Potato-based vodka is a massive labor of love—where grain- or fruit-based vodkas begin with plenty of sugar to distill directly into alcohol, potatoes contain far less initial sugar by comparison, meaning it can take hundreds of pounds of potatoes to make just a...
Not limited to three—get as cold as you wish—but here is our list to a few coffee drinks you should freeze with this summer. 1) Coffee cocktail popsicles: Yes, you heard it right. No, I don’t know why you haven’t thought of it before now. Summer’s here, bringing...
One month back I wanted to share a short guide to some of the public resources available for learning about coffee in the Northwest. In finding a cornucopia of said resources, I also found equally passionate tea professionals eager to share the same sort of...
Woodinville Whiskey Co.'s Mashbill No. 9 Bourbon Whiskey is designed to taste like a piece of Kentucky snapped off and landed in the heart of western Washington. And it worked. This bourbon is true to the traditional flavors of America's native spirit: in it,...
If Seattle is the crown jewel of the Pacific, new Seattle restaurant Westward may be staking a comparable claim to become the crown jewel in the oblong coronet where land meets Lake Union. It's not just waterfront views, though roll-up lake-facing garage doors...
As early as tomorrow, one of the most highly anticipated products stemming from the process of marijuana legalization in Washington State will hit stores. Cannabis cold brew coffee, titled "Legal" and made by Mirth Provisions of Longview, Wash., sits ready and...
Compared with the attention that Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees receive, nearby Rwanda is overshadowed by comparison. Recently asked for recommendations of coffees from either of the former two countries, however, I was compelled to include a couple of Rwandan...
This just in (to bottles) and out (of the barrel): Copperworks Distilling Co.'s New Barrel Gin is now available. It's an aged take on Copperworks' classic dry gin, which uses the latter as a base to soak in the woodsy aroma of charred new American oak barrels and...
Coffee cupping: the process by which growers, roasters and avid drinkers standardize the tasting of coffee in order to best pick out the flavors specific to an individual cup. The official set of standards, first developed by Ted Lingle and published in "The Coffee...
This post is an homage to the effort Northwest coffee professionals make to share their knowledge with the public. While most of us in the Northwest fancy ourselves at least fairly familiar with the craft of coffee brewing, the simple fact of the matter is that...
