On The Back Bar #30. Jay Khan on cocktail templates, finding drink inspiration and bringing Tequila to the audience of Hong Kong.

<p>In this episode of On The Back Bar Podcast, Chris talks to Jay Khan, the co-founder, and director of the agave mecca <a href="https://coa.com.hk/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">COA</a>, a specialist basement bar that quickly became a hot topic and destination bar in Asia.</p> <p>COA opened in 2017 in Hong Kong’s Soho district and landed on Asia’s 50 Best Bars list last year at No.12, bagging the Highest New Entry Award in the process.</p> <p>Now it sits proudly at No.3 with Khan being recognised in the peer-voted, <a href= "https://www.worlds50bestbars.com/asia/partners/altos.html" target= "_self">Altos</a> Bartenders’ Bartender title as part of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2020.</p> <p>Khan spent much of his younger years travelling Mexico learning all there is about the world of Tequila and Mezcal and now educates consumers and bartenders around the world. </p> <p>Recently he has been ranked #36 on the Bar World 100 – a list of the world's 100 most influential figures in the bar industry.</p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Contact info & Resources</strong>:</p> <p>Insta: j<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/jaykhan313/?hl=en">aykhan313</a></p> <p>Coa <a href="https://coa.com.hk/">Website</a> </p> <p>*****</p> <p>Join our community on Facebook! <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/beveragenetwork">Beverage Network</a></p> <p>This podcast relies on our listeners to keep the show going!</p> <p>If you could support us by joining our Patreon it would really help this podcast grow.</p> <p>Patreon is a platform where you can support the podcast with a small monthly donation. This funding will help with all manner of things to equipment costs, editing and even getting some hard to reach people to sit down with me.</p> <p>Or you can just buy me a coffee to say thanks with the link below! :) </p> <p><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/onthebackbar">https://www.patreon.com/onthebackbar</a></p> <p><a href= "buymeacoffee.com/chrismenning">buymeacoffee.com/chrismenning</a>                </p> <p>*****</p> <p>If you love ou