DRINKS: Hella Bitters & Soda

Ever since we discovered bitters in college, we’ve regularly enjoyed bitters and soda—heavy on the bitters. Using Angostura, the only brand most people knew at the time, it added a reddish color to the club soda, with a very spicy ginger flavor. We called it “unsweetened ginger beer.” We often have bitters and soda with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Bitters In Your Coffee & The History Of Bitters

Many “cocktail households” have a bottle of Angostura bitters, to splash into a Manhattan or other recipe. In fact, you can add bitters to still or sparkling water, regular or diet soda, hot or iced tea, and coffee. (There’s a recipe for iced coffee with bitters below.) If you follow food and beverage trends, you’ve…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bitters & Water

Start the event with a two glasses ofwater. Photo by Fred Redhat | Dreamstime.   An article in a medical journal, recently reported by The New York Times, scientifically confirmed the efficacy of an old dieting trick: Water drunk before meals helps to aid in weight loss, by filling the stomach so one is more…
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