Rituals

How to drink it.

Four ways to pour Kai Rosso. The first one is correct. The other three are also correct.

Before you pour

Start with music. You need music. Settle in. Then drink. Kai keeps a playlist for the second drink — open it now, then come back to the rituals.

A Negroni being poured at home.
i.

The Standard.

One large ice cube. One pour of Kai Rosso. One orange twist.

Express the oil from the peel over the rim of the glass before you drop it in. Drink slowly. This is the only ritual that matters.

A Negroni at the end of a long evening.
ii.

The After-Dinner.

Same pour, no ice, in a small glass. A square of dark chocolate alongside.

Built for the moment between dessert and someone reaching for their coat. Skip the ice and the temperature does the work. Use 70%+ chocolate.

A Negroni at a small gathering.
iii.

The Long Table.

One bottle. Six glasses. Six large cubes. Six twists. Pour and pass.

The way Kai Rosso was meant to be drunk. A whole bottle, between six people who notice. Brought out at the end of a six-course meal.

A numbered Kai Rosso bottle, presented as a gift.
iv.

The Special Gift.

Numbered by hand, with a hand-painted gold edge. Bottled in tiny batches. Poured slowly.

The kind of gift that says more than a standard bottle ever could. It suits the person who notices details, appreciates ritual, and would rather receive something memorable than merely expensive.

A small gift

Kai's playlist for the second drink.

Updated when he feels like it.

Forty-something minutes. Jazz and classical, mostly. Built for the pace of a slow pour. Worst served at volume; best in the background of a small dinner that's already going well.

01 'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk
02 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus
03 Nocturne in E-flat Major Chopin
04 In a Sentimental Mood Ellington & Coltrane
05 Sketches of Spain Miles Davis
06 Take Five Dave Brubeck

Final tracks to be curated by Kai

In a world obsessed with more, I chose to make less, for better moments.

— Kai