Page 19 - Thirst Magazine Issue 1 (Feb 2017)

THE CHEMISTRY

IN COCKTAILS to the school group to hopefully
help them find the answer. In the end,
Teisje calls Jarl a researcher because the school group didn’t find anything
he reads so much to find solutions either but the answer came up in the
to things they do not yet know. He least expected place.
also reads chemistry blogs for facts “We only found the solution
and combinations. Once Jarl wanted by talking to a bartender in the
to find out how to make edible soap Philippines. The bartender showed
bubbles. He and Teisje couldn’t find us the Roselle flowers they used
the solution for some time. Teisje as children, mashing them with
suggested to get help from her nephew, papaya to create soap bubbles.
a school teacher who runs a class We were like, ‘What, just like that?’
which taught children aged 9 to 14 do and we had been searching for the
research and solve problems. It is a answer for 3 years but the Filipinos
very progressive teaching method in already knew about it when they were
Amsterdam that many schools have kids. So never under estimate any
yet to adopt. So they gave the problem knowledge from local people.”

Experiment pH 22 for
Roof Alchemy Bar in Yangon
Cocktail Professor created a chemical
transformative reaction. The drink
is blue colour when it’s served and a
tube with liquid can be added by the
guest that will transform the colour
of the drink entirely.

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