Hiccups
Every bartender worth a damn has a cure for hiccups. A wise bar patron should, too.
Learn this and love it. I'll stake my reputation on the fact that this cure, when done properly, works every time. It's not instantaneous, but after 5 minutes, you'll suddenly wonder "Hey, what happened to my hiccups?" This is great bar knowledge and will come in handy for you, your friends, or whenever you want to play Prince Charming to a damsel in... hiccups.
Splash a few squirts of Angostura Bitters onto a lemon slice. Empty a packet or two of sugar in your mouth, drink as much of a glass of water as you can, and then bite into the bitters-soaked lemon. That's it.
There's always some wiseass in the crowd who swears you've got to try his method. Don't trust him. Trust the wiseass behind the bar. I've been using this method for 10 years and it's worked every time.
Sure I could get into all the fancy scientific, chemical, and physiological reasons as to why this works, but I'd just be making it all up.
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you will love this one... My Grandmother at the age of 99 told us: to hold our breath and say buttermilk ten times to ourselfs. if you hiccup while doing it start over.. and count on your fingers.. i have used it for 13 years
Joey Stepp
I am pretty sure that you used that one I me! Cant imagine who else would have handed me a lemon soaked with bitters! But I do, for some reason, LOVE the hiccups!
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What's going on fellow bartenders, I'm a American bartending in Australia but my cure for hiccups is an ounce or 30 ml nip of grenadine. Works instantly and everytime
I finally got round to trying this at work and on my self the other day
I was sceptical about it working. But it really does! It's amazing!
Thanks chris!
Though I am going to have to try the grenadine instead, it tastes a lot better!
I tend at a college bar ans a lime wedge coated in sugar works every time for my customers and I. It's a little similar to your trick, but the lime's a bit sweeter than the bitters soaked lemon.