Lemate of New England is a family-owned, non-alcoholic cocktail mix, beverage and bar accessories distributor. The business offers all types of bar supplies, plastic cups, garnishes, bitters, bottle suits, pongs, healthy nuts, gift bags and displays.
In early 2010, cocktail enthusiast and Boston Shaker owner Adam Lantheaume opened up shop in Davis Square. He stocks his cocktail supply store like he makes his drinks—with well-crafted and imaginative products. Whether you're in the market for some basic bar supplies, antique serving ware or the final rare ingredient for that perfect cocktail, you're in the right place. Unique to the store are the handmade Packard Bag for crushing ice, and the artisan-made Pug' Muddler. The well-informed staff is welcoming to all levels of mixologists.
If Lantheaume were to create a Somerville cocktail it would be a mix of old and new, he says. "It would be a modern variation of a classic-- equal parts of a strong brown spirit, like a whiskey, with a little rum--because Medford was one of the rum capitols of the U.S. in the 1700s."