What is rum and what types of rum are available?

What is rum and what types of rum are available?

Connoisseurs of strong alcohol respect rum – a drink enveloped in sea romance and legends of the past. Today is what my blog is about.

Manufacturing methods:

Agricultural – for the production, cane juice is used without sugar separation. This method is very expensive and, as a result, is almost not used since rum can be made only during the harvest of sugar cane. As well, there are no remarkable differences in the taste. Popular in Haiti and some overseas French departments.

Industrial – Alcohol is made from sugarcane molasses before it they are removed. According to this technology, about 90% of the drink is produced; the waste-free process allows you to sell the separately prepared refined sugar.

Tafia – molasses waste, creating a low-quality product. Alcohol from it is generally only found in less-developed countries and is not exported abroad.

Varieties by color:

During the aging process, rum, like other spirits, changes its color.

Light (white – white or silver – silver / white / light) – so named because of its colorlessness, which is obtained after aging in metal vats. Metal cannot affect the shade of the final product. This variety is soft, with a light taste and is widely used in various cocktails.

Golden – golden (amber – paille / amber) – aged in oak barrels, medium density, with an amber tint, brightly emphasizing the caramel flavor with spices. To preserve, color filtering is not performed.

Dark (brown, red, black). Oak barrels are burned to give the drink a rich taste, with a fragrant and burnt aroma, alongside a strong taste of molasses, caramel and spices. It is often used in cooking and in the preparation of cocktails, punch and grog. It can also be flavored with lemon, orange, coconut, mango or spices (flavored or spiced).

Rum varieties:

This alcoholic beverage can vary considerably in strength. Manufacturers of different countries prefer different alcohol content, from 40 to 80 percent. There is a traditional classification by alcohol content:

• rum elixir – is drunk in its pure form, the taste is sweet and rich, and its strength is 30-40 percent;
• strong rum (premium aged, rhum vieux, anejo) – aged for more than 5 years in oak barrels. It varies from 40 to 57 percent, there are varieties with an alcohol content of 60-70 percent;
• sustained. The peculiarity of this drink is its long exposure (5-12 years). Aged Roma has a strength of 75% and above. Drinks are exclusively undiluted.

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What is Vermouth and what are the differences between the types of Vermouth?

What is vermouth and what are the differences between the types of Vermouth?

Vermouth is a multicomponent drink flavored with herbs and spices. More precisely, it is a whole family of drinks. Initially, the basis for the preparation served as a white wine. Most often, wormwood is taken as the basis of vermouth flavoring. Translated from the German name and means – wormwood wine. It is the wormwood that accounts for at least half of the aromatic herbs used in the manufacturing of any vermouth. The name of the drink comes from the King of Bavaria during the Middle Ages who “checked” the drink.

What is vermouth?

There is evidence that the first vermouth recipe was compiled long ago in the V-IV c. BC. by Hippocrates themselves. Initially, it was a medicinal drink designed to tone up the body and treat diseases of the digestive tract. But on an industrial scale, it was first made in Italy, in Turin, in 1786. The city is famous for its vineyards, where rich crops and herbs are harvested each year. Therefore, Italy is considered the birthplace of vermouth.

It is in Italy that one of the most famous brands of the drink is produced – Martini. The main competitor is Vermouth Cinzano, famous since 1857 and also originally produced in Turin.

In addition to wormwood, during manufacturing, coriander and juniper fruits, lemon balm, oregano, cloves, ginger, yarrow, cinnamon, etc can all be added. The taste depends on the selected ingredients. Unfortunately, the proportions are kept a secret by the manufacturers.

Initially, vermouths were made from white grape varieties, but the modern drink is also made from pink and red grapes. Wine makes up 80% of the volume of the product. The remaining 20% is made from plant extracts, alcohol (which improves the dissolution and serves as a preservative), and sugar syrup, which makes the drink sweet. During the making of red vermouth, caramel is added. Currently, winemakers prefer to take a wine base with a neutral taste, so as not to affect the spicy aroma of the drink.

To combine a large number of components, winemakers add chamomile, clove, and iris root infusions. A combination of extracts of vanilla, calamus and cardamom helps to consolidate the composition.

