Drinks

Clear Drinking Glass on a wooden table being filled with water from a clear bottle
Drinks

Drinking Water in a New Country

January 2020 | Mississauga, Land of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation This post is from my 2020 journal, documenting thoughts, questions, and observations moving and settling into a new country. Water. Why is water important? Health, wellness, a means to refresh your body which impacts the rest of you. So imagine moving countries, […]

Drinks

Agbalumo Gin & Tonic

Well, y’all know my love for Agbalumo. And cucumbers…Which got me thinking once I’d made my Cucumber gin, that a G & T would be nice since I sometimes mix my Agbaulmo drinks with soda or tonic water to lighten them. A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water […]

Drinks, Homebrewing

Homemade | Cucumber Gin

Ever so often, I have this romantic interlude with cucumbers. Sometimes it’s eating, other times in a glass. I want to say cucumbers are in season and I do. I see them in wheelbarrows around the city, sometimes watered from a ‘pure water’ satchet so they stay green-skinned and fresh. I love cucumbers (even as I […]