Bubble Coffee and Tea at 8tea5
24-8-2012
Bubble Tea retailer 8tea5 in The Hague has Bubble Coffee on the menu from today on. Entrepreneur and initiator Herdjie Zhou creates the bubble coffee from freshly roasted coffee beans, soy milk and tapioca balls from cassave.
Lapka food sensor for iPhone
24-8-2012
The Lapka is expected to be available in the last quarter of 2012. It combines four sensors with an iPhone app. The sensors can measure if food is organic, but also humidity, electromagnetic fields and radioactivity.
Doritos Late Night Skip or Trip
24-8-2012
Doritos has developed an online game map where you can form a ‘traingle’ with two strangers. The invited strangers have 9 hours to ‘Skip’ or ‘Trip’ you. If someone skips, the game starts all over again. If all two invites ‘trip’ you have a chance to go on a Late Night Triangle Trip to Moscow, Istanbul and Berlin.
We Are Scientists band contest at Aloft Hotels
23-8-2012
Aloft Hotels & We Are Scientists have joined forces to present the ultimate musical challenge for unsigned bands. After sending in a demo your band can be invited to play a gig at Aloft Hotels in London, Brussels or Abu Dhabi. ‘We Are Scientists’ will watch the highlights from the gigs and choose one band to join them at the Aloft Sessions in London. They’ll help that band write and record a track in a pop-up studio within 12 hours. It’s all streamed live and direct for the world to see on Facebook. The winning band, plays their new track live at The Aloft Hotel, London.
Paper straws
23-8-2012
London still fights the use of plastic straws through ‘Straw Wars’ and we see alternatives becoming more and more popular in various cities around the world. The paper straw makes a revival and for more extravagant drinkers a meat straw is the best alternative.
Ben & Jerry’s – Wanna Spoon?
22-8-2012
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s started a Facebook campaign for their Greek frozen yoghurt. The algorithm designed for this tool searches the ideal spooning partner according to your likes and interests to share the treat.
Northern light from a glass igloo
22-8-2012
The Northern Light is one of the most mysterious natural phenomonas. To avoid the freezing cold while looking into the sky you can visit the Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, where glass igloos make the spectacle a lot more comfortable.
Recipe for raspberry lemon iced tea
22-8-2012
The creator of the Sunshine and Smile blog has created a mouthwatering summer cocktail with raspberries. Have a look at the website for the raspberry lemon iced tea recipe and amazing photography by Kankana.
Boxpark NDSM in Amsterdam
21-8-2012
In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.
Beer opener counts your beers
21-8-2012
No excuses when you cannot remember how many beers you have drunk… This opener will count for you.