I spent three weeks late June/ early July in Hong Kong visiting family and friends, and trying to get some work done. One of the interesting trends that has picked up in Hong Kong, very dense metropolis of 7 million people, is the emergence of rooftop farms and urban gardening.
Read MoreForaged flavors - Angelica and our foraged root soda
We've been working on a series of foraged flavors for the past couple of months and we're happy to announce that this Saturday at Smorgasburg we'll debut two of them...
Read MoreBeer Table drinks
We had a lot of fun coming up with the drinks for the Beer Table tasting event. The final menu for the evening...
Read MoreChanning Daughters Grape Blend
One of our favorite things to do at the end of summer is to head out to Montauk and camp on the beach, hitting up the wineries and beaches after the summer Hampton's crowds have all gone home...
Read MoreHong Kong 'silk-stocking' milk tea - Part 1
I'm in Hong Kong for the next week and am embarking on some research for the soon to be launched winter project of Brooklyn Soda Works. Hint - it will involve a giant tea bag that resembles an overstretched silk stocking...
Read MoreDrinks for your July 4th bbq!
If we were particularly market-savvy we would probably have figured out that we could have done a red/ white/ blue combo for this weekend...
Read MoreStrawberry, hops & pink peppercorn! More rhubarb!
It's that time of the year - the first strawberries are making their way up north from south jersey to New York greenmarkets...
Read MoreSmorgasburg this Saturday! plus foraged spruce shoots!
We're happy to announce that we will be part of Smorgasburg this Saturday (this in addition to our usual booth at the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene).
Read MoreTasty edibles from the past month (part 1)
This will not be a soda-related post. There will be no mention of carbon dioxide, bubbles nor spice extraction techniques.
Read MoreComing soon to Beer Table - dried lemon, juniper & hops soda!
This week Antonio has been hard at work finalizing the recipe for a more experimental bitter soda - a dried lemon, juniper & hops soda - which we think will go great with the range of beer that Beer Table has...
Read MoreThis Saturday=our last Flea on the season. And more root beer adventures
This Saturday October 30 will be the last Flea appearance for us this season. It's nearly Halloween, it's getting chilly, plus it's time for us to focus on building out our kitchen space and expanding properly.
Read MoreApples and more apples! our new chai-spiced apple fizzy juice
After an absence of two weeks (one to go to Montauk, and the other to participate in Harvest Fest at Stone Barns) we're back at the Flea this weekend.
Read MoreConcord grapes, and the first apples. Plus our fall schedule
Fall has begun, and we're starting to see the start of the apple season. This week we have our first batch of apple soda, in addition to a concord grape flavour (paired with fennel seed)...
Read MoreThai fruits - tamarind, galangal and green mango
I'm back from my trip home to Hong Kong, but I thought I'd write about the last batch of soda I did while home.
Japanese inspired beverages - shiso, limes and watermelon
I recently got back from a short holiday to Kyoto and Osaka with my family. It was the end of peach season there but I was still lucky enough to have one of their incredibly delectable, juicy and very expensive peaches. Unfortunately they're very hard to ship so I wasn't able to bring one back to Hong Kong...
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 MoreLabor Day Weekend = Caribbean soda time!
In honor of the West Indies day parade, we'll be bringing strictly island flavors for all the Caribbean people! (or any and all island dwelling, or island loving people) The West Indies = the islands in the Caribbean...
Read MorePlum and Raspberry flavors for Saturday!
Both the plums and the raspberries are from red jacket orchards and both were excellent but the fall raspberries in particular were fantastic, pick some up if you see them at any farm markets...
Read MorePlums & blackberries for this Saturday. And a Pie in the Park benefit on Sunday
It's become hard to figure out what fruit to use - everything looks so great at the greenmarkets. This week we've decided to go for yellow plums from Red Jacket, and have paired it up with our beloved ginger...
Read More2 new flavors: red currant & cardamom, plus a Thai inspired one!
Sorry for all the regulars who looked for our booth last Saturday at the Flea; we were taking a break in Asheville North Carolina, eating up some grits and enjoying rafting down the Nolichucky River...
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