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Or: How much do you like dry vermouth?

I'm currently trying to find a good mixed drink that works well batched. I like drinking outside on summer evenings and getting up several times to make a new cocktail from scratch doesn't really fit with the "sit outside and relax" thing for me. The difficulty for me is that I often just don't like drinking more than one of a particular cocktail, either because it's too intense in some way or because I get bored of it. And some cocktails just don't batch well or are a little too involved for what I'm going for (e.g. hard-require shaking or elaborate garnishes).

I'm going to try a batch of Jungle Bird today - it's better shaken, but it's still good just poured on ice with a little sparkling water for dilution. Remains to be seen whether I'll want a second and third one.

Sometimes I also enjoy a mix of whisky, Lillet blanc and a little still water (1 part whisky to 3 parts Lillet), it's easy-drinking but doesn't get too boring. The spirit + fortified wine thing seems like a great option, but I haven't found a mix that I'm really into right now.

I've been getting into tiki cocktails lately and came across this one on a German-language spirit review blog (https://schlimmerdurst.net/2019/04/09/saarwhisky-absinthe/). It's a weird concoction with absinthe as the base liquor and I love it! I'll have to upgrade my 0.2l bottle of absinthe to a full-size one.

original recipe:
1 oz absinthe,
⅓ oz Campari
1⅔ oz pineapple juice
¾ oz lime juice
⅔ oz orgeat
shaken
served up
garnished with mint

my recipe:
15ml La Fee absinthe,
5ml Aperol,
5ml Cynar,
25ml pineapple juice,
11ml lime juice,
10ml orgeat,
shaken,
dirty dump on cracked ice

I did it this way because my Campari was all the way to the back of my cupboard, but I dug it out later for a Jungle Bird and after trying the original version I prefer my version with Aperol and Cynar; Jungle Bird is pretty much the only drink (that I tried) where I actually like Campari. Part of it might be that my bottle of Campari is pretty old, though - it's still very bitter, but the secondary aromas were too muted to stand up against the other ingredients. I also made it half size, because that's how I roll.

I also tried it with Ricard pastis (increased the amount to account for the lower ABV), this brought in some licorice notes that I'd rather do without. Looks like I'm not getting around buying that full-size bottle of absinthe!

And one of these days, I'll stop being too lazy to make a proper garnish.

Update: I tried batching this. Even just 2 hours later, the anise and Cynar bitterness have considerably mellowed (I blame the pineapple enzymes). Don't batch it unless you want to be bored.

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The European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law could fail to deliver on its environmental promises if enforcement authorities disproportionately focus on small importers while missing less obvious violations from major commodity firms, according to a new analysis by U.K.-based investigative nonprofit, Earthsight.

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which comes into force Dec. 30, 2025, aims to prevent new tropical deforestation from Europe’s supply chains for soy, beef, palm oil and other commodities. To do so, it will require geolocalized data from indirect and direct suppliers that prove their products didn’t contribute to deforestation since December 2020.

The largest importers “will submit due diligence statements accurately and on time. They will have due diligence systems in place. They will have correctly identified risks. They will have traceability systems of some kind in operation,” the report’s authors write.

“The problems with these importers will lie deeper. Their mitigation measures will be weak. Their traceability systems will have fundamental flaws, but these will be well hidden,” they added.

In February, Cargill, one of the largest exporters of soy from Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest and Cerrado savanna, took advantage of the EUDR to weaken already existing anti-deforestation agreements. The agribusiness pushed up its deforestation cutoff date from 2008, the year established by the soy moratorium, to 2020, the cutoff date set by the EUDR. That would allow the company 14 more years of deforestation without consequence.

“There is good reason to be mistrustful of such firms,” Earthsight’s analysis writes. “Unfortunately, there are reasons to fear they will nevertheless get an easy ride when EU Member States start enforcing the new law.”

In the Ivory Coast, Earthsight’s data show, the top 10 importers buy up 83% of the local cocoa. In Brazil, the largest 10 multinational import companies ship out 64% of the nation’s soy exports.

Small companies will have an additional six months to comply with the law after it comes into effect, but producing accurate paperwork may be more challenging. They often lack the financial and technical resources necessary to quickly set up comprehensive due diligence systems with all the data points required by the law, experts say.

According to a report by Profundo, the relative cost for EUDR compliance is three times higher for small and medium-sized importers than large importers.

Europe’s enforcers will need to focus more on the quality of the largest importers’ reports, Earthsight said, rather than simply check bureaucratic boxes. “Going after such small firms will be much easier … and [authorities] will be tempted to focus most of their energy on this,” the group writes. “For the law to achieve its aims, it is essential that [they] avoid falling into this trap.”

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Kein Bargeld dabei und in der Nähe befindet sich kein Bankautomat? Mittlerweile ist das kein Problem mehr, denn Supermärkte, Discounter und Drogerien bieten die Auszahlung nach einem Einkauf ebenfalls an. Alle Märkte im Überblick.

"kein Problem" ist auch überttrieben, meiner Erfahrung nach (vor allem mit EDEKA) ist die Chance relativ groß, dass es gerade nicht geht oder die Höhe begrenzt ist. Geldautomat wäre definitiv besser. Aber besser als nichts (Geldautomaten gibts in meinem Stadtteil nicht mehr) ist es natürlich schon, und mein lokaler EDEKA scheint sich auch nicht großartig um Mindesteinkaufsmengen zu kümmern.

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Die Werkstatt will ein defektes Smartphone durch ein gebrauchtes Gerät ersetzen. Wann kann man auf ein Neugerät bestehen und wann vom Kaufvertrag zurücktreten?

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Manche Autofahrer werden bekifft kontrolliert, können aber nicht belangt werden. Andere werden bestraft, obwohl sie gerade nichts geraucht haben. Die Tests auf den neuen THC-Grenzwert sind alltagsuntauglich.