No tell-tale breath. No hangover (supposedly) and lesser calorie-intake. We were game to try a vapshot the minute Sandeep Sharma, the beverage manager at Hoppipola, listed some of its benefits. Making its debut in Mumbai at the pub's Lower Parel outpost, a vapshot is vapourised alcohol, served in different flavours — either as a shot or a cocktail — from a special machine, to be consumed with a straw. "The concept was introduced in the USA, and is now popular in the UK too. I saw the vapshot machine at a bar in London and asked Avik Chatterjee (owner, Hoppipola) to check it out. He made a trip there, found it interesting and decided to introduce it in Mumbai. We're probably first in the Southeast Asia to get the machine," claims Sharma.

The bartender pours vapourised Jagermeister spirit via a drill into an airtight acrylic bottle. Pics/Sameer Markande