Action on the body:

Initially, vermouth was considered to be just a medicinal drink. It helped to tone up the body, improve blood circulation, increase appetite, and stimulate digestion. Like any alcoholic drink, it has warming properties. Thanks to the extract of wormwood, it is able to clean the bile ducts and normalize the production of enzymes.

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Wheat shakes: some interesting facts

Wheat shakes: some interesting facts

This blog will discuss the many useful properties of wheat shakes.

1. Improved blood circulation

Poor blood circulation provokes weakness and fatigue. You start to feel exhausted. Shakes made from wheat increase blood circulation, because they are rich in iron, a mineral element that increases the number of red blood cells in the blood.

2. Wheat is a unique product

What makes it unique? Wheat grains contain a huge supply of nutrients: vitamins A, B, C and E, antioxidants, amino acids.

3. Wheat shakes as a source of natural energy

Do you feel tired and apathetic but do not want to drink coffee? Then try a wheat shake. It is rich in chlorophyll, which will help your immune system as well as increase the levels of oxygen in the body.

4. Effectively cleanses the liver

It’s no secret that the liver is the most overloaded organ. But oddly enough, we are more concerned about the health of the heart and brain. And our liver? This organ does all the dirty work in our body, and if you do not provide it with useful substances then your liver will soon refuse to function.

An overloaded and sick liver can seriously impair your life, so drink a wheat shake which is rich in fiber and is designed to remove toxins before they have time to be absorbed into the blood.

5. Enhances the immune system

You need to constantly take care of your immune system. If you eat junk food, are unmotivated to play sports and walk, then the body will sooner or later begin to falter. You can help it by drinking a wheat shake. This drink contains two times more vitamins C and A than orange and carrots. Thus, you will be provided with the most important vitamins, even in winter.

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Detox: five green detox smoothies to choose from

Detox: five green detox smoothies to choose from

Today we will talk about delicious, healthy drinks for lovers of green juices.

Refreshing smoothie:

Looking for a light and refreshing low-sugar drink? Green smoothies are perfect. Drink a cocktail before a workout to recharge your batteries with the energy of electrolytes contained in coconut water and replenish your body with green minerals.

Ingredients:
• 1 ½ tbsp. coconut water;
• ½ tbsp. cabbage;
• ½ tsp of spinach;
• ½ tbsp. romaine lettuce;
• ½ peeled lime;
• leaves of 2 sprigs of mint.

Add ingredients to the blender and mix well.

Green blissful power:

When going through a detox, it is also necessary to take healthy fats, protein and fiber to our diet. Along with detox drinks take pea protein for better protein absorption. Chia seeds in a green smoothie will provide the body with fiber – for tonus. Coconut and pear will add some flavor to the drink.

Ingredients:
• 1 tbsp. almond milk;
• ½ pear;
• ¼ peeled avocado;
• 1 tsp spinach;
• ¼ Art. coconut water;
• 1 tsp. chia seeds;
• 1 tbsp of pea / hemp / brown rice protein powder;
• 1 l clean water.

Mix all ingredients except the water until smooth. Then place in a blender and cover with the water. Mix until the smoothie reaches the desired consistency.

Green juice:

A powerful anti-inflammatory drink, filled with antioxidants beta-carotene and vitamin C. Relieves pain in aching joints and stimulates the immune system during the cold and flu season.

Ingredients:
• 2 oranges or 1 tbsp. fresh orange juice;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 fresh ginger root;
• 1 slice of fresh turmeric or ¼ tsp. turmeric powder;
• ½ peeled lemon;
• 1 tbsp. l raw honey;
• 1 tbsp. or 4 sheets of Romaine lettuce.

Start with squeezing the oranges to get 1 glass of orange juice. Add the juice and the remaining ingredients to the blender and mix well until the mass is smooth. Serve at room temperature or add a couple of ice cubes.

Green celebration:

Free of sugary fruit, this drink refreshes and cleanses the body.
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ tbsp. water;
• 1 celery stalk;
• ½ cucumber;
• ½ avocado;
• 1 tbsp. or 4 sheets of Romaine lettuce;
• ⅓ h. Parsley;
• ½ peeled lemon;
• pinch of sea salt.

