Playbooks
How to Memorize Cocktail Specs: A Bartender's Method
Knowing every cocktail spec cold is the craft bartender's job security. Here is how to drill exact pours fast: templates, interleaved quizzing, and well reps.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
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How to Memorize Wine Regions and Crus for Somm Exams
Sommelier exams bury you in regions and crus. Drill the hierarchy as flashcards, interleave similar regions to tell them apart, and space the practice across weeks.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
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Automate your menu study system: create flashcards from a photo
Panicking before a shift? Automate your study system: create flashcards from a menu photo, let the app quiz you, and let it space the cards you miss.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
The best AI app to quickly learn and retain cocktails
The best app to learn and retain cocktails builds the deck from a photo and uses spaced recall, so you learn fast and remember. On iPhone now, Android may follow.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
Drilling an iPad POS layout with spaced repetition
Learning a new iPad POS touch layout? Here is how to drill the button screens with spaced repetition so the tap paths become automatic before your shift.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
An Anki alternative for servers, no desktop needed
Want Anki's spaced repetition for your menu but without the desktop setup and manual cards? Here is a phone-first alternative built for servers, and where Anki still wins.
Lawrence Arya··5 min