocktails with cachaça, especially caipirinhas with still cachaças aged in native wood. In addition to consulting throughout Brazil, Jean is also responsible for cocktails at Guarita Burgues, Patties, Fechado and Stasera, all in São Paulo.
In the Saví cocktail, Jean Ponce mixes two ingredients well known to Brazilians, cachaça and lemon grass, with a classic from the world of cocktails, Chartreuse.
Chartreuse is an herbal liqueur produced by monks of the Carthusian order since the 18th century. His recipe is kept secret, and he is known for his unique and complex flavor. In this cocktail, Jean Ponce combines cachaça and lemongrass with Chartreuse, resulting in a harmony of flavors that represents his vision of an authentic Brazilian cocktail: the possibility of innovating using old world ingredients, with a look at our local ingredients. .
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