The Bum is bummed. His longtime companion, a vintage Ice-O-Mat ice-crusher, is unwell. The hand-crank is bleeding a viscous, decades-old black lubricant, and there’s no way to open the metal housing and treat the wound. Two years before our manual Ice-O-Mat swept us off our feet at a Burbank swap meet, we were in a [...]
It’s come to our attention that Starbucks has discontinued its cinnamon syrup and replaced it with something they call “Cinnamon Dolce” syrup. This will be a matter of abysmal indifference to you unless A) you are a fan of overpriced sweetened lattes, or B) you actually listened to us when we wrote in Sippin’ Safari [...]
Quite a few exotic drinks, chief among them the Mai Tai, call for Orange Curacao. Every major liqueur company makes one, but they’re all pretty much interchangeable. That is, they were. Holland’s Bols company has just broken away from the pack with what it calls “Dry Orange Curacao,” which is indeed drier than the competition. [...]