Tag:Spirits

Alcohol

Return of the green fairy: once-notorious absinthe enjoys UK revival

It was the spirit of choice for history’s most bohemian creatives, from Oscar Wilde to Vincent van Gogh, popular during the belle époque for...

Trustnews - November 16, 2024

Autumn food and drink

Cocktail of the week: Lilienblum’s calvados old fashioned – recipe | The good mixer

A kind-of old fashioned with a wintry, appley twist. Calvados old fashionedServes 1 For the honey syrup (makes about 10 serves) 30ml honey For the drink 5ml (ie, 1...

Trustnews - November 15, 2024

Cocktails

Cocktail of the week: Corrochio’s espresso martini de olla – recipe | The good mixer

Café de olla is a Mexican breakfast staple made from coffee brewed with spices, orange peel and piloncillo, or unrefined cane sugar. We mix...

Trustnews - November 8, 2024

Australian food and drink

There’s more to whisky than scotch and bourbon

The past 20 years has seen a profusion of new whisky distilleries in the most unlikely places, from India and Australia, and even to...

Trustnews - November 1, 2024

Cocktails

‘It knocks your head off!’ How limoncello became a sudden, surprising, soaring success

When I was in northern Italy this month, I spotted the same sunshine-yellow drink wherever I went. Limoncello spritz – sweet-sharp lemon-flavoured liqueur, mixed...

Trustnews - October 30, 2024

British food and drink

Cocktail of the week: Humo’s elderflower & ume – recipe | The good mixer

This is a globetrotting take on a winter paloma, featuring Japanese umeshu, Mexican mezcal and British elderflower cordial. Combined, they produce a fruity, floral...

Trustnews - October 25, 2024

Chocolate