Vacuum Infused Fruit Cocktails

Step 5 Place in vacuum chamber

Pour your cocktail mixture into an appropriate vessel and place your fruit into the cocktail. For the purposes of this Instructable, I propped the containers up on wood blocks so that I would be near the top of my vacuum chamber and therefore easier to photograph. Propping them up on blocks is not necessary.

I gained access to a vacuum chamber because a co-worker who shares our office space had been using one to pull bubbles out of silicone molds he was making. It consists of only a few pieces and is easy to build. Besides the vacuum pump, most of the supplies can be acquired at an industrial plumbing supply store or warehouse.

• two pieces of 1/4" polycarbonate
• two rubber flange gaskets
• 1 12" PVC tube or coupler
• 1 3CFM 1/4 HP vacuum pump
• 2-3' of 1/4" PVC braided tubing
• pressure gauge
• pressure release valve