Barrel-aged cocktails
31-8-2011
No barrel-aged wine or whiskey, but cocktails. We see this more often. The only thing you need is a barrel, a funnel, a sieve and six weeks. After the aging, the cocktail had absorbed the wood tones for a new harmonious flavour. When can we drink this is a Dutch bar? Or is this something to try at home?
Tea lecture by sommelier Ann Vansteenkiste
30-8-2011
On Monday the 12th of December there is a lecture for everyone who wants to learn more about tea. The lecture is organized by Teest and Ann Vansteenkiste will explain everything from the history and production to the making of a perfect cup of tea. Check the video (Dutch).
No cash? Pay with services or goods
29-8-2011
Want to go out for dinner, but no cash? No problem at Restaurant Fireside in Chicago. The owner uses a barter strategy to keep his restaurant going. Guests can pay in goods or services, such as an ice cream cooler of a grooming service for his dog.
Your ‘private tap’ at the pub
25-8-2011
Grand Café Maria, located in Utrecht (Netherlands), offers their guests their own private beer tap. Guests buy their own barrel of beer. Besides the fact that this increases the experience of the evening, it is cheaper for the guests, and it reduces the work of the employees.
Create the Club of the Future
24-8-2011
By applying co-creations, Heineken will invite clothing, motion and interior designers and developers, to create the club of the future. Talents can register themselves on the Facebook page. The 80 best designers will join Heineken on an inspiration tour in Milan, Tokyo, New York and Sao Paulo and afterwards they present their concepts to the jury. The deadline to register has already passed, this date was the 21st of August.
The small local stores return in Germany
23-8-2011
Mundvoll is a café and grocery store that brings back the local small neighbourhood shops. The concept is first implemented at a temporary location on the Zeppelin University campus in Friedrichshafen. The visitors can orders drinks, small bites and day-to-day groceries in the shop.
Create your own coffee-blend
18-8-2011
Create your own personalized coffee blend. That is possible at the British company EightPointNine. You can create and order your own blend at the website, by giving an indication of your favourite tastes. Or your can order one of the pre-selected blends of EightPointNine. Weekly, you will receive your blend.
The taste of ‘Echt’
16-8-2011
At the end of August, four small Dutch family breweries, will present a new beer: the taste of Real 2011 (De Smaak van Echt 2011). The great thing about this beer is, that the best individual ingredients are being used. And what we understood from their tasting notes, they succeeded in making an ambercolored beer fermented with 6% alcohol, not too dry, with a pleasant bitterness.
CoffeeQube by MobiCcino
16-8-2011
MobiCcino opened his first CoffeeQube (an espresso bar) in an officebuilding of a big Dutch company in Amsterdam. We, of Horecatrends, are jealous, imagining having a barista in the canteen! At 6 square meter, espresso made by the Mirage machine and a barista. MobiCcino is working on the CoffeeQube XL and XXL. Although we like the CoffeeQube we prefer the MobiCcino (smal red car), it’s such a great eyecatcher!
Winecocktails
15-8-2011
Homemade cocktails by VinCo. By mixing the pre-mix with a white wine and ice cubes you create the perfect fresh and light alcoholic cocktails. For the non-alcoholic version, mix this with Indian Tonic, or to create a stronger version, mix it with tequila.