Some are incensed, some are ecstatic. Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is back early from vacation as of today (though not without much ado, including challenges). No need to reach for your calendar—you’re right, it’s still the middle of August. Perhaps you’ve...
If you read this, you know you’ve got one last chance this summer to take the Old Ballard Liquor Company’s aquavit class. That’s coming up this Tuesday. Want a preview? Try Sound Spirits’ take on the caraway-flavored liquor. Behind that botanical, layers of anise...
Ever get the sense that cutting-edge coffee attracts innovators and artists? So did Rip Pruisken, founder of Dutch-style coffee wafel company Rip van Wafels. So he created an event to draw the coffee, technology and arts communities together on purpose, just to see...
A host of single-spirit festivals have sprouted up across the region over the past half-decade, one such is Seattle’s Northwest Tequila Fest that celebrated its third year on Saturday with a sun-soaked parking lot roped off and filled to the gills with agave...
Enjoying long summer evenings this season, I’ve been on the hunt for coffee shops that stay up late too. While mornings have always been coffee shops’ domain, they’re increasingly becoming our local late-night hang-outs, with many shops adding small plates, wine...
So simple, and yet so scarce. Such is the story of bounce, a category of fruit- and sugar-infused aged liqueurs once said to be among President George Washington’s favorite drinks. The libation has veritably fallen off the map over the last two centuries, but you...
In the midst of wedding season, we love all the creative ideas that surface for wedding bars. Among them, we’ve noticed a growing trend: clever coffee bars are surfacing as well. Whether for a sunrise ceremony or a way to facilitate dancing late into the night,...
Portland’s Rolling River Spirits hones in on one thing: distillation as a pure art form. Founded in 2011, Rolling River (part of the Rose City’s spirit-saturated Distillery Row) is owned and operated by the Rickard family, each member an artisan in his or her own...
There are three things you should know about aquavit before anything else. 1) It’s a category of caraway-flavored Scandinavian liquors, four times older than Ballard and veritably limitless in its scope. 2) Out of hundreds, only one foreign aquavit survives as an...
Across the Pacific Northwest, the regional coffee culture is rock-solid—so much so that coffee places and professionals reflecting a more international coffee culture are often overlooked. In searching for the best way to explore the international coffee scene...
