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Anyone up for a glass of tequila tonight? #realtorproblems #memes #realestateproblems #realestateexpert #realestatememe #realestatelifestyle #realestateblog #humor #realestatefunny #realestateagentlife #realtorslife #realestatehumor #houseforsalenearme #miamiflrealestate

If you like makin' love at midnight If you have half a brain   I’m not sure these are necessary criteria for liking this drink but they can’t hurt.   If there is one drink that defines a tropical holiday then it has to be the piña colada.  It’s a drink with a very long claimed history but which really only came into its own with the invention of another product, cream of coconut.   This should not be mistaken for coconut cream, which is exactly what I did the first time I made it and, well, let’s just say the result was not good.   In the 1940s in Puerto Rico an agriculture professor, Don Ramón López-Irizarry saw the value of the white ‘meat’ of the mature coconut but recognised that it was a slow inefficient process to extract it.  He developed a mechanical efficient process for the extraction of the meat and also developed a product that blended the coconut with sugar, xanthan gum and citric acid to form a very sweet coconut cream which was called cream of coconut.  This has since been sold worldwide under the brand name Coco Lopez. Referring to my earlier comment and especially for those in Asia, this is not the same as coconut cream or coconut milk which are unsweetened.  However you can make your own cream of coconut if Coco Lopez is unavailable as follows. Good for maybe 8 piña coladas 200ml full fat coconut milk 190g white sugar Heat the coconut milk and sugar gently in a saucepan stirring until the sugar has dissolved and then gently simmer for 2-3 minutes before leaving to cool and then keep refrigerated and it’s good for maybe 1-2 weeks.  I guess you could freeze it too.   Now for the drink itself, piña colada translated literally means strained pineapple and claims for the invention of a drink of that name date back to the early 1800’s but the origin of the blended ice drink we all know and love really seem to be between two men with similar names working very close to each other in Puerto Rico, however the weight of opinion seems to favour Ramon Monchito who concocted the drink while working as a bartender at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in 1954.   Many bartenders believe that the original piña colada is a flawed drink, too sweet, often too much ice, and lacking acidity to balance the Coco Lopez but I’ll leave the improvements to a future post.   Finally back to the title of the post. For many people the drink was made famous in the song Escape by Rupert Holmes. Long before Ashley Madison made having an affair trendy, Holmes sings about a married guy who seeks out a relationship through the personal ads, finding one that starts “if you like piña coladas” only to eventually find the writer of the letter was his wife at which point he sings “I never knew" "That you like piña coladas” And it all ends happily ever after. Have a listen and maybe it will bring back memories of the late 1970s for you.https://lnkd.in/gnVYUtey   Now for the recipe and more history head over to my Substack https://lnkd.in/gprNkYNB

The Hop Graveyard 🪦: Where hop varietals go to die… well, not anymore. When a hop varietal disappears completely, its unique flavors are lost forever. Hence, the hop graveyard. But what if we could preserve those aromatics? That’s exactly what we’re doing with our Hop Profiles. Learn how a living hop record protects and preserves beloved hop flavors for future use. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gh8gRAtG

What is reflux? Reflux is an important property of distillation. When you boil liquid in a still, that liquid turns into a gas and rises inside the still. Now, if it turns back into a liquid before it gets out of the still, it falls back into the pot. That is called reflux. It’s very important because the more reflux you have in a still, the lighter the spirit you get at the end. The less reflux, the heavier and more robust spirit you have. #distilling #whisky #spirit Watch the video here

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"Perfect," "crown jewel," "sublime," "splurge-worthy," "finest vintage(s) in the world"...This first-rate feature in COOL MATERIAL from Johnny Motley is a must-read (if you haven't done so yet). Johnny not only captures our approach to vintage spirits; he also entertains you with the tale of Raj Peter Bhakta’s discovery of the oldest spirits on Earth. Dive in!

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The Delights of Rose Chai: A Comprehensive Guide https://lnkd.in/gz-yV3Bs

The Delights of Rose Chai: A Comprehensive Guide https://lnkd.in/gz-yV3Bs

So you would like to know a bit more about Tequila (and other Mezcals)? Key terms and mapped relationships here in one slide. #VOSMapping #Wordaizer #UVVisibleFingerprints #Tequila #Mezcal #BDASLLC #EdsHillandJack #DistilledSpirits #Agave #Calligram #APHelmond