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The Best-Looking Coffee Gear to Display on Your Counter
By John A. Paradiso
The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party
Food
The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party

Your next dinner party will be better with a caffeinated kick, and coffee concentrate makes a variety of tasty drinks and desserts easy.

By Nickolaus Hines
KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat
Food
KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat

KOW Steaks might just be the best beef we've every enjoyed.

By John A. Paradiso
The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon
Food
The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon

In my house, there are two distinct coffee moments each day: the 7 a.m. brew and the 3 p.m. treat. The former is a slow, deliberate, and tactile experience with tools I love getting my hands on—grinding beans in a Fellow Ode Brew and filling up a Moccamaster. I stand…

By Cooper Fleishman
Drinks
This $150 Bottled Old Fashioned Is the Easiest Cocktail Party Crowd Pleaser

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. The pandemic sped up a lot of trends in the drinks industry. One that has had some staying power as things opened up is the prevalence of ready to…

By Nickolaus Hines
the gold fashioned from sunday’s finest
Drinks
The World’s Most Heavily Peated Whisky Is the Drink Gift No One Will Forget

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. There are many gift-worthy spirits out there. Bucket-list bourbons, quality gin, sipping tequila — no matter what a person is into, there’s probably a special occasion bottle or three…

By Nickolaus Hines
octomore 13 release from bruichladdich distillery single malt scotch
Drinks
We Partnered With Huckberry To Give Away a Bottle of Pappy Van Winkle

If there’s one name in bourbon that is sure to turn heads, it’s Pappy Van Winkle. It’s notoriously hard to find (especially when it comes to the higher age statements), and if you do happen upon a bottle it can cost you as much as the down payment on a…

By Nickolaus Hines
huckberry pappy day giveaway 2022
Drinks
Add to Bar Cart: The Vaults 2022 Release Blends Widow Jane’s Oldest and Rarest Whiskeys

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. There’s no shortage of whiskey releases for bourbon lovers to keep track of. Many of the most sought after come from distilleries in Kentucky. But bourbon is America’s spirit,…

By Nickolaus Hines
Widow Jane The Vaults 2022
Drinks
5 Classic Scotch Cocktails Every Guy Should Know How to Make

It doesn't matter what the time of year is, it's always a good time for Scotch. For whisky devotees, if there's not at least a few bottles of Scotch on the bar cart (especially a minimum of one go-to bucket list bottle), then it's time to make a liquor store…

By Amos Kwon
Classic-Scotch-Cocktails