 You may end up all the way down on the far end in your credit fix. You might end up in the food court, party store. We bring all kinds of people through the black market, and today, it's like family. You know, she been across the street over here. She does studio holding it down, letting you all to get state lit. You feel what I'm saying? She even got a whole little box of secret surprises. I got all the information. Everything you want to know. Yeah. So, I'm gonna make sure you don't leave nothing out. So, mix it. It's on. Yes. It's time. The cold. That's me. Hello. Now, I know people who watch this show. They might be like, I haven't seen them. What have they seen? You look kind of familiar. You look familiar. Hi. Hello, everyone. I am Tyna Kotucker. I am the resident mixologist and bartender for Poor Minds. Yeah. Good to see you. I love how you keep all the guests good over there. Man. Because they sneak up on them about, I say about a third through the episode. They're like, hey, I'm good. Man, I'm doing no one. Like, you keep them in your bag. So, welcome to the black market. And we want to get the secrets behind the success and what you got going on and everything. Yeah, it's been fun. I appreciate the opportunity. I've been a bartender for five years. Right. I've had my own business for two and a half years, so mixy. And we are a boutique mixology brand. We're based out of... Hold on. I just thought of something. Uh-huh. You left out a credit. That's why JLW ain't got tight back there. Uh-oh. 85. Yeah. Yeah. I can't believe it. It ain't done. I was going to get there. Oh, okay. I was going to... It was going to build up. I had a whole script on it, too. Let me just sit back. Let me just sit back. I do it all. So, I will say that I... Can I say that I'm the resident bartender for 85 South? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if we're going to be doing any type of events and luxuries and sippings, it's going to definitely come from you. Yeah. So, I do it... I do a lot. I... The goal of so mixy is to pretty much provide an experience for our clients. Right? We teach classes. We do private client events. We do mobile bartending. We have our line of products. So, it's awesome to be able to work with 85, 85, poor minds, and a lot of our premium clientele. And what our goal is is to teach you how to craft your own cocktails, you know, with beautiful garnishes, flavor pairings and all, right from the comfort of your home. And so, on poor minds and on 85, I walk you through the ingredients, the measurements, garnishing, how to do all of those things. And you can do it right along with me. You'll have the measurements and everything. So, what's in this box? This is our mix kit. We teach classes. We teach them virtually and we teach them in person. And in the mix kit, it has all the ingredients that you need to craft those cocktails. So, there's a recipe card inside. You'll have your mixers. You see that syrup? We make all of our syrups in-house. Small batch. We have different flavors. And we try to be very conscious about what ingredients are going inside of them. So, a lot of herbs, a lot of honey, a lot of agave instead of your pure cane sugar. So, you'll get two syrups, and then you'll get the other mixer ingredients, including your garnishes, your salt for the rim of your cocktail. Anything you need to make that cocktail just as beautiful if you were going to like a speakeasy or one of your local lounges. Mmm. Okay, so, you know, the mixology crowd, that's a different crowd. You know, connoisseurs are fine friends. So, I want you to tell the fellas what the ladies are drinking this season. It's getting a little chilly. A little Netflix and chill right at home. Ladies love tequila. Go get a bottle of tequila. A little taramana, you know what I'm saying? Add a little, uh, we'll do a little cider. Add a little apple cider. Maybe a little orange liqueur, a little lemon juice. And then, of course, our rosemary and sage honey. Shake that up. Put it over ice. Garnish it with the beautiful rosemary or sage leaf. You know, you got to smack it a little bit before you... That way, that's the first thing she's going to smell. Right. You know, present that to her. Put a little garnish. I got a little lemon on here, graduated lemon. Ready to go. Should fellas get real creative for the fall and venture off into pumpkin spice? No. Pumpkin spice is coming fast. Yeah. A little chai maybe. Ooh. You know, a little cinnamon, a little nutmeg. Yeah, you can have a lot of fun with that. So, what you got mixed up for us today? So, this