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The Most Expensive Coffee You Can Find Anywhere
Every coffee aficionado knows that coffee isn’t all the same. High-quality coffee has an excellent balance of flavor, acidity, and freshness. It’s often worth going the extra mile to get coffee that …
The Most Expensive Tequila That Will Make Your Jaw Drop
When we talk about expensive alcohol, it’s easy to focus on the seemingly refined products, particularly cognac and whiskey. Yet, the most expensive tequila bottles put these to …
What Is Vodka Made From And Does It Even Matter?
The question, “What is vodka made from” requires a bit more nuance than many other types of spirits. Whiskey, tequila, and rum all have specific requirements about the ingredients they use …
Are Tannins Good For You?
If you’re interested in wine or tea at all, then you’ve probably heard about tannins. These are natural plant compounds that provide the astringency found in these drinks. Tannins are also …
Nespresso Vertuo Next Review From A Daily Espresso Drinker
Owning the Nespresso machine has turned me into a daily espresso drinker. I think I always was like this, but never had the opportunity. Now that making an espresso is 3 feet away from me at any time, …
Best Sipping Tequila for Every Budget
Tequila is a popular spirit, in part due to its versatility. It’s a popular one for taking shots, likely due to the (often) sweet taste and cheaper varieties available. Not many people relish the …
9 Hop-Infused Gift Ideas
Let’s say that you have a good friend that you’ve known for quite a while now. They’re the type of person who’s just in love with all things alcohol-related. And whether or not they have a problem …
The Best Ginger Brandy
Ginger itself dates back to 500 BC in India and China where it was first recorded as an ingredient in both cooking and early medicine. Ginger was first imported to the Roman Empire from India, where …
The Best Apricot Brandy
Not only is apricot brandy a key element in so many classic and popular cocktails but the drink itself is quite old. If you really look, you’ll find recipes dating back to the early-mid 20th century. …
What’s The Difference Between Whiskey And Bourbon?
Whiskey and Bourbon are distilled spirits that are great for a lot of occasions. Be it at parties, dinners, or just a night out with friends, these two beverages can really lighten up the “spirits” of …
The Best Tequila For Palomas
Sweet, salty, bitter, and sour – the Paloma has a little bit of everything, plus some bubbles and alcohol! It doesn’t get much better than that for a fun, refreshing summer drink. Its mysterious …
The Best Sweet Tea Vodka
Sweet tea is loved throughout the world, but it’s a particularly popular treat in the Southern United States. It all began in 1795 when a French explorer named Andre Michaux brought tea leaves to …
21 Brandy Cocktails That Should Be Part Of Your Repertoire
Whiskey may be the go-to spirit in many situations, but brandy has a long history and continues to be a popular choice in all manner of drinks. While brandy is often enjoyed straight, there are also …
The Best Peach Brandy
Countless fruits, herbs, spices, and more have been made into a variety of flavored spirits, but few have the long history of peach brandy. More than 200 years ago, peach orchards were being planted …
The Best Chasers For Tequila
Tequila is a fascinating spirit. For something that must contain a specific ingredient and can only be made in one place, it’s wildly popular with thousands of types and variations coming from …
The Best Vodka For Martinis
There are a few theories floating around about where the martini came from, including an innovative bartender to a simple matter of shortening a brand name and the subsequent evolution into a staple …
The Best Orange Vodka
Flavored vodka is a highly sought-after category as these expressions can take cocktails to a whole new level. This type of vodka also makes things a lot easier when a recipe calls for vodka and a …
The Best Gluten Free Beer You Can Buy Today
Beer traditionally uses wheat, barley, or rye as the base ingredients. This makes it a poor choice for anyone who’s even a little gluten sensitive. You can’t simply swap beer types either, as lagers …
25 Of The Best Tequila Cocktails To Enjoy At Home Or At The Bar
Tequila doesn’t have the same refined ring to it that you find with spirits like whiskey, rum, or gin. Instead, it is often thought as of a party drink, one that has a distinctive flavor. Even so, …
The Best Tequila For Every Budget
Tequila is certainly an interesting spirit and one that is made and enjoyed all over the world. It’s made from agave, unlike any other spirit. The production of tequila has tough regulations but the …
Lager Vs Ale: How Do The Styles Differ?
Beer is confusing. There’s really no denying that. Seriously, there are more than 100 different styles of beer and that doesn’t count all the unusual substyles or unique craft beers on the market. The …
The Best Chasers For Vodka
Chasers are surprisingly simple, they’re just a drink you have straight after a shot. They’re perfect for reducing the alcoholic burn and any bitterness. Finding the best chasers for vodka is …
The Best Mexican Tequila
Between the rich soil and warm climate, Mexico is the perfect region to create amazing tequila. There are several places where tequila is made within Mexico, but the beautiful Highlands of Jalisco is …
The Best London Dry Gin
Gin in general has a bit of a wild past. You can trace its origins back to the 16th and 17th centuries when genever became popular – the world’s first juniper spirit. It was originally distilled …
The Best Mid-Range Vodka
Vodka is such a fun, versatile drink that’s always evolving. For ages, it’s been strictly a neutral spirit, often meant solely for cocktails. This is still a frequent and prevalent use for the spirit, …
14 Flower-Based Teas That Offer Delicious Variety
If you want to get technical about it, tea comes exclusively from the Camellia sinensis plant. This is what gives us the classics, including oolong, black tea, white tea, green tea, and matcha. …
The Best Smirnoff Vodka Flavors
Smirnoff is a leader in the world of vodka and alcohol for a reason – they make good drinks. Whether it’s their original, plain vodka, or one of their many flavors, it’s backed by over a century …
Is Tea Good For You?
