Awesome Drinks

Did you know that tea is second only to water as the world’s most favorite drink? How about the fact that some British tanks have provisions for brewing tea? Or that tea sommeliers exist? All that and more in Mental Floss’ video.

The Tea-Ceré was engineered to produce the perfect cup of matcha green tea. Its automated mortar produces an extraordinarily fine powder, and its heated whisking chamber eliminates the laborious process usually associated with making this delicious and healthy drink.

Mighty Mug brings the discreet suction cup from its insulated tumbler into plastic barware. Like the original Mighty Mug, these pint, whiskey and wine glasses are very stable on smooth flat surfaces but can be lifted straight up easily.

Love the taste of tea, but want the kick of coffee? Award-winning Zest Tea has 3x more caffeine than regular teas, making it as strong as a good cup of joe. Available in Earl Grey, Blue Lady, Apple Cinnamon, and Pomegranate Mojito Green Tea flavors.

You can install a beer tap in your house if you have a kegerator. Chelyabinsk resident Andrey Yeremeev had something better: a brewery right below his flat. A half-joking request turned his house into a beer lover’s paradise. In Soviet Russia, brewery goes to you.

Like the Rambler Tumbler and Cup, the new Rambler Bottles have wide mouths that make them easy to pour, drink and clean. They’re also made of stainless steel and have double-walled insulation and an airtight cap with a large handle. Available in 18oz, 36oz and 64oz.

DOERS.coffee will let you pick your coffee beans, how they’re roasted and most importantly, how they’re packaged. You can receive your order as whole beans, ground beans or in Nespresso cups. The company is also working on Keurig 2.0-compatible cups.

Bulleit’s limited release whiskey offers a wonderful depth of character while remaining buttery smooth and impeccably drinkable. Layers of fruit, vanilla, and just a hint of smoke on the finish make this one a staple in The Awesomer liquor cabinet.

Why is a rocks glass a rocks glass? And why do foo-foo drinks go in a V-shaped martini glass? Mike Rugnetta of PBS Idea Channel stops by Brooklyn cocktail bar Leyenda to get the skinny on the reasoning behind glassware selection from award winning bartender Ivy Mix.

Think Dr. Pepper with a buzz. Best Damn’s latest hard soda has a zesty cherry cola flavor, with just a hint of the underlying ale that carries 5.5% ABV. Tasty on the rocks, or try it with some scotch, simple syrup, lemon, egg white, and a dash of black pepper.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the Year of the Monkey with a very special limited-edition of its premium Blue Label scotch whisky packaged in an artful blue and gold bottle, symbolic of the Chinese Zodiac.

While serving fancy ice spheres and cubes in cocktails is a pretty popular trend these days, this is the first time we’ve seen a cocktail served from inside an ice sphere. Cocktail Chemistry shows us how to prepare this very special drink.

Loris & Livia refire off-the-shelf 250ml Duralex Picardie tumblers in a kiln to give them playfully warped forms that make each glass unique. Available in clear, amber and blue. The clear glasses are also available in 90ml size.

Sports drinks are only better than water after prolonged and intense physical activities, bottled water might be worse than tap water and no, drinking soda while eating Pop Rocks will not kill you. All that and more in Mental Floss’ video.

Another brilliant single barrel Kentucky whiskey from the Buffalo Trace Distillery. Elmer T. Lee is smooth and fragrant, with notes of spiced vanilla, and a lightly honeyed note throughout. At 90 proof, it’s eminently drinkable, and you should always keep a bottle in your cabinet.

Fizzics gives bottled or canned beer a fresh, draft-like taste. It pressurizes the canister and uses sound waves to agitate the beer and generate a foamy head at will. It fits up to a 64oz growler. CNET says it works best with sweet beer.