Coffee, Cocktails all blogged out
Looking to find something from the archives? You've come to the right place. We know that one size does not fit all when it comes to search, so we've provided you with three options below. And if you still can't find what you're looking for, let us know.
Search for posts with these words.
Click a date for articles posted that month.
Check out Steve Leighton’s video coffee cupping blog… really cool.
It’s that time of year again and I’m filled with a mixture of anticipation and self doubt. Competing this year will not feel as natural as it did last year, mainly because I don’t work as a barista anymore. It’s a strange situation to be in, having learnt so much in the last year, but [...]
I’ve been working hard to sort out the much neglected Cocktail Section of the website. After taking a long hard look at it and realising that it was really only some recipes pasted into a long list, the OCD took over.
So, what we now have is a neat title page listing cocktails by individual spirits. [...]
There is something not quire right about this… selling beer made famous by a children’s cartoon show. I’m half expecting the bottles to actually be squashy toys.
The beer is bottled in Mexico by some guy who managed to aquire the patent, which reminds me of a quote from the film Desperado:
Very angry lady: “Your beer [...]
I’ve been working on this one for quite some time now, much more substantial than the Rum Timeline and hopefully just as interesting.
Origin of the name
Abbreviation from the dutch jenever (jenever, jeniever, juneva, genever, genevrer… etc.), the spirit from which gin evolved. Jenever itself thought to come from the french word for juniper: genévrier.
Internet masturbation it may be, but a google.co.uk of “drink blog” brings TWDB out at the top of the page. The same on google.com brings TWDB out second from the top.