London’s favourite cocktails mapped

The makers of a new app have asked bars to help them map the capital’s cocktail drinking preferences.

The makers of new app “Drinki” worked with some 70 bars to show which tipples were being drunk across London’s 32 boroughs, the City of London and five cocktail “hotspots” such as Soho and Dalston.

The whiskey-based Old Fashioned is the drink of choice for the suits in the City, Bloody Marys rule in Soho apparently and the exotic Between the Sheets in distinctly suburban Waltham Forest.

Michael Stringer, cocktail for consultant for Drinki, said that certain drinks had always had a “deep heritage” in parts of London.

“Champagne cocktails define Mayfair and the West End,” he said. “The experimental East has seen many cocktail trends, from oyster cocktails in the 19th century to Espresso Martinis, popular with the fashion and arts party crowds.

“Vermouth Negronis are on the rise in up-and-coming areas in the East, while Clapham’s roots are in rum-based drinks, like the Mojito.”