Our talented Smorgasburg market lady, Nikki Brovold, is the contributor to today's blog post...
Read MoreOur one year anniversary! Spring season starts!
It may not feel like spring yet, but we'll be outdoors at the Brooklyn Flea both Saturday and Sundays this spring...
Read MoreHong Kong carbonated juices (guavas, rose apples and starfruit!)
I'm posting from Hong Kong this week (Tony will still be doing the Flea this coming Saturday with West Indies inspired flavours). I grew up eating a variety of fruit that I often still don't know the English names for, and often miss the tropical fruits. In addition, Hong Kong has plentiful juice stands and delicious fruit based drinks that help the population of 7 million beat the long summer heat...
Read Morenew flavors: salty plum, thai basil & lime; plus strawberry & green peppercorn
back from a very productive and tasty trip to Montreal! Dinner at Au Pied de Cochon was wonderful, and we very shyly gave the sous chef our maple bacon soda!
Read MoreBrooklyn Soda Works available soon in a couple more places
We've been talking with Ben in Bierkraft in Park Slope (he very incredibly helpful with directing us towards the correct equipment to start up with), and hopefully in a few weeks he'll be done with his renovation of the interior space and will have a couple of extra lines for kegs. One of these lines will be used for our cucumber, lime & sea salt!
Read MoreFlavors for Saturday! Our tote bag! and nice nod from Sara Jenkins of Porchetta
We're doing a repeat of the basic flavors of last week, except we're switching out the Empire apples for Jonagold apples, and upped the ginger level in the apple and ginger...
Read MoreFlavors for Saturday! And flip-top bottles to take home soda!
It's amazing how different thyme from different places can look. The thyme on the above left is from the Union Square Farmer's market, and the one on the right is from a farmers market in NJ. It seems like the one on the left is younger and lighter tasting (the leaves are bigger), while the bunch on the right has smaller denser leaves.
Read MoreDebuting at the Flea- our 3 flavors
Insanely busy past couple of days! Was at the Palo Santo kitchen preparing the sodas till 4am last night, and just finished carbonating them. And I just finished making my blackboard sign in the shape of a bottle...
Read MoreApple & ginger soda; and cucumber, lime & sea salt!
This past rainy Saturday we had a visitor to our kitchen - Liza from Dirtyhandsny.com (a project through the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, about everything DIY in New York)...
Read MoreBrainstorming ideas
The snowy days have been an excuse for us to do some brainstorming, both for flavours and for figuring out our technical set-up...
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