Bar accessories: which are the most suitable?

In a bar there are some essential accessories that can never be missing. Sometimes, however, it is mistakenly believed that bar items are just optional.

In reality, the bar accessories are the first tools that should be present to ensure that you can carry out your work easily. Furthermore, a bartender who has the right bar accessories available will be able to best express his skills and prepare tasty, state-of-the-art drinks.

Sometimes, then, bar equipment almost becomes collector’s items and every bartender has his own preferences.

What are the most suitable bar items to have behind the counter

The right equipment includes manual bar accessories, such as shakers, spoons and measuring cups, but also small appliances, such as ice cream makers and blenders, as well as bar items for the cafeteria and accessories to personalise, such as cups, glasses and coasters.

The shaker cannot be missing from the list of essential bar accessories. Not only to prepare some alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks that need to be shaken, but there are also many other types of drinks that absolutely must be put in the shaker.

For example, the cold coffee cream or the innovative hot version which is prepared in just a few seconds by shaking this accessory or some sweet shakes.

Among bar items, the stainless steel shaker with hermetic closure represents almost an icon, a must have that has been used since the beginning of one’s career as an artist.

There are many versions offered on the market and every barman will find the perfect one for his needs. Accompanying the shaker is another bar accessory: the strainer, a strainer that attaches to the shaker and allows you to filter the contents.

For those who prepare cocktails, ice accessories cannot be missing, such as the ice pick and ice crusher, professional knives for slicing fruit and, obviously, the classic bottle opener.

If wines are served, in this case, the bar items must include bottle holders, wine buckets, sparkling wines and champagne, steel corks, glacettes and sparkling wine containers.

Bar items: small appliances for quick preparations

Very convenient, especially when talking about the preparation of hot winter drinks, such as the classic hot chocolate, appreciated by many customers, is the chocolate maker.

It is a practical and compact machine, which therefore has a small footprint and adapts to any bar counter. Thanks to this useful bar accessory it will be possible to serve customers a cup of this delicious drink in just a few seconds and prepare up to 12 portions at the same time.

If, however, you don’t have a real ice cream counter, but you want to offer this dessert to your customers, a practical solution is the soft ice cream machine.

These bar accessories allow you to have soft ice cream with the right consistency, they take up little space and are simple to use while offering the same performance as large, high-productivity professional machines.

An interesting alternative to include among the bar tools is the sorbet maker: it is a machine that works similar to the ice cream maker, but is perfect for making fresh fruit sorbets that will sell like hot cakes during the summer season.

Personalized bar accessories

To best present the various preparations, it is important to equip yourself with personalized bar accessories: for example, cups with the logo of your business or with the brand of the products you use, decorated glass glasses that are perfect for visually enhancing the drinks, such as sorbets, coffee, tea and infusions, but also coasters, straws and napkins.

All the decorations and toppings that allow you to enrich the preparations in terms of taste, but also visually, can also be included among the bar items.