Things I tripped over on my way to the internet // Tagged as “drink”

Sep 23 11:52 am

“It was a disease ridden, starvation plagued, alcoholic age, and Christians like Arthur Guinness—as well as monks and even evangelical churches—brewed beer to offer a healthier alternative to the poisonous waters and liquors of the times.”

The Search for God and Guinness (Hardcover): A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World by Stephen Mansfield | Book | Thomas Nelson | Publisher of Christian Products via @esaukessler (un)

Apr 15 4:29 pm

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Five Beer Cocktails »

Courtesy of epicurious.

Feb 6 12:56 pm

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“Very little is quite as important to me as good coffee. No tea v coffee debate though, both are excellent hot brown liquids.”

John Cleese

Jan 7 10:13 am

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What to Do With Leftover Wine: Mulled Wine Syrup | Serious Eats »

vai morrismaven

Via Morris Maven

Nov 26 5:39 pm

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The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima »

From Slate, a unexpectedly interesting history of the drink that—if you believe the article—nobody ever liked.

Nov 12 2:29 pm

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“The crusade to displace the usurping slice of lime, which obliterates the flavour of gin, with the correct, complementary lemon will continue to be waged relentlessly on this blog. It is a decisive factor in the preservation of civilisation.”

Gerald Warner: 150th anniversary of gin and tonic

Interesting.

Oct 22 4:52 pm

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How to brew better coffee in your hotel room - Budget Travel via Lifehacker

There are a couple things wrong with this chart. First, you don’t count any cups before 9:30am. Second, another cup at 3pm levels the curve right out until another little boost is needed after dinner about 7pm.

Oct 21 11:51 am

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Presidential Teas

As much as I like rooibos, I do think regular black tea would make a better President.

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Via Shawn Blog

Aug 15 11:04 am

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Pork Martini: Four Ways | Serious Eats »

Pork. Is there anything it can’t do?

Aug 5 12:27 pm

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Starbucks offers afternoon drink deal nationwide - AP »

Bring in your receipt from that morning and get any iced drink for $2. That’s a pretty good deal. (via Starbucks Gossip)

Jul 16 12:33 pm

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Coffee and the Bible

A random comment from a colleague led me to the discovery that there is very little in the internets about coffee and the Bible. Turns out there’s a very good reason for that.

Coffee beans, which are actually the seeds of a berry, were chewed as a stimulant; this use was recorded in the Koran and the Bible. —some botany website from UCLA

Uh, no. There are no direct references to coffee in the Bible and, while there may be in the Koran, I couldn’t find any specific references to them.

National Geographic says (via the awesome Food Timeline) even the chewing didn’t start til around 800 A.D. and the brewing didn’t start til around 1000.

That explains it then. (Since the Koran was finalized by 650 A.D it’s not likely coffee is in there either but I’d be happy to be proven wrong.) Even so, this has got to be the most comprehensive treatment of Coffee in the Bible on the web:

Coffee as a Means of Grace

Jun 25 4:43 pm

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