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Is a night with your girls long overdue? Hosting a girls’ night at home is a fun way to catch up with your girls and you have more quality time to actually talk than you would have at a club! These are our four tips to make it a night to remember, plus three cocktail recipes that will make it a girls’ night for the books!

Yesssss, it’s that time of the year again! The time where we exchange the flavours of winter for the sunshiny flavours of spring. It’s officially the kick-off of gin tonic season and we can’t wait to sit down in the sunshine, a gin tonic in hand, and enjoy the cool spring breeze. If you haven’t had your first gin tonic of the season yet, this is your cue. Because is it even spring if you haven’t felt the bubbles of your gin tonic sparkling in your face? Of course not! Here are 3 gin tonics that are perfect for spring!

As human beings we love two things: coffee and cocktails! On average, we consume about two to three cups of coffee a day and after that we even order coffee with a little something extra after we’ve had dinner in a restaurant. But why would you only enjoy a special coffee (cocktail) when you’re out? There are a lot of great coffee cocktails that are easy to make at home and we would like to tell you about our four favourites!

The myth that men don’t like cocktails was debunked years ago, and that’s a good thing because in honour of men’s month we have specially selected these delicious cocktails for men that love whiskey. Bad ass cocktails with no frills and complex flavours. Enjoy, gentlemen!

Most of us enjoy a nice cup of coffee and virtually everyone has an opinion about it. Coffee is a hot topic that gets more and more attention. The way we make and drink coffee today is very different from 15 years ago, whether at home or elsewhere. Developments are following one another in rapid succession, with remarkable hypes and trends that are here to stay. In this article, I discuss 10 coffee trends that one can't help but notice.

Caffeine-induced concentration and focus have shaped our society for an important part. The coffee influence goes back centuries. This is the tantalizing proposition of Michael Pollan, an American journalist. He even dares to claim that the French would never have stormed the Bastille without coffee.

In spring time we get our cocktail groove on again. Inspired by the fresh air and the sunny days we created this colourful blood orange gin tonic cocktail. A spring afternoon in the sunshine becomes even more fun with this delicious cocktail!

Worldwide we drink more than two billion cups of coffee on a daily basis. That’s a lot of beans! In this blog we’ll tell you more about the two most well-known types of coffee beans. There are different kinds of coffee plants. Coffee is made from the berries of a coffee plant. But, for the production of consumer coffee only two kinds are used: Arabica and Robusta.

Nowadays supermarkets and coffee specialty stores carry many types of coffee. This makes choosing your type of coffee very difficult. Do you want coffee grinds or coffee beans? Robusta or Arabica? Blend or single origin? Single origin or single estate? Not to mention all the different brands that you can choose from. Every type of coffee has its own unique flavour. Which coffee you choose depends wholly on your preferences! We’ll help you navigate the world of coffee beans and choose a type of coffee that is perfect for you.

Over the past couple of years, slow coffee has quickly risen in popularity. But what exactly is slow coffee? We’ll tell you!

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Yet, not all coffee is produced sustainably. You can recognize sustainable coffee by the quality mark on the packaging. This quality mark is a certification that guarantees the norms for fair production. In this blog we’ll tell you what fair production entails.