Put the ingredients in a blender and mix.

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How to make “Kamikaze” – a Japanese cocktail?

How to make “Kamikaze” – a Japanese cocktail?

“Kamikaze” is a type of Japanese cocktail, which will certainly please everyone. Despite this frightening name, this soft drink, with a pleasant taste, certainly has nothing to do with the typhoon Divine Wind, which destroyed everything in its path and earned itself such a title.

The name of the drink was given as a tribute to the Japanese suicide bombers who rammed American ships.

Immediately after the war, Kamikaze (cocktail) became the favorite drink of Americans and Europeans, from where it began its journey around the world. There is, however, another version of the origin of the drink; from a bartender in America, who believed that Kamikaze was the prototype of another drink called Gimlet.

Kamikaze is of great value among cocktail lovers.

This drink is very easy to prepare, no great knowledge is required for its preparation.

Classic cocktail “Kamikaze”:

Ingredients include squeezed orange juice (lime), orange liqueur and vodka (30 ml of each). Liquids are mixed with ice in a shaker (the bartender’s main tool). The resulting mixture is filtered into a martini glass through a strainer and a slice of lemon added.

Using the basis of the classic “Kamikaze”, other, equally pleasant and tasty cocktails are created:

Cocktail Kamikaze Lime. An easy alternative. Add 100ml of sparkling lime water to the classic cocktail. Serve in a tall glass.

Cocktail “Blue Kamikaze.” Orange liqueur is replaced by Blue Curacao. Lime juice is recommended. It creates a drink with a bright blue color and the taste does not change.

Cocktail “Electric Kamikaze”. Triple Sec liqueur is added to the Blue Kamikaze mixture. Mixed in equal quantities vodka, Blue Curacao, Triple Sec, lime (20 ml each) and ice. Then the cocktail is filtered into a chilled glass.

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Iced coffee with almond milk: the latest trend

Iced coffee with almond milk: the latest trend

Iced coffee is an exquisite drink that will help you feel more invigorated and refresh yourself on a hot summer day. It is low-calorie, which means that the drink will not ruin your figure either.

According to legend, ancestors of today’s Oromo people in a region of Kaffa in Ethiopia were believed to have been the first to recognize the energizing effect of the coffee plant, though no direct evidence has been found indicating where in Africa coffee first grew or who among the native populations might have used it as a stimulant, earlier than the 15th century. The story of Kaldi, the 9th-century Ethiopian goatherd who discovered coffee when he noticed how excited his goats became after eating the beans from a coffee plant, did not appear in writing until 1671 and is probably apocryphal.

Other accounts attribute the discovery of coffee to Sheikh Omar. According to an ancient chronicle (preserved in the Abd-Al-Kadir manuscript), Omar, who was known for his ability to cure the sick through prayer, was once exiled from Mocha in Yemen to a desert cave near Ousab (modern-day Wusab, about 90 km east of Zabid). Starving, Omar chewed berries from nearby shrubbery but found them to be bitter. He tried roasting the seeds to improve the flavor, but they became hard. He then tried boiling them to soften the seed, which resulted in a fragrant brown liquid. Upon drinking the liquid Omar was revitalized and sustained for days. As stories of this “miracle drug” reached Mocha, Omar was asked to return and was made a saint.

This recipe for cold coffee does not require a set of exotic and expensive products, so everyone can make it. This drink is served in chic restaurants with Michelin stars, so you can also pleasantly surprise your guests at your next dinner party.

So, for the ingredients you will need:

1. Ground coffee.
2. Milk made from almond, coconut or cow’s milk.
3. Honey.
4. Ice
5. Cinnamon and vanilla to taste.

First, brew a pot of strong coffee such as an american or espresso. Be sure to boil ground coffee in coffee pot. No freeze-dried coffee, it will only spoil the taste.

Then pour the coffee into a shaker (blender or other container) and add one cup of milk (coconut, almond, cow).

After that, we put ice cubes into a shaker. 5-6 pieces will be enough.

Then, instead of sugar, add 2 teaspoons of honey and beat with a mixer.

Add a few teaspoons of honey, cinnamon or vanilla extract for a little sweetness if desired.

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