one does have bourbon. I am a brand ambassador for Uncle Neers. Are you familiar with Uncle Neers? I'm familiar with Uncle Neers. Shout out to Kenny Burns and all the good people over there, Uncle Neers. Yeah, yeah. It is a black-owned brand, a black-owned whiskey out of Tennessee. This one has their rye expression in it. So, this one, I like rye. It's a little peppery to taste. But this is mixed with some lemon juice, some ginger liqueur. We have a little bit of lemon juice. And then I have an artisanal tea that's mixed with it. So, it has like lemongrass, strawberry, that's kind of bringing out some of those flavors. And then it's paired with that rosemary and sage, honey. And then we have a little bit of Angostura bitters on top, just to give it a nice, beautiful heart-shaped design, and then a dehydrated lemon. Well, I told you that there's only one drink in here that I trust with their palate and to know the difference between a good drink and a bad drink. So, I got my specialists here today. Javier. Javier aka Lil Han. Lil Han. Lil Han. Don't do my man like that. No, I mean, he can hold the whole thing in both hands. Now, Javier likes to drink strong. I make him drinks on the show for poor minds. I know, he loves. So, this is my taste tester. Jump in here with us, Javier. Cheers, Javier. Now, see, I feel like Javier is a universal drinker because he can drink with the old man and he can drink with the ladies. I think he might like it because he loves Tennessee. So, he loves a dark instead of always doing tequila. Right. So, I think this is going to give you some of that dark spirit. This is on point. Yeah. Thank you. See, look at that. Go over there and drink it. So, how can they get the box? So, you can order this all on our... Hold on, baby. That's going to sound crazy. Hey. The mixology box. So, mix it. So, mix it. I'll tell you both ways, actually, if you don't know. Do your thing. If you want to order any of our products, you can find us on our platforms at somixie, S-O-M-I-X-X-Y. Our kits are there if you want to book us for events. Because, like I said, we do a bunch of things. We do our private events if you need a bartender for your services. You know how, like, people have events and they just be like, like, pain and sip and they want to... You can merge events. Yeah, so, we do that. We actually work with local artists and we call it canvas and cocktails. And so, we basically take... The artist walks you through how to paint your canvas and then I'll walk you through how to craft your cocktails. Right there. We'll have the full bar set up. So, you'll have your bar mat. You'll have your mixing tin, your jigger. I'll walk you through all the tools you need. Now, you're going to have in front of you and then the recipe cards and all the ingredients. And we'll work those through the event. So, when you just out and you're not the bartender, what is your drink of choice? So, my go-to is called The Last Word. It's a classic. It's a prohibition-style cocktail. Originally, it's made with gin, green chartreuse, luxardo, cherry liqueur, and lime juice. I like mine with mezcal. So, I'll remove the gin and substitute it for mezcal, which is a smokier flavor, very pinky. I was just about to say, you a young lady and you out here drinking gin. Who you raised by, your grandfather or something? Listen, I'm from Chicago. So, we had a corner store at the end of my grandmother's block and I will always see people coming in with seagrams. Buffy-faced gin. Yeah. Now, that shit is crazy. Seagrams are tangerine. So, I'm not a big gin lover. I will drink it. I will drink that in a French 75. That's probably my next favorite cocktail. I've seen one of my neighbors drop a washing machine down their three flights of stairs. He was drunk on gin and tried to take it up there himself. He got up. He started falling. Did not do that at home. Don't try that at home. He started falling out. I was like, bro. Yeah, gin make you sin. I'm really a tequila girl. You got tequila, mezcal. You got my heart. But I love a good bourbon. I actually just did a tour of the bourbon trail. Do you like dark tequila? I like reposado. I like reposado. Okay. Yep. I like reposado. We're just making a list. Javier putting it in his phone. Yeah, tequila has the world going crazy right now. Like, anytime I do an event, tequila sells out just like that. People hit the bar asking for tequila first. So, your question about the guys, what to get? Tequila is probably going to be the number one thing that ladies like. Unless you run into some girls from Chicago who like