Folded Things for Colorful Drinks

Twenty garnishes. Four steps each. Sorted by color.

A cocktail garnish book that teaches you to cut and fold a lemon twist, a lime blossom or a peel butterfly with a peeler and a paring knife, then shows each one on the drink it belongs to. Choose the book, the cards, or start free.

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For readers 21 and over. Knives are sharp; cut away from your hand.

The Folded Things book beside the boxed deck and two cards: the Negroni drink card and the Lime Flare garnish card.

Choose how you want it

Same twenty drinks and garnishes, four ways to hold them.

The Folded Things coil-bound book, front and back covers: a rainbow spectrum with the title in italic serif.

Founders' Edition

$45

The book, signed and numbered, first fifty copies

The coil-bound book itself: twenty garnishes drawn in four steps each, every one shown on a drink, sorted by color from clear to brown. The first fifty copies are signed and numbered by hand, and Founders' copies fund the first print run.

For the person who wants copy number 17 of 50, and for anyone giving a gift that is signed and early.

· Signed and numbered, 1 to 50
· 8.5 × 11 in, 52 pages, full color
· Coil-bound, so it lies flat on the bar

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Seven Folded Things garnish cards fanned out, each with four drawn steps.

The Deck

$28

24 tarot-size cards, one drink per card

One card, one drink. The drink on the front: the glass, every pour in order, the method. The garnish on the back, in four drawn steps. The same twenty drinks as the book, made to live by the bar.

For the host with a bar cart who wants to pull a card by the color they feel like.

· 24 cards, 2.75 × 4.75 in
· 20 drink-and-garnish cards plus 4 how-to cards
· A code on every drink card opens its pour guide

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The pocket card beside a tarot-size card, front and back, with a ruler for scale.

Pocket Deck

$18

22 playing-card-size cards, the stocking-stuffer cut

The same twenty drinks and garnishes on standard playing-card size, with short step text on the garnish side and four drawings per garnish.

For stockings, party favors and the friend who always asks how you did that.

· 22 cards, 2.5 × 3.5 in
· 20 drink-and-garnish cards plus 2 how-to cards
· Sorted by color, clear to brown

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The book open flat to the Lemon Accordion garnish steps and the Bee's Knees drink page.

Digital pre-release

Free

Free with your email

The full manuscript to read on your phone or tablet, free with your email. It is a pre-release: the printed book will be a polished, refined edition of it. A link goes straight to your inbox, no password needed.

For anyone who wants to try it first, or who just wants to learn the folds tonight.

· Free with your email
· All twenty garnishes, four steps each
· Reserving a printed copy is free and charges nothing

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The book open to the Lime Flare steps and the Gimlet drink page.

What is Folded Things?

A garnish is the last thing on a drink and the first thing anyone sees. Each of the twenty here is drawn in four steps (the hands, the tool, the size), then shown on its drink. Every step uses a peeler, a paring knife or a pick, and was checked to be doable as written.

Sorted by color. The drinks run clear to brown, from a Dry Martini to a Mint Julep, so you can pick a garnish by the color in your glass.
Pour guides. Each drink has a code that opens its pour guide, so you get the right ratios.
Made for the bar. It lies flat while your hands are full of lemon.

Start free: the digital pre-release

The digital pre-release is free with your email. A link goes straight to your inbox, no password needed.

This is the digital pre-release. The printed book will be a polished, refined edition of it.

Reserve a printed copy. Reserving is free and nothing is charged now. Reservations decide the print run on Nov 15.

The printed book

Questions

Who is it for?

Anyone who makes drinks at home, hosts, or gives gifts: no bartending experience is needed. The garnishes use a peeler, a paring knife or a pick.

What is the difference between the book and the decks?

The book teaches all twenty garnishes in order, sorted by color. The decks put one drink and its garnish on each card, so you can pull one by color at the bar. The pocket deck is the smaller, playing-card-size version.

What does Founders' Edition mean?

The first fifty copies of the book, signed and numbered by hand. It is the same book as the standard edition, and Founders' copies fund the first print order.

Is the digital pre-release the finished book?

This is the digital pre-release. The printed book will be a polished, refined edition of it.

Where do I order?

Orders happen on our shop, shop.chromaticsipspectrum.com. Delivery details are on each order page.