How To: Make a Starbucks-Style Caramel Macchiato at Home
Want to make a caramel macchiato like a champion barista? This clip from Mahalo will show you how to recreate one of Starbuck's signature drinks.
Want to make a caramel macchiato like a champion barista? This clip from Mahalo will show you how to recreate one of Starbuck's signature drinks.
In this tutorial, Hungry Nation visits Brooklyn soda works to see how to make a delicious homemade soda using fresh fruit and herbs. Check out this clip and learn all about soda making and how to get started drinking your own.
Single crochet stitches sound easy, but when many are knitted together into a pattern you get a very thick and heat-resistant surface. That's the idea behind this simple beginner-level crochet project for crafting a granny-style potholder out of a single crochet stitch.
Growing your hair out is generally low maintenance and requires nothing more than just living your life, but when your hair is thinning or growing slowly there are more steps you can take to stimulate those hair follicles for thicker growth.
In this trick - which is perfect for any restaurant or bar - you will learn how to light a candle without actually ever touching a flame to the wick. Don't think it's possible? Think again! You will learn exactly how to do this illusion and amaze everyone around you. Score some free drinks or a couple bucks with this supernatural feeling goof.
In this tutorial, learn how to hack a can of Monster - or any large soda can - to stash a bottle. This is great if you are drinking a beer in public when you aren't allowed or if you'd just rather no one knew what kind of embarrassing beverage you are actually consuming. Follow along with the clip and learn exactly how to disassemble a simple can and use it as a cover for any bottle that will fit inside.
If you are looking to win an easy bar bet, check out this video. In it, you will learn how to link two paperclips together using magic and without ever touching the clips!
If you're finding yourself without dishes due to the fact that you're packing or unpacking, getting a quick drink can be a pain. So instead of rummaging through all those boxes try this quick nifty tutorial. This video shows you how to make a paper cup using just a couple sheets of regular paper. It's so easy and efficient you'll be sipping water in no time. Enjoy!
Carbonating fruit is simple and delicious. First, get a soda charger with two chargers ready. Next, put in berries such as blueberries or strawberries and fuse the gas. Allow it to sit for 30 minutes. Use as a garnish for desserts, salads, mixed drinks, or as a snack.
Check out this how-to video for making water glow, or for making glow water (it's pretty much the same thing). Get ready for that fun, neon green color. You will need a cup on gloves, among other things, to make glow water. Use a black light.
Here's a quick drink for you to enjoy while watching the election coverage - next up, a cocktail for McCain! You need blue curacao, orange juice, grapefruit, soda water, Maker's Mark bourbon and you've got the Barack Obama election cocktail. Garnish with lime.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a perfect margarita. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need Patron silver tequila, Citronge orange liqueur, fresh sour mix (lemon juice and simple syrup), lime, mango, pineapple, and ginger. Enjoy your fresh perfect margarita cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a tequila sunrise. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need orange juice, tequila, and creme de cassis. Enjoy your fresh tequila sunrise cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make an old fashioned cocktail. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need sugar, Angostura bitters, orange slices, a cherry, and bourbon whiskey. Enjoy your fresh old fashioned cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a pineapple black sour. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need bourbon whiskey, sour mix, pineapple juice, and egg white. Enjoy your fresh pineapple black sour cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a Southside. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need sour mix, mint leaves, and gin. Enjoy your fresh Southside cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a classic gin martini cocktail. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need gin, vermouth, and olives for garnish. Enjoy your fresh gin martini cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a Brazilian Ciapirinha. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need lime, pineapple, strawberry, simple syrup, and cachaca Brazilian rum. Enjoy your fresh Brazilian Ciapirinha cocktail.
Draw a witch and a cauldron.Enjoy drawing this humorous take on the classic witch and cauldron. You may want to draw this clumsy Halloween witch in pencil before you add ink. Remember witches always where pointy shoes. Follow these step by step instructions to draw a witch who drinks her own potion.
Whether it's a simple picnic or an extravagant affair with a candelabra and linen tablecloth, many people say tailgating is the best part of the game. Tailgating, for those unaware, is throwing a parking lot party out of a car. You will need a vehicle, a cooking equipment, food, drinks, and hopefully some music. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to get ready for a tailgate party.
