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Cocktails at Home: A Mixology Workshop

Matters of Taste: Black Mountains Botanicals – Live Demonstration and Tasting

Hay Festival 2026, 

Start your evening at Hay Festival with this workshop specially designed to help you master the art of the Espresso Martini. Do you love drinking cocktails but falter at the thought of making them yourself? No coffee machine? No cocktail shaker? No problem! Glyn Bufton of Black Mountains Botanicals is joining us from his distillery in the Welsh hills to teach you exactly how to achieve the perfect punch.

Not only an artisan spirits producer, Bufton is Head of Coffee Roasting at Black Mountain Roast, so he’s ideally placed to advise on crafting all elements of your cocktail. Learn his tips of the trade for making cold brew coffee, and ways to shake a cocktail without any fancy equipment. Having perfected your Espresso Martini, you’ll taste two other classic cocktails using Black Mountains Botanicals’ award-winning range of spirits.