So I said I was going to get right back onto that blogging thing. And that was almost three weeks ago. My bad. In my defense, I've been just getting back into work, getting and recovering from a cold, and hosting some guests. However, I will start blogging again soon, hopefully this weekend.
In the meantime, here's what I'm drinking right now.
So I was very obviously recovering from a cold today, blowing my nose constantly, and one of my coworkers recommended that I have boil some coke with ginger in it and drink that, because apparently it's wonderful for getting rid of colds. I spent all yesterday drinking ginger tea because ginger is my cure-all but figured that a little something extra couldn't hurt. Plus one of my friends living in Shanxi had mentioned that hot coke with ginger was a big thing up North, so I was curious to try it.
It tastes pretty good actually. The boiling kills the carbonation, so you're just left with the sweetness and the gingeryness. I put a lot of ginger in but it' still not particular gingery, so I think I would leave it boiling at a low level for longer to get more of that flavor. Of course, the first thing I thought upon sipping it is, boy, this would make a good mixer. Luckily I had some rum on hand and so now I have an improved version of a rum and coke.
In the middle of writing this post, I was thinking that this drink was still awfully sweet. So I poured in a small amount of chili-infused baijiu that I have lying around. It gives it quite a fiery kick, all in the back of the throat on the tail end of the drink, so the first sip is still pretty sweet. I think I poured in a little much for this glass (that baijiu is potent stuff, even when the chili takes away all of the baijiu-ness), so next time I would do it with a lower baijiu to rum-coke-ginger ratio, but overall I'd say it works.
And yes, I am drinking it from a beaker. I found a store in Guangzhou that sells scientific equipment for really cheap. And I had no real cups in my house, so it was a perfect match. I know, I know...you're jealous.
Anyways, real posts will be forthcoming, I promise.
In the meantime, here's what I'm drinking right now.
It tastes pretty good actually. The boiling kills the carbonation, so you're just left with the sweetness and the gingeryness. I put a lot of ginger in but it' still not particular gingery, so I think I would leave it boiling at a low level for longer to get more of that flavor. Of course, the first thing I thought upon sipping it is, boy, this would make a good mixer. Luckily I had some rum on hand and so now I have an improved version of a rum and coke.
In the middle of writing this post, I was thinking that this drink was still awfully sweet. So I poured in a small amount of chili-infused baijiu that I have lying around. It gives it quite a fiery kick, all in the back of the throat on the tail end of the drink, so the first sip is still pretty sweet. I think I poured in a little much for this glass (that baijiu is potent stuff, even when the chili takes away all of the baijiu-ness), so next time I would do it with a lower baijiu to rum-coke-ginger ratio, but overall I'd say it works.
And yes, I am drinking it from a beaker. I found a store in Guangzhou that sells scientific equipment for really cheap. And I had no real cups in my house, so it was a perfect match. I know, I know...you're jealous.
Anyways, real posts will be forthcoming, I promise.
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