Heading East This tea is no longer a stranger to us in the west, though there was a time that that was the case. It was many years ago that I first encountered green tea. I had long existed in a perfectly binary world of beverage appreciation. “Will that be coffee or tea?” The question […]
By far the most common and familiar tea to us in the west is black tea (though that is changing rapidly). Black tea takes freshly picked tea leaves and bruises them through various means. Over a carefully measured and observed amount of time the tea leaf oxidizes (much like a freshly cut apple when left […]
Over the next 3 days, we will be posting a series of articles that will describe how to craft the perfect cup of tea. These articles are written by a dear friend of The Modern Day Gentleman blog, Mr. Brad Maston. He graciously offered his expertise in this area for our reader’s benefit. We know […]
We’ve all hit that point during a smoke, usually about half way through, in which the cigar’s flavors and aromas open up and transform the experience into something far more rich, complex, and enjoyable. In this moment, gentlemen, you’ve hit the “sweet spot”. A moment that encourages you to open your senses, and to truly appreciate the experience […]
So many people have made the horrid mistake of ending a night out by drinking a shot, or shots, of tequila. Because of this tequila has gotten a bad reputation and many people won’t touch the stuff. This is largely due to people being uninformed about this sassy Mexican nectar. It was a gentleman who […]
The Monday Sweet Spot We’ve all hit that point during a smoke, usually about half way through, in which the cigar’s flavors and aromas open up and transform the experience into something far more rich, complex, and enjoyable. In this moment, gentlemen, you’ve hit the “sweet spot”. A moment that encourages you to open your senses, […]
At the Modern Day Gentleman, we are often asked the question, “When do I know that my cigar is finished, and when should I stop smoking it?”. The beauty behind the answer is in its simplicity and its clarity. A gentleman is finished smoking his cigar as soon it hinders his ability to enjoy the […]
The Monday Sweet Spot We’ve all hit that point during a smoke, usually about half way through, in which the cigar’s flavors and aromas open up and transform the experience into something far more rich, complex, and enjoyable. In this moment, gentlemen, you’ve hit the “sweet spot”. A moment that encourages you to open your senses, […]
When I think of the word “gentleman,” it’s easy for me to get lost in the idea of the shiny, new, and expensive. After all, some of the most prominent gentlemen of this day and age are part of the “one percent.” What we must remember is that money does not buy the status of […]
The Monday Sweet Spot We’ve all hit that point during a smoke, usually about half way through, in which the cigar’s flavors and aromas open up and transform the experience into something far more rich, complex, and enjoyable. In this moment, gentlemen, you’ve hit the “sweet spot”. A moment that encourages you to open your senses, […]