drinks

drinks

By West Africa Cooks, 22 January, 2019

When you think of coffee what comes to mind? Espresso culture in a southern European country, a high street coffee chain or a traded† commodity. What about a female run coffee company that’s empowering African female farmers one bean a time. Farmers to Queens.

By West Africa Cooks, 5 November, 2017

What rum brands are there on the market?

Rum is an alcoholic spirit drink that is very much on trend in western markets today particularly drinkers are asking for golden and dark rums. Captain Morgan, Bacardi and Appletons are some of the many top rum brands people are enjoying in bars around the world and buying to take home. These rums are great on there own as a sipping drink, perfect mixed and features in many classic cocktails.

By West Africa Cooks, 17 April, 2017

Old Jamaica Ginger Beer and Ting give you the right mix

Caribbean cocktail drinks are the perfect taste quenchers for the hot summer months. Here are a few ideas on how you can combine the popular drinks Old Jamaica Ginger Beer with a variety of alcohol favourites to create some cool cocktails.

By West Africa Cooks, 2 September, 2016

The Southbank Centre Food Market featured the following stalls in 2014 Zoe's Ghana Kitchen; Chale Let's Eat; Pepper and Stew; Ethiopian Coffee and Zigni Sauce and Spice (Eritrean). Now more African foodie entrepreneurs are entering the market. Included from Africa and the Caribbean we now have Ghanaian, Liberian, Nigerian, Sierra Leone, South African, Ethiopian and Jamaican foods.

Here are the African foodie brands at the African Street Food takeover 2016

By West Africa Cooks, 15 August, 2016

Happy World Jollof Rice Day! Chosan is an independent producer of a range of 100% natural, organic drinks bursting with the flavours of hibiscus and superfruit, baobab. Here at Chosan, we are big fans of West Africa’s most famous dish. Our own name ‘Chosan’ means cultural heritage in Wolof, the language that the very name jollof rice is derived from. There is much debate about the origins of jollof rice and as the name comes from the Senegambia region we heartily stake our claim!

By West Africa Cooks, 28 June, 2016

South African wine has a history dating back to 1659 with Constantia, a vineyard near Cape Town, being considered one of the greatest wines in the world. Recent access to international markets has unleashed a burst of new energy and new investment. We wish now to make you aware of these wines. We would then love you to try African food and pair this with South African wine. With this in mind here is how to 'taste' wine like a pro and a guide to pairing food with wine.

Read Trying Ethnic Food, African and Caribbean Cuisine

By West Africa Cooks, 22 April, 2016

South Africa has transformed its wine industry. This year and from now on we need to now look at the country's wine regions, we need to start following the people and finally supporting with our money. With more than 500 private wineries we need to give feedback to theses Africans. Let's think about pairing South African wines with African food. South African wines are on an all-time high, across all styles. Now is the time to drink South African wines. So would you like to know more about South African Wines? Here is our short guide.

By West Africa Cooks, 23 September, 2015

A Quiet Food And Drinks Revolution

African foodie lovers now have a drink of taste to sample with their African meals Baobab Bouye and Hibiscus Wonjo which comes from independent producer of exotic, healthy bottled drinks Eliza Jones her company is Chosan.

All we can say is that this is good news for those of us who are hungry for all thing to do with African culture, food and drink. Here we spoke to Eliza about the Chosan entrepreneurial venture...

By West Africa Cooks, 14 August, 2015

A special edition of the Southbank Centre Food Market featuring stalls including Ghanaian Street Food, (Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, Chale, Pepper and Stew) Ethiopian Coffee and Zigni Sauce and Spice (Eritrean) and East African street.

By West Africa Cooks, 26 May, 2015

Here is our reviews of a west African, Nigerian dinner in south east London. Esquire Lounge and Bar is owned by the 805 Nigerian Restaurant, and has the same menu as 805 Restaurant. At 9:30pm they have a live DJ playing Afro-Beats and R&B, making the place a bit more lively.

805 Nigerian Restaurant has decent ratings (useful to view the food that you will be eating it's the Nigerian food from 805 Restaurant):

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