Monthly Archives: October 2013

Motherland Coffee Company Original Blend

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The Motherland Coffee Company cafe in St. George’s Mall makes a damn fine chicken, tomato, bacon & cheese panini. Also, the company roasts some damn fine beans.

The only beans available for take-away seems to be their Rwandan & Ethiopian Original Blend. All Fairtrade the cashier assured me. The bag too is adorned with a link to You Are The Revolution, a website dedicated to Fairtrade coffee maintained by the company.

As for the beans, I’m loving them. A luxurious chocolate bomb followed by surprise ripe fruit. Would definitely recommend. Also pleasing are the quirky preparation instructions which start with:

Must be made from the heart. Do not prepare while angry.

All this at the very reasonable R69 for a 250g bag.

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Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whisky Affair 2013

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On Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th respectively, the Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whisky Affair 2013 promises 50 malts including The Balvenie 12 Year Old Double Wood, The Macallan, Ardbeg, Bunnahabhain, Talisker 10 Year Old, The Glenfiddich 19 Year Old Age of Discovery and Nikka.

Master Classes in Whisky and Wine will also be available.

If, like me, you can’t make it up country for the Whisky Live Fest this looks to be an excellent substitute.

Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whisky Affair 2013

Laphroaig Live – New York 2013

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Say “Honey badger don’t care”, then down the drink.

If you did not find yourself raising a dram to your computer screen at 2 in the morning on the 27th of September, you can catch the action here: Laphroaig Live 2013.

I found John Campbell’s notes on the whisky’s very interesting, and I can’t quite wrap my head around the idea of Laphroaig cocktails. How does that even work? I’m curious to try, if anyone knows a bartender who makes a good Smoking Gun, Penicillin, or Honey Badger let me know.

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