Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

As you plan Christmas themed brunches or a New Year soiree, look towards India’s vibrant crafts spirits to stock your bar for a change. For those of you cutting back on your annual tequila shots, there are a host of low alcohol ready-to-drink beverages now available. Bengaluru-based Salud Beverages has launched Salud Fiesta, an invigorating […]

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Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

Bottled cocktails and coffee liquor: what’s trending this holiday season in India

As you plan Christmas themed brunches or a New Year soiree, look towards India’s vibrant crafts spirits to stock your bar for a change. For those of you cutting back on your annual tequila shots, there are a host of low alcohol ready-to-drink beverages now available. Bengaluru-based Salud Beverages has launched Salud Fiesta, an invigorating […]

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Two Canada-based Malayali friends launch artisanal arrack brand

Two Canada-based Malayali friends launch artisanal arrack brand

Taika Spirit Drink | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When Canada-based entrepreneur Ajith Padmakumar tasted the home-brewed arrack — vattu charayam — made by friend and chef Sajish Joseph in Ontario, Canada, in 2020, not only was he struck by its taste, but he also tasted a business opportunity. Two years later, in late 2022, the […]

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Two Canada-based Malayali friends launch artisanal arrack brand

Two Canada-based Malayali friends launch artisanal arrack brand

Taika Spirit Drink | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When Canada-based entrepreneur Ajith Padmakumar tasted the home-brewed arrack — vattu charayam — made by friend and chef Sajish Joseph in Ontario, Canada, in 2020, not only was he struck by its taste, but he also tasted a business opportunity. Two years later, in late 2022, the […]

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Chef Amninder Sandhu’s Bawri in Goa is all about age-old recipes and traditional cooking techniques

Chef Amninder Sandhu’s Bawri in Goa is all about age-old recipes and traditional cooking techniques

More than two decades ago, when she was a hotel management trainee at the Taj Culinary School, Amninder Sandhu called her father to complain about the long working hours. “My father only had one thing to say — Ya toh naukri karo, ya nakhre karo. Dono cheezein ek saath nahi chalti (Either work, or complain; […]

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Chef Amninder Sandhu’s Bawri in Goa is all about age-old recipes and traditional cooking techniques

Chef Amninder Sandhu’s Bawri in Goa is all about age-old recipes and traditional cooking techniques

More than two decades ago, when she was a hotel management trainee at the Taj Culinary School, Amninder Sandhu called her father to complain about the long working hours. “My father only had one thing to say — Ya toh naukri karo, ya nakhre karo. Dono cheezein ek saath nahi chalti (Either work, or complain; […]

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India’s alcohol brands are now making zero-carbon beer and recycling water

India’s alcohol brands are now making zero-carbon beer and recycling water

As bars across the country are tweak menus to include zero-waste cocktails, the bigger breweries and distilleries are also looking to rewrite their scripts. World over, the spirits industry has set in motion, multi-pronged plans to address its soil, water, and energy footprints. As countries set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, spirits manufacturers […]

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Feni gets a makeover courtesy new brands crafting spiced, infused, and cocktail variants

Feni gets a makeover courtesy new brands crafting spiced, infused, and cocktail variants

It is a cocktail unlike any other. The Patoleo feni is a cocktail version of the famous Goan sweet, patoli, made with rice flour, coconut and jaggery. This drink, made with family-owned brand Cazulo Premium Feni’s coconut feni, is in symphony with coconut milk and liquid jaggery. It is a delicious, sweet drink and just […]

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New launches by Indianalcohol brands for the festive season

New launches by Indianalcohol brands for the festive season

If you aren’t hosting a party this year, you are probably attending one. As people gather together again for Christmas and New Year after the starkness of the pandemic years, celebratory drinks, including those with no alcohol and low alcohol, can be sophisticated this year, even if you have not been able to travel or […]

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