Hectic Host: Slow Coffee

Hectic Host: Slow Coffee

Now Here’s the Thing: Slow Coffee. It is a source of somewhat amusement to see Slow Coffee being introduced as a new trend, there is nothing new about steeping coffee slowly through paper filters. Although the apparatus was hard to come by, back in the day there...
Hectic Host: Gin Craze

Hectic Host: Gin Craze

The 18th century Gin Craze took hold in a big way, the average Londoner drank 14 gallons a year and London had 7000 establishments selling the stuff. In the slums and unsanitary conditions gin was safer to drink than water and people readily got hooked. The widespread...