Man, it's hot outside. And what the better way of cooling down than sitting by the pool sipping a drink. Here is the perfect summertime beverage - Thai iced coffee. For this recipe, you will need sugar, Thai coffee, and half and half. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to make iced coffee with Thai chef Kai.
In this instructional video, Tim brews up 5 gallons of Kombucha - a fermented tea drink from Russia with healing properties, with a slight alcohol content, and a most original flavor. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to brew traditional Russian kombucha.
This is a tutorial on how to make a shrimp from a drinking straw and a pair of scissors. This is a nifty arts and crafts project for the summer, or doing on the side of the road for money. Everyone will be astounded by your shrimp-making skills.
The original daiquiri, a lime-and-rum drink invented in Cuba in the late 1800s, is named after a beach near the city of Santiago. Ah, what those sun-baked bathers would have given for this frosty version of the Cuban classic!
Anthony Caporale bar instructor extraordinarie is here in another "Art of the Drink" episode. This week he is showing how to make a Mexican Mojito. The twist from a regular mojito? Replace the rum with tequila!
When was the last time you saw one of these? This classic children's toy seems very simple, but the chemistry involved is very interesting. Do you know how it works?
Watch this video to learn the perfect mix to a slow comfortable screw. All you'll need for this drink is orange juice, vodka, Southern Comfort and sloe gin.
In this video from "Pour by Ian - Amante Coffee Boulder, CO" we see a quick and easy way to make a simple Latte Art heart atop the coffee drink. Unlike some videos that tend to be long (and tend to only show off) this video is direct, easy to follow and fun to try.
Falooda is delicious rose flavored milk (served with ice cream) which can be a refreshing drink or a unique dessert idea. Falooda is made with basil seeds, known as Tukmaria, which are great for digestion after a heavy meal. Try this recipe for a truly wonderful Indian concoction.
This episode of Art of the Drink is a double whammy, starting with how to make a shot of espresso, courtesy of Bean Traders, followed by how to make an espresso martini. Besides the espresso, you'll need vanilla vodka.
Gary Vanerchuk welcomes Molly and Charlie Meeker of Meeker Vineyards and discusses and tastes their 2003 Meeker Frozin Zinfandel (and a Merlot).
This is the ultimate recipe for everyone's favorite Tequila drink, the margarita. You'll need 2-5 oz. of Tequila, .75 oz. of Triple Sec or Cointreau, .75 oz. of Royal Montaine or Grand Marnier, 1 oz. of lime juice, and 4 oz. of sweet and sour mix.
Drinking tequila is not as easy as it looks- there's a method to the madness. Learn how to take tequila shots the right way, by watching this video that explains the salt, shot, lime routine that experienced tequila drinkers swear by.
Mmm, free beer. Win some with this coin stack trick! Can you move the coins so that the silver coin ends up second from the top? Yes you can if you watch this video and see how it's done. Cool!
You're at the bar with an empty bottle and really wish you had a full one. Well, this super easy bar trick by Mr. G will show you how to turn your frown upside down. You'll need a nut, that empty bottle of yours and someone willing to bet you they can blow a nut into the bottle. Sound easy? It's not!
If your preferred means of showing that you're smarter than others is to trick them with elaborate and tedious puzzles, then Brian Brushwood is your man. This video will teach you two easy bar tricks with matches and drawing that might get you a free drink with the right crowd.
Coffee as a table decoration? You bet. You're probably used to having coffee in a cup as a hot drink or a cold latte, but coffee - rather, coffee beans - has so many uses than just for food.
You can only unlock the Reaver specialization while at the ancient temple to Andraste, and you can only do it by obeying Kolgrim and defiling Andraste's Ashes (what, you thought reavers were nice people?) And of course, there's more blood for you to drink.
Don't throw away your old CDs and DVDs! All you need is a little felt, some glue and an X-acto knife to turn obsolete software into techie home decor. Just glue the felt to the disc, and then cut out once the glue is dry.
Christmas carols are old-fashioned and charming, but many prefer to celebrate the holidays without drunk people singing in front of their houses unsolicited. Watch this video for some hilarious and effective ideas you can use to get rid of unwanted carolers.