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This month, we are exploring the flavor of Sichuan Peppercorn. 🔥 This spice has a bold flavor with a remarkable tingling, mouth-numbing sensation. Due to its unique chemistry, Sichuan Peppercorn awakens the palate and transforms the way you experience every flavor surrounding it. Sichuan Peppercorn is a special spice that elevates meats, veggies, and even chocolate dessert. Because of its flavor-transforming qualities, we encourage you to experiment with Sichuan Peppercorn to see what flavor adaptations you can create. How have you used Sichuan Peppercorn to innovate in the kitchen?

𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 https://lnkd.in/erW-ed2M Horchata is a beloved beverage that boasts a rich history and an even richer flavor profile. For many, it brings back memories of warm summer days, family gatherings, and cultural celebrations. But what exactly is horchata, and what makes its flavor so unique and refreshing? In this blog, we'll dive deep into the origins, ingredients, and delicious flavor of horchata, helping you appreciate this traditional drink even more.

Slurp & Score: The Art of Coffee Cupping 🥄☕ Think of cupping like wine tasting, but for coffee! Here's what goes down: • The Setup: Shallow bowls of freshly ground coffee, just hot water added. • Sensory Overload: Cuppers sniff, slurp, and spit (yep!), evaluating aroma, acidity, body, sweetness, and aftertaste. • Scorecards & Serious Faces: It's not just about enjoyment; scoresheets are used to rate each coffee objectively. • Roaster's Roadmap: Cupping helps roasters choose beans, refine their roast profiles, and ensure consistency. Cupping pros develop a super palate with which they can detect super subtle flavor differences! #coffeecupping #behindthescenes #roasterlife #flavorevaluation #coffeenerd

Why is cupping important? From a roaster's perspective, cupping is vital for assessing coffee bean quality. By tasting different samples side-by-side, we can pinpoint the best beans for purchase or production. Cupping lets us taste coffee in its purest form, revealing its true flavours and aromas. Breaking the coffee's surface releases its aroma, transporting us to its origin. Cupping exposes you to lots of different coffee flavours. From fruity to chocolatey, you get to taste the full range and expand your palate. Cupping helps sharpen your sense of taste. With practice, you get better at picking up small differences in flavour, acidity, and more. Lastly, the coffee industry is always changing. Cupping allows us to stay updated and explore new coffee varieties and techniques. #belllane #coffeecupping #specialtycoffee #coffeeindustry #coffeevarieties

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ When you understand that you can’t distil bitterness, and that bitter botanicals must be compounded into spirits, you’ll appreciate why we’ve mastered the technique over the last 15 years and why it’s so crucial to our portfolio of Gins, Cocktail Bitters and Aperitivi & Digestivo. Whilst traditional distillation is essential to a number of spirit categories, including some of those we produce, it has its limitations and is far from being the ideal method of extracting flavour, especially from delicate herbs, spices, flowers and fruits. Our six 110litre stainless steel Spiedel tanks are what we use to compound our full range of bitters, to finish our multi award winning Old Tom and Dry Gins, and to create the liqueurs and aperitif wines that make up our Italian inspired range, Pietro Nicola. It’s more timely, more costly, but ultimately more delicious. #thehouseofbotanicals #pietronicola #dradamscocktailbitters

𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: There is a wide variety of both beer types that all vary greatly in flavors, aromas, and subtle nuances. For example, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬, tend to have a fruity flavor profile with a sweeter taste and a fuller-body. They also tend to be darker and have a cloudier appearance. They have a higher alcohol content, more robust flavor, more bitterness, and a stronger hop flavor. 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 tend to have a very clean and crisp taste, a lighter, and more mild tasting beer. They tend to be much lighter and clearer in appearance with lower alcohol content. They have a sweeter, smoother, and more refreshing flavor. 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬. www.realontap.co.za #lagerbeer #ale #drinksontap #beerontap #realontap #beers #craftbeer #craftbeerlover

Here's a fun little activity for the rum lovers out there. At Flavor Camp, our goals is to have people be able to connect through flavor. Whether that's a great conversation, a celebration, or being able to connect products together, we believe it starts with understanding their Flavor Camp Taste Profiles. Every single rum possesses a primary and one or two secondary flavor camps that makes up its overall essence. This allows us to distill down (pun intended) all the complicated, technical tasting notes, and focus on discovering products that share common flavor camps. So with that, connect through flavor and explore something new this month whether it be neat, in cocktail form, or simply a conversation. #rumtasting #tastingnotes #connectthroughflavor #flavorcamp

🍺 Did you know that beer is more enjoyable when served cold? A recent study found that the ideal temperature for a perfect pint is around 5°C, which is roughly the temperature at which beer is stored in the fridge. 🌡️ Scientists discovered that at this temperature, the chemicals in beer are more likely to be aligned in a way that enhances the taste. This means that serving beer cold amplifies certain taste sensations, providing a more refined and enjoyable experience for many consumers. 🌬️ The study also explored how temperature affects surface tension and found that different levels of heat can impact the formation of clusters and chains of molecules in the drink. As beer warms up, the disruption of these clusters can alter the taste profile and decrease the distinct "ethanol-like" flavor. So, next time you reach for a beer, consider serving it chilled for the best tasting experience. Cheers to science confirming what beer enthusiasts have known all along! 🍻 https://lnkd.in/d2aiEyiF #BeerLovers #ColdBeer #TasteScience #Divergan

A little knowledge can make a big difference! Having a basic understanding of how we interpret flavour can make a big difference to tasting whisky. Flavour is a system that employs smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and mouthfeel (somatosensation plus others). While we commonly refer to the process as nosing and tasting, the majority of what we describe in a whisky is in fact a combination of orthonasal olfaction and retronsasal olfaction - or to put it simply, aroma. Knowing that we detect aromas initially through the nostrils and secondarily from the mouth helps to break down the process. This understanding that flavour is a process rather than a single event helps us to better identify and differentiate the different components within a dram. It also helps us to have a closer relationship with one of the most meaningful facets of life. #whiskytasting #singlemaltwhisky #sensoryscience

Step into the Matrix of Flavor: Red pill or green pill? Explore the depths of taste with 3 Dragons Brewing. 🍻🔴💚 Order at: 3dragonsbrewing.com #kava #kavabar #3dragonsbrewing #KavaLife #KavaNation #KavaTime #ChooseYourBrew