Coffee & drinks 16 posts
Vietnamese coffee, plant milks and teas: how we make them and what pairs with what.
Hot or iced: which drinks suit which, and why
Not every drink works both ways. Temperature changes flavour, and some drinks lose their best quality entirely once ice goes in.
Caffeine in milk tea versus coffee: a sense of the numbers
Milk tea gets treated as a light drink, fine in the evening. But tea contains caffeine too, and some cups carry more than a small coffee.
Cubed, crushed or block ice: what it does to a drink
Same drink, different ice, and both the dilution rate and the drinking experience change. An overlooked variable with a visible effect.
Jasmine in lemon tea: real flowers or added flavouring, and how to tell
Real jasmine tea is scented with fresh flowers over repeated rounds — laborious work. Flavoured tea is tea sprayed with scent. Three signs separate th
What to drink in the morning when coffee doesn't agree with you
For some people coffee means a racing heart, a churning stomach and shaky hands. There are alternatives — and one thing that matters more than the dri
Phin coffee versus machine coffee: what changes when nut milk goes in
The same carton of nut milk goes smooth in a phin glass and curdles in an espresso. The milk is not the problem — the two methods produce genuinely di
How long before tapioca pearls go hard, and why reheating cannot save them
Pearls do not harden because they got cold. They harden because the starch recrystallises — the same process that makes cold rice go grainy — and that
Brown sugar syrup, palm sugar and soft brown sugar: what actually differs
Three brown sugars made from three different things, giving three different flavours. Swapping one for another in a recipe changes the dish, not just
Coffee on an empty stomach: who should avoid it and who need not
Some people have drunk black coffee before breakfast for thirty years without trouble; others get one glass and feel hollow all morning. Where the dif
Why nut milk splits in coffee, and which kind holds
The glass goes curdled and looks spoiled — but the milk is fine. Coffee's acid is making the plant protein come out of suspension. Three causes, which
What to drink with a vegan banh mi: pair by taste, not by habit
How to choose between coffee, jasmine tea and brown sugar bubble tea for each vegan banh mi — based on what is in the loaf rather than what you always
Brown sugar bubble tea: how to order it sweet enough but not heavy
How sweet the brown sugar bubble tea really is, how to ask for less sugar and fewer pearls, and when in the day it sits best alongside a vegan banh mi
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