Cocktail tool hacks: If you have basic kitchen gear, you can mix a drink

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Cocktail glasses are fun, but you don't even need those. (Martina Ibáñez-Baldor)

I don’t know about you, but I could use a drink. A good one, like the kind my favorite bartenders make (can’t wait to see you again!). But even though I have plenty of liquor at home, I don’t own fancy bar gear. Instead of just finishing that bottle of wine (when did I open that?), I experimented with my kitchen tools to see which can stand in for professional bar ones. Here are the hacks that work: