Javier de las Muelas is 69 years old, has lived many lives and still plans to live a few more. The well-known bartender and businessman welcomes me at the Dry Martini Speakeasy and he gives more headlines than he could possibly fit into an interview. Some examples: "I like the liturgy of cocktails: I consider bars to be churches and bartenders to be priests. And the clients to be parishioners." Or when he says that "cocktails, even if they sell themselves as aeronautical engineers, are very simple. What is not simple is having the desire to serve and the intelligence to understand who you have in front of you" or that "people are communists when they have nothing to share." Or when he defends that he does not like "meaningless sophistication. I like the product. What Bulli did 30 years ago, and what famous people continue to do now, is no longer valid" or that "it is not true that in this profession we all get along... People get along and are generous when they are at the top."