drinking gin. Yeah, we'll see. Hendrix, Hendrix maybe. Do you do any wines? I do like wine. I like wine, but I like more of the sparkling. So, I'll do a sparkling rosé instead of just a steel wine. Okay. All right. But we got to get, since you're the mixologist and you know, you do go to bartender. What are like the top five drinks? I mean, top five liquor people should keep at the house for company and guests and entertainers. Okay. What are your plans to? It don't happen as, I mean, it's up to you. Okay. Okay. I would definitely say tequila. With tequila, you don't have to limit your cocktail that you make with it. Like, you can do a tequila lemon drop. The girls love lemon drops. A little sugar on the rim, what? Yeah. They love a margarita. You know what I mean? So, with tequila, you can kind of hit any type of cocktail. So, I would definitely say have some tequila. You know, if you have a cocktail or a reposito, either one will do. You can do a bourbon or whiskey just to give like a little contrast to that. Definitely have a bottle of bubbles. Maybe a bottle of wine because that's the easy, especially if it's the first time somebody coming to the crib. I might not try to jump in here first because tequila might give me a little looser than I'm trying to be. So, just a bottle of bubbles, a little wine. If she a wild girl, maybe a little cognac, a little Hennessy. That would tell me everything I need to know. I gotta get you to teach me how to make a good margarita. Okay. Okay. That's gonna be my next step. I'm gonna actually have to come in and I want formal training. Okay. For like an hour. I'm gonna get the guys together and you can show us how to make it good. So, that's a part of my brand. We do that. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, you can do. We get set up a private session. We're gonna bring you over here. Okay. And then we'll have a table. Okay. We want everybody to make a good margarita. And I know you don't drink. I could also teach you how to make mocktails. Uh-uh. I don't need shit for me. Don't teach me how to make real shit. So, when I'm in the bar, then I get everybody toe up. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he don't even. But he getting us toe up. That's my favorite part, honestly. Really? Just to watch the party change. Like, cause you know when you come into an environment, people are sometimes nervous I don't know. Should I talk? They get a couple shots, maybe a drink, and then they feel a little more comfortable. Right. So, I love to watch that transgression or like transition of the crowd just kind of going from. Transgressions to. Okay. You was right. Y'all know what you said. We didn't know about that. I love to watch it. So, they go from chilling today. Okay, do a little dance. Now they feel comfortable. You know? Jacket came off. Shoes is off. Shoes is off. Our lash is gone. Yeah. That's when the party was off. I love partying with the aunties like that. Javier, how you doing over there? Oh, okay. What's your social media so they can go find you and follow you and hit you with their questions? Yeah. Hit me anytime. www.SoMixie.com. At SoMixie on all platforms. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, everything. All of our information, direct contact is in that link. Yeah. And if you're ready to turn up with us, you know, and we're also looking for bartenders. I train bar staff. We do bar activations, brand activations. So, if any brands are out there looking for maybe some upcoming activations for your company, let us know. We do that. How can they reach you directly? Like email or business? Yep. Email. SoMixie, I-N-C at Gmail.com. But again, if you go to our website, all of that information you can easily get in contact with me. Well, look here. Fellas, all y'all in the room. We're about to learn how to make some good margaritas. Yeah. All right. We're entertaining at the crib. Jeff, I know- look, he's excited. He been wanting to do this. So, yeah. We need you for an event. Yeah, I got you. Come over and teach y'all the fellas how to do this shit at the crib. I would love to see that. All right, that's fine. Y'all gonna shake it? You gonna shake it? I'm hitting it with this thing. Yeah. Yeah. I'm hitting it with this little spanner. You want one? You want one? Two more? Yeah. So, I'm ready. Let's do it. We appreciate you stopping by the black market. Thank you. We gotta let everybody know that the black market is open. It's open. Thank you for having us. Time to cook, cook it. Time to cook, cook it. Time to cook, cook it. It's so mixy. So mixy.