Forget the Alcohol: Serve Something Different at Your Event
We are seeing less alcohol served at recent social events, both because of tight budgets and the liability involved. Hosts are increasingly seeking creative alternatives and serving unique and intriguing beverages that offer guests a pleasant surprise. At a recent wedding reception the couple served Italian sodas. We printed menus with drinks named for places the bride or groom had lived or traveled. A guest could order a "Manhatten" and receive a combination chocolate and caramel soda. A "Phoenix" might be strawberry. The hosts purchased the ingredients, then two people were hired to make the drinks to order.
If you prefer to serve a hot beverage, you might opt for an espresso bar. In this area we have mobile espresso bars you can hire to come to your event. They bring all the necessary ingredients and staff to prepare the drinks; you supply the guests.
Is tea more to your liking? If so, set up a tea station at your next party. Provide a variety of tea flavors, hot water, cups and add a large dispenser or two of flavored iced teas along with a bucket of ice.
How about serving milk shakes, malts or sodas? You can even hire an ice cream truck to make an appearance at your event.
If you and your guests love all things chocolate, have fun with the variety of chocolate flavored beverages available. You can purchase everything from mocha mix to chocolate flavored tea and coffee.
If you want to keep it easy and you don't want to hire someone to prepare drinks, then you might opt for canned or bottled sodas in unique flavors, such as pomegranate or blackberry. Check the Boise Co-op as well as ethnic stores for unique flavors.
If you are watching your budget, or you don't want the added liability associated with serving alcohol at your next party, choose to serve something more creative. Your guests will love it and will remember it much longer than they would remember a glass of wine or beer.
If you prefer to serve a hot beverage, you might opt for an espresso bar. In this area we have mobile espresso bars you can hire to come to your event. They bring all the necessary ingredients and staff to prepare the drinks; you supply the guests.
Is tea more to your liking? If so, set up a tea station at your next party. Provide a variety of tea flavors, hot water, cups and add a large dispenser or two of flavored iced teas along with a bucket of ice.
How about serving milk shakes, malts or sodas? You can even hire an ice cream truck to make an appearance at your event.
If you and your guests love all things chocolate, have fun with the variety of chocolate flavored beverages available. You can purchase everything from mocha mix to chocolate flavored tea and coffee.
If you want to keep it easy and you don't want to hire someone to prepare drinks, then you might opt for canned or bottled sodas in unique flavors, such as pomegranate or blackberry. Check the Boise Co-op as well as ethnic stores for unique flavors.
If you are watching your budget, or you don't want the added liability associated with serving alcohol at your next party, choose to serve something more creative. Your guests will love it and will remember it much longer than they would remember a glass of wine or beer.
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