Passion for flavour, respect for culture
“A bar can be anything. You can set a board across two sawhorses and you have a bar.” – Hayden Lambert Hayden Scott Lambert hails from New Zealand but started his bartender career in Europe, where he joined the award-winning Merchant Hotel bar team in Belfast and become the winner of Ireland’s Bartender Of The…
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In the previous article called “Tea – The Exiled Emperor Discovery” we spoke about the history of the tea and how it shaped the world we know today. Tea has influenced and changed the world in more ways than we could have imagined, with the aforementioned countries having the biggest influence. In this article we…
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In the previous article we detailed the development of tea flavour profiles, specifically, Japanese and Chinese Green teas, White tea, and rare Yellow tea. All teas are lightly oxidised which gives them their delicate aromas and flavours. Today we are going to delve into fully oxidised teas such as Black, and Pu’Erh tea. Each of…
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Tea is one of the most popular beverages enjoyed by many nations all around the world and I have great memories of sitting with my father chit chatting about life over a cup of tea. Back then, we usually drank it as a dark brown liquor with a touch of sugar and lemon juice but…
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Recently, I started looking for a replacement for coffee that would keep me up and running and was a little healthier as well. Through my research I came across green teas (which I’ve always loved) and in particular one caught my attention called “Matcha”. As I was going through several different publications, I noticed the…
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To all who know us personally and to those that don’t 🙂 By now you know our cocktail bar IB HQ has been soft launched. Zurina and I would like to thank everyone who has helped, supported and worked with us to make our dream come true. It has been a great few months, full…
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I am heading to Taiwan for the first time, and I particularly anticipate my stay at Taipei. I have heard great things about the country, so I decided to do some research to learn more about the country and its rich cultural traditions. I am looking forward to exploring the traditional Chinese culture blended with…
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In the previous article, we talked about the history, production and origins of rice. Rice is very important to humans as a form of food and has been at the center of several different cuisines for many centuries. And so, it has naturally also found its way into the culinary segment of pleasure aka alcoholic…
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I just got back from Seoul. I went to attend the Pilsner Urquell beer festival held there, that sees about 6,000 visitors per day. There were no signs of security, everyone was very polite and no one was seemingly ‘drunk’, all in all it was very different experience from what I was used to in…
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