"bambu" news and stories

Sure, on any normal day, $35 for a bottle of rum may sound like a lot compared to what you would pay for say...generic "RUM" at the market, but $35 for Bambu White Rum is a steal compared to what your water and power bill will be after running your air conditioning for 30 days straight on full-blast.

Bambu is a triple-distilled product launched in the US last year. It is made to taste like traditional rum, yet for how white and light it is, it is more like vodka. To stay cool on this Monday's Happy Hour, muddle a couple of limes that that have been cut into wedges, a few mint leaves and a teaspoon of granulated sugar. Add ice, 2 oz. of Bambu Rum, and top the whole thing off with soda to make it sparkle.

$35 a bottle split over how many cocktails to keep you cool? Much cheaper than A/C.

Bamboo is now used to make tableware, wallpaper, flooring and lacquer-ware.

A company in the UK has just begun importing the lacquer-ware, The dishes are coiled by hand and impregnated with 18 layers of natural, food-safe lacquer. They retail for £12.50 and up each. Vibrantly coloured and waterproof. They join Zak-Designs Bambu trays, chopping boards - which look particularily good - and kitchen utensils in one impressive and design-conscious range. Even the bamboo is organically grown.

The manufactuer has its own website.

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We talk a lot about organic, local, and sustainable foods, but what about the tools we use to prepare the foods? I just came across Branch, an online store that sells products for the home, kitchen, kids, and accessories, that are sustainably made. For example, the chopping board pictured is handmade in China by a company called Bambu. The chopping board itself is 100% organically grown bamboo and made with non-toxic adhesives and natural wood oil.

The beauty of Branch is that, well, there is beauty in the design of the products they sell. They are an online store only, but are hoping to open a physical store in San Francisco.