Skip to main content

Beans + Booze (Part 2)



NYC Coffee Festival 

Mix It With: A 90's redux- 'retro' and new alcohol brands- serve it up to a new generation (or two).
remember when Red Bull and vodka dominated the two buzz drinks' category? MR. BLACK-updates that combo w/ cold brew and vodka (roasted + distilled in Australia) FYI vegan, vegetarian and gluten free.

Cocktail moue
Even the thought of pouring a dram of Scottish whiskey over an ice cube -was scandalous. Now that Bourbon has replaced Scotland's aromatic export as a fav of 35 and under-one of the premier brands  imported single malt whiskey-Oban (Diageo owned)- is targeting that demographic-with cocktail suggestions. It reminded us of how Sherry is gaining traction-as an alcoholic ingredient in craft sips.

For a sweetish  take on winter's staple Irish Coffee-add Coole Swan's combo of Irish whiskey, Madagascar vanilla,  Belgian white chocolate + double creme into a steaming mug half filled with java. Good over ice cream too!

Kahlúa is to many of a certain generation THE coffee liquor (actually rum + coffee liquor)-and back int he day-a Black/White Russian must.  It's ready to taste up for the newly legal to drink set too...straight up or -over ice-or as a cocktail ingredient (think espresso martinis).

COQUITO NYC -had a crowd-sipping samples of this spice (cinnamon -clove-vanilla)  egg nog like Puerto Rican fav. Add rum for a holiday hit. In ready to drink-bottles.
via GIPHY