cocktails
The Orthodox Caipirinha: The Only Correct Caipirinha Recipe Ever Published on the Internet
The caipirinha is a religion. We hold as articles of faith how the limes should be chopped, how the ice should be crushed, etc., and these beliefs are handed down from one believer to the next, from reveler to reveler, generation to generation. There are denominations and sub-denominations, lapsed believers and absolutists. What has been missing until now …
Exploring Espresso and Brandy: Spain Meets Serbia
How can you bring together Serbia and Spain in a single cocktail? Can/should espresso be combined with some of the most … challenging brandy on the planet? How can I film myself drinking such a manly thing and still come off rather effete?
The Jacqueline
The World’s Sissiest Summer Cocktail of Course Comes from France
Cloyingly juiced: Revealing upper-class Brazilian girls’ ultimate cocktail
The ultra-sweet caipiroska de abacaxi
Vodka-Red Bull is bullshit — opt for the caffeinated cocktail of Spanish sailors
TP is visiting Barcelona this week and just discovered the carajillo, Spain’s espresso/alcoholic shot mix. Oh, carajillo, where have you been all of my life? As with anything worth putting in your mouth, the carajillo is storied. The word supposedly derives from coraje (“courage”) and the tale goes that Spanish sailors in Cuba drank this …
Pour your cocktail over fresh ice — and delve into America’s all-out drink geekery
Certain impending life changes here at TP HQ threaten to make us a bit less American in the coming years, so we’re delighted to start looking at what we love about the fatherland. The new America posts will highlight the world’s brashest, most flamboyantly ignorant and also most creative culture by looking at how these cowgals …