Favorite Drink?/Drink Talk Thread

krim wrote:i was secretly filling her cup. :hehe:

and boy i didn't mind at all. :)

kenjilina wrote:i'm on medication so no booze for a while. how will i cope?! :beaten: :beaten: :shamefulcry:

smoke some green. :mrgreen:

ahochaude wrote:

smoke some green. :mrgreen:

what a great idea! :mrgreen:

Grape juice good for the heart: study

Grape juice seems to have the same protective effect against heart disease as red wine, French scientists said on Wednesday.

Researchers at the Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg were examining the effect on the heart of Concord grape juice.

"Grape juice can have a similar effect (against heart disease) as red wine but without the alcohol. That is a very important message," said Dr Valerie Schini-Kerth, lead author of the study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research.

Red wine and certain types of grape juice have high levels of polyphenols, which block the production of a protein linked to cardiovascular disease -- the number one killer in many Western countries.

Heart and vascular problems develop when endothelial cells that make up blood vessels do not work properly.

Schini-Kerth and her team found that polyphenols in Concord grape juice activate endothelial cells to produce nitric oxide which helps to protect against cardiovascular disease and to maintain healthy blood vessels and blood pressure.

Polyphenols work the same way in red wine and in grape juice.

"But not every grape juice has the beneficial effect. It has to have a high level of polyphenols," Schini-Kerth said.

The amount of polyphenols in grape juice, as in red wine, depends on the type of grape used and how it is processed.

"We have information on more than 100 different kinds of wine and the amount of polyphenols. What we know is that the most protective ones have the highest levels of polyphenols. That is established," she said.

But Schini-Kerth, whose research was partly funded by Welch Foods Inc which is a leading producer of grape juice, said little information is available on the levels of polyphenols in grape juice.

The scientists were studying cells from pigs, which provide a good model for studying human cells.

They were looking at healthy blood vessels and are planning a further study to see whether grape juice has a similar impact on blood vessels that show signs of cardiovascular disease.

Wynter wrote:

Ohhhhhh. We didn't get it in a bottle. I ordered a small so it came in those small... erm... what do you call them? Flask? Like a small vase type thing... :sweat:

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Can you tell I don't drink? :ashamed: >>blush<<

And it was hot sake. What's the diff between hot and cold?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake

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i prefer cold sake, you can really taste the "sake-ness", warming it covers up the flavor... it's like drinking hot wine to me.

krim wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake

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i prefer cold sake, you can really taste the "sake-ness", warming it covers up the flavor... it's like drinking hot wine to me.

Gomen, I totally forgot we have this thread. I don't think I've ever posted here... :bow: :ashamed:

Yea, with the first sip I could really taste the rice and there was something nutty about it too. Mind you, I could only down two those shot-sized cups. Sake is really strong. :sweat:

You would prolly like these: http://www.sun-masamune.com.au/tsunami.htm

That's what I had while on hols.

Anime Dad wrote:You would prolly like these: http://www.sun-masamune.com.au/tsunami.htm

That's what I had while on hols.

Yes, that's my kinda drink. Like a Smirnoff cooler type thing, eh? I like the mixers or "girly drinks" because it hides the actual hard taste of alcohol.

Wynter wrote:Gomen, I totally forgot we have this thread. I don't think I've ever posted here... :bow: :ashamed:

Drinking will do that. :P

Yea, with the first sip I could really taste the rice and there was something nutty about it too. Mind you, I could only down two those shot-sized cups. Sake is really strong. :sweat:

Did you drink the Nigorizake (unfiltered) or something else?

I think the alcohol content is like 10-12%, though the Nigorizake we had at Musha was 16%... :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Did you drink the Nigorizake (unfiltered) or something else?

I think the alcohol content is like 10-12%, though the Nigorizake we had at Musha was 16%... :beaten:

Well I only tasted "a flavour" the first sip. After that the sake had cooled so it was really hard.

Wynter wrote:Well I only tasted "a flavour" the first sip. After that the sake had cooled so it was really hard.

Like Krim said, cold is better... Heating it masks the quality.

Wynter wrote:

Yes, that's my kinda drink. Like a Smirnoff cooler type thing, eh? I like the mixers or "girly drinks" because it hides the actual hard taste of alcohol.

"girly" is not what what I would call it :P I bought them because they had them there..... no real sake to be had where I was :)

Addicted to Pearl Milk Teas! :dancing:

I bought a $20 bottle of wine for Valentines. mmmmm Merlot, dai suki!

littlemissfab wrote:I bought a $20 bottle of wine for Valentines. mmmmm Merlot, dai suki!

They make $20 wines with a screw cap? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
They make $20 wines with a screw cap? :beaten:

eh??

littlemissfab wrote:eh??

Cheap wine = screw cap.

:ashamed:

bmwracer wrote:
Cheap wine = screw cap.

:ashamed:

not true, well not really anymore..
the higher end wine will start to move towards screw caps in the future, they preserve better. I have one rather expensive bottle that has succumbed to cork rot. and another that is seeping. that's the problem w/ long term storage.. for example, the 2001 vintage port i got for my newphew's 1st birthday wont be ready to drink til he's at least 18, the chances that that bottle will have cork rot is pretty high, especially when they dont have a proper wine cellar.

krim wrote:

not true, well not really anymore..
the higher end wine will start to move towards screw caps in the future, they preserve better. I have one rather expensive bottle that has succumbed to cork rot. and another that is seeping. that's the problem w/ long term storage.. for example, the 2001 vintage port i got for my newphew's 1st birthday wont be ready to drink til he's at least 18, the chances that that bottle will have cork rot is pretty high, especially when they dont have a proper wine cellar.

cork rot. ewwwwww..
i only have a 'vintage' 2000. :hehe:

if you ever need a good dessert wine (read sweet), try a Taylor Fladgate 17 Yr Porto.

(i have a 80's vintage TF Porto, the one that's seeping. it'd be worth about $250 if the cork was intact.)