New Delhi, May 13 -- Razvan Zamfirescu, the beverage head of All In Hospitality that launched HyLo in Mumbai recently, excitedly leads guests to the bar to show off the homogeniser machine, the piece de resistance and the only one being used in India according to him.

The machine is used to pulverise ingredients, and extract flavours from fruits and lemons without cutting into them. "The machine creates pressure and releases sucrose and oils from lemons instead of breaking the skin to just release acids. My sours are on a whole different level with the lemon juice from the machine, be it pisco sours, whisky sours or mezcal sours," Zamfirescu says.

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