Category Drinks

Review of 22-Year-Old Infinitum Rum Blend: The Last Drop

The Last Drop's Infinitum rum

Premium and super-premium liquor sales have been growing since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Consumers who couldn’t enjoy dining or entertainment options outside the home started investing in high-end products for home enjoyment. Today, this trend continues. A Nielsen NIQ report offered…

Review of Café Bustelo Espresso-Style Iced Coffee

Cafe Bustelo iced coffee

The release of Café Bustelo’s espresso-style iced coffee adds a solid coffee punch to refrigerated coffee selections. Even if you haven’t tried Café Bustelo coffee, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the packaging. It’s hard to miss the bright yellow colors…

Is Milk a Better Hydrator Than Water?

pouring milk into a glass

When you’re parched and in desperate need of rehydration, chances are you reach straight for a glass of water. It’s the first thing you crave in the morning and exactly what you want after some sweaty exercise. Whether you love…

Natural Flavoring Enhances Nespresso Pods

wall of nespresso capsules

For those who love the convenience and taste of Nespresso capsules, it is natural to wonder if the product is, well, natural. Marketed as a high-end version of the more pedestrian Keurig cups, Nespresso is nonetheless a product that undergoes…

How to Enhance Sparkling Water with Dessert Wine

glasses of sparkling cocktails

Dessert wines are known for their sweeter flavor profiles and fuller, silkier mouthfeel. There are all kinds of different dessert wines to know, but the common takeaway is that there is some significant level of sweetness, from sugars left in…

Spicy Margarita with Pepperoncini Garnish Idea

spicy margarita with pepperoncinis

Plain Jane margaritas have taken the backseat in recent years to its provocative younger sibling: The spicy margarita. Spicy margaritas usually take the cocktail’s classic ingredients of lime, tequila, and triple sec, and add a pepper with mild or major…

The Worst Trader Joe’s Juice: A Taste Test

Trader Joe's juices

From the Jalapeño Limeade the grocer graces you with each summer to the Power of Seven Green Organic Juice, a lot of Trader Joe’s juices are worth the hype, juxtaposing complementary flavors for something balanced and sippable. There are, on…

Review of White X Cognac

White X Cognac bottle

There’s something about the word Cognac that summons a vivid picture in our minds. For some, a dimly lit room filled with older men, cigar smoke, and dark brown liquid swirling methodically in large brandy snifters. For others, the high-end…

Tips for Enjoying Rum Neat

Rum served straight in glass

Rum is one of the world’s most intriguing spirits, not only for its wide range of flavors but for exotic rum-running tales of pirates and smugglers on the high seas. Even through civil wars and America’s Prohibition years, swarthy seafaring bootleggers…

Banana Liqueur Adds a Twist to the Classic Sazerac Cocktail

Sazerac cocktail

Few cocktails are more iconic than the Sazerac. It has been around since the mid-1800s, and was declared the official tipple of New Orleans in 2008. The recipe for a classic Sazerac calls for absinthe, rye whiskey, Peychaud’s bitters, and…