Tea Brewing
Don’t just toss a tea bag in your cup and hope for the best. A little bit of knowledge can ensure a superb cup of tea.If your idea of a good cup of tea starts with plain tea bags from the grocery store, you are likely missing out on truly superior tea. [...]
Beverages
Coffee & Tea Making
Making coffee or tea is all in how you prepare it. There are lots of different ways to brew both tea or coffee.There are so many different ways to make your coffee, you don’t have to settle for just one method. Experiment a little!
Brewing Basics
Coffee can be made many different ways, and [...]
I have spent most of my career pairing food with wine, and these are some basic rules that I have learned to follow;
I think food and wine pairing is best achieved when you find similarities and/or contrasts of flavor, body (texture), intensity, and taste – “Simple wines with complex foods…complex wines with simple foods.” [...]
Bacardi Dragon Berry rum.
Made with Pitahaya, or dragon fruit.
Dragon fruit;
“They” are flaming pink, spineless cactus fruits, with neon magenta flesh and a mild, sweet flavor, reminiscent of watermelon. They have tiny, edible black seeds, similar to a kiwi’s, which are not at all gritty, as are those in common prickly cactus pears.
They grow on climbing [...]



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