Tea has a long history that spans many countries and cultures. While we still don’t precisely know who invented tea or when, we know that tea has been consumed for thousands of years, with widespread …
The Best Vodka For Screwdrivers
Simple and versatile, the screwdriver is one of the world’s first vodka-based cocktails. Most cocktails have at least three ingredients, but the screwdriver features only two: vodka and orange juice. …
The Best Apple Brandy
Apple brandy isn’t just an old, traditional spirit – many are convinced it’s America’s oldest spirit. Of course, record-keeping wasn’t foolproof back in the 1600s so exact timelines and details …
6 Types of Tea with 24 Different Varieties to Choose From
Whether you like it hot or cold, it would seem that tea is very much a part of the beverage choices you have in mind. And not surprisingly so, with so many types of tea out there, black tea and green …
The Best Bubble Tea Flavor Combinations
Once unheard of in the United States, bubble tea has become incredibly popular. You can now buy it in countless stores across the nation, in both familiar and exciting flavors. There are so many …
The Best Caramel Vodka
Creamy caramel candies have been around for quite some time, though their exact origin isn’t clear. There are records of American settlers making hard candies around 1650, and caramels became popular …
Bourbon Maple Pecan Pie with Homemade Pie Crust
Growing up in the Southern United States, pecan pie was something of a staple. Everybody made it during the holidays, and I grew tired of it quickly! Overly sweet, the savory deliciousness of the …
Cold Brew Tea 101: Everything You Need To Know
Iced tea is an incredibly popular summer drink (and an excellent cocktail ingredient!), but what about cold brew tea? This new kid on the block isn’t as unusual as it seems. In fact, the name gives …
The Best Cheap Brandy
Brandy is a spirit that’s distilled from fermented fruit juice. While any fruit can, in theory, be used, grapes are the most common. This means that most brandy is made from wine. The name “brandy” …
35 Exciting Coffee Flavor Combinations To Mix Up Your Brew
For many of us, coffee is a daily ritual. It’s how we start the day and offers an energy boost right when we need it the most. It has even been linked to a surprising number of health benefits and …
The Best Vanilla Vodka
Loved by so many, vanilla vodka is a classic flavor. You can get a vanilla version of almost anything, including vodka. Vodka itself dates back many centuries. One early reported existence of the …
Tequila Worms And Other Creatures You Can Drink
Tequila worms are famous, partly because the idea is strange and really kind of gross. Honestly, who in their right mind wants a bug in their booze? You’d probably need a decent amount of tequila …
The Best Bottom Shelf Vodka
Vodka is a highly refined and processed spirit that is generally intended to have no strong or distinctive flavor and aroma. That hasn’t stopped some distilleries from going against the grain and …
The Best Brandy For Fruitcake
The fruitcake is peculiar creation that always gets a mixed bag of reactions. Typically only appearing around the holidays, some people love it while a lot of people hate it. Perhaps they hate it …
Does Coffee Have Tannins?
Tannins are a set of fascinating plant-based compounds. They’re most famously found in tea and red wine, but there are tannins in plenty of other foods and drinks too. So, does coffee have tannins? …
9 Types Of Gin Plus Exciting Gin Variations
Gin is famous as a juniper-focused spirit. It’s often served as a simple gin and tonic, but features in many more complex cocktails as well. One of the exciting features is the botanicals, which …
13 Bourbon of the Month Clubs & Gift Baskets You Can Buy Online
I’m mostly a casual whiskey drinker but I’ve recently been experimenting with various whiskey of the month clubs. These have helped me learn more about the nuances of whiskey along with the …
Pilsner Vs Lager: Which One Is Right For You?
Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages and remains popular today. Most beer lovers have their preferences firmly entrenched. You probably already know which brands of beer you prefer and …
The Best Raspberry Vodka
Though small, raspberries carry a strong flavor that many love. They’re used in cakes, pies, smoothies, and more, in addition to being a great snack on their own. Raspberries are also an old fruit. …
The Best Fruity Vodka
There is no shortage of fruit flavors in the world of vodka – whether you want a refreshing sipper or a sweet cocktail, there’s something out there for everyone. A neutral vodka is a perfect …
Delicious Tea And Dessert Pairings That You’ll Adore
Pairing wine with food, including desserts, is a classic approach. But, did you know that you can do the same thing with tea? Like wine, tea has an interesting and complex flavor profile, so the right …