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Ale Mania Bonn (@biersmarck) is a craft brewery from Bonn (from #bonnbeuel, to be exact!). Their Bonner Wieß is a mild yet aromatic wheat beer. Nice! The glass to the left of the bottle contains the natural mineral water from the #godesbergerquelle mineral spring. #trinkhallebadgodesberg. #badgodesberg #biersmarck #localbeer #craftbeer #drinklocal #kurpark #sundayafternoon #kurkonzert #bonn #rhinelandGerman organic supermarket chain Bio Company is currently testing a new retail format in Berlin, its home city. Kleene Bio Company ("kleene" means "small" in Berlin slang) on Kochstrasse/Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 17 was opened in Mai 2018 - it's @biocompanyofficial's 55th Germany supermarket and the first in an entirely new convenience store format. The store is located right in the middle of Berlin's "Zeitungsviertel", a neighbourhood dominated by office buildings - publishing group Axel Springer's Berlin headquarters are directly opposite, and @taz.die_tageszeitung is further down the street, with Checkpoint Charlie and its tourist masses just around the corner. With office workers as its target demographic, Kleene Bio Company's 300 sq m of retail space (which is a good bit smaller than Bio Company's usual store size) focus on fresh and chilled convenience and to-go foods, with a self-service bakery shelf and a small café area. Swipe left for more pics! They even have a (very small) organic beauty corner. #biocompany #kleenebiocompany #retailtrend #newstore #organicsupermarkets #berlinToday at Kreuzberg's @markthalleneun: the Coffee Market which is taking place as part of @berlincoffeefestival 2018. Swipe left! The entrance fee of 5 Euro allows you to sample as much black coffee as you like (after 30 minutes and the equivalent of 6 espressos I'm already vibrating with #waytoomuchcaffeine, but in a good way). An additional 5 Euro deposit will get you a very cool reusable to-go cup from German coffee grounds upcycling label @kaffeeform. Over 50 coffee-related exhibitors from Berlin and further abroad, including big names such as @thebarnberlin, @elbgoldkaffee, @cabanacoffeeroasters, @roeststaetteberlin, @@fiveelephant and @coffeecircle but also smaller companies such as @populus_coffee, @slokoffie, Van Gülpen, @dripsterhamburg, @fjord.coffee, Doubleshot and @slow.mov. I was delighted to see that German vermouth brand @belsazar_vermouth also had a booth (they served espresso martinis and coffee negronis, see pic 10!). Some of Markthalle Neun's regular food stands were also open for business - not featured: @bigstuffsmokedbbq's delicious pulled pork sandwich on @sironibakery's fluffy white bun with red onion, spicy sauce and lamb's lettuce 😍. #berlincoffeefestival #coldbrew #filtercoffee #espresso #toomuchcaffeine #negroni #markthalleneun #kreuzberg #berlinHamburg-based drugstore chain Budnikowsky has opened its first Berlin store - actually, this is @budni's first outlet outside of Northern Germany! Located at Schönhauser Allee 120 (opposite Schönhauser Allee Arkaden shopping center and just a few doors down competitor DM's big stand-alone Prenzlauer Berg store!). Budnikowsky's retail concept is different from Germany's other drugstore retailers DM, Rossmann and Müller: in its Hamburg stores Budni offers personal care, cosmetics, makeup, baby care, accessories and so on but also fresh and chilled convenience foods, dairy products and fruit and vegetables. Budni's new Berlin store features the same concept, most of the 600 sq m retail space is dedicated to personal care and cosmetics; the other half is like a convenience supermarket store with fresh, frozen and chilled foods as well as a self-service bakery, a craft beer fridge and a small café. Strong focus on local (Berlin) organic and fresh food brands. Visually the store looks more like a stylish city supermarket than a drugstore (wooden elements, matte black tiles). The personal care department has a dedicated organic beauty space with mass market and masstige natural and organic brands, including Ahava and Korres (near-natural) but also Benecos, Lavera, Sante, Logona, i+m, Speick and so on, plus (of course!) Budni's certified organic own label brand Aliqua. I also saw a @baims.europe counter - Baims is a Brazilian-German organic makeup brand which usually has more of a niche distribution. The new Budni's a really attractive store which opened a few days ago. I read that the company is planning to open another Berlin store before the end of this year. Budni's geographic expansion follows the retailer's cooperation with German supermarket group Edeka which was announced earlier this year. @budni_berlin #budnikowsky #regionalretailer #drugstore #massmarketbeauty #berlinA new arrival at my local DM drugstore: the products of Austrian organic beauty brand @sisiandjoe! Graz-based Sisi & Joe (the manufacturer is Siin Life) was launched in early 2016 and the brand's vegan line-up comprises 11 face and body care products altogether. The key ingredient in the range is antioxidant edelweiss extract (Sisi & Joe has a strong Austrian vibe 😉) and the packaging's cute and playful. The brand name refers to Empress Elizabeth of Austria (also called Sisi or Sissi) and her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph (the Joe part of the brand name). My DM only carried four products: three sku from the Sisi range (white packaging: day cream, cleansing gel and hair & body wash) and one product from the men's range (black packaging; a hair & body cleanser). I think the last time I saw Sisi & Joe was at one of the Cosmoprof Asia trade shows (2016 maybe?); glad to see that the brand's now extending their European distribution. Products are priced between 6 and 11 Euro; the entire range is certified organic and vegan. #sisiandjoe #austrianbrand #organicbeauty #siinlife #sissiundfranzl #dmgermany #dmdeutschland #trendhunting #newbrandCan't leave Sofia without visiting local upcycling label #zonaurbana. Zona Urbana's bags and accessories are made from vintage English, German, French, Bulgarian and Russian newspapers, magazines, letters, maps and advertisements. The paper material is laminated and then sewn into fabulous handbags, zipper bags, card holders, wallets, laptop sleeves and coin purses. I already have an impressive Zona Urbana collection which was now extended by several new zipper bags 😍 #zonaurbanasofia #upcycling #localdesign #artisan #handmade #bulgarianartsandcrafts #sofiaEspresso break in the Park Café near National Theatre. Beautiful weather, live jazz music from the near-by park. #ilovesofia #sofiacafes #espressobreak #sofia #citybreakAt Sputnik Bar, Sofia: Sputnik Old Fashioned - Rakete Grape Rakia (the house rakia (fruit brandy) of #rakiaraketa restaurant next door to Sputnik!) infused with Boletus mushroom, Angostura Bitters, honey, lemon and thyme. Served with an ice ball. Garnish: Fresh thyme. A mild round sweetness with savory undertones; soft aromatic notes of fresh herbs. Very good indeed. #sputnikbarsofia #sofiabars #sofiacocktails #mixology #craftcocktails #artisaningredients #sofiaAt Sputnik Bar, Sofia: Soc. On The Beach (stands for "Socialism On The Beach"!) - Saffron vodka infused with Mursala tea (I'm told this is a traditional potency-boosting Bulgarian herbal tea!), Tribulus Terrestris (another herb much prized for male virility!) and vanilla, home-made pineapple shrub, peach liqueur, cranberry juice. A brilliant localised interpretation of the classic Sex On The Beach 🤩 - and the presentation is exquisite: the goblet with the cocktail is served on a miniature beach landscape (in the outer glass) with sand, seashells, dried orange slices and, get this, a wrapped condom (!). #sputnikbarsofia #sofiabars #sofiacocktails #mixology #craftcocktails #artisaningredient #brilliant #lovesputnik @sputnik_cocktail_bar
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