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  • Forget Azul: Ball Like a King With These 7 Local Drinks

    Forget Azul: Ball Like a King With These 7 Local Drinks

    It’s safe to say restaurant and club owners don’t mean Nigerians well with the prices of their alcohol offerings. But you can still get wasted on a budget.

    These locally-made alcoholic beverages will do the job.

    Ogogoro

    Forget Azul: Ball Like a King With These 7 Local Drinks

    Ogogoro deserves more credit. It gets the job done, but overuse might land you in the gutter sha.

    Emu (palm wine)

    Forget Azul: Ball Like a King With These 7 Local Drinks

    Source: Juju Films

    It might not be as classy as red and white wine you know, but palm wine is bae.

    Burukutu:

    Forget Azul: Ball Like a King With These 7 Local Drinks

    Source: The Whistler NG

    Burukutu is where the magic is at. You might walk home on your head, but will you even notice? Exactly.

    Kunu

    Source: Dobby’s signature

    You probably don’t know there’s an alcoholic version called “Kunu Gyada”. Baileys was found dead in a ditch somewhere.

    Sapele water

    This local drink is what does it for our brothers and sisters in South-Southern Nigeria. Body go tell you but you won’t remember a thing. So, cheers.

    Zobo liqueur

    Source: The Guardian

    We bet you don’t know there’s an alcoholic version of zobo that can put you on cloud nine. This is what should get your coins instead of them boring Lagos cocktails.

    Jedi

    Source: HCI Healthcare

    If you ever find yourself at the popular Ofada Boy restaurant in Surulere, Lagos, their ‘jedi on the rocks’ offering should be getting all your coins.

    Adeyinka Odutuyo

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  • 7 Recipes for The Best Zobo Drink Flavours

    7 Recipes for The Best Zobo Drink Flavours

    I always thought zobo was bland. Like, how do people enjoy the burning sensation that courses through their digestive systems with just one sip?

    But then, I discovered these options. And let’s just say, I’m onboard the zobo train now. Try some of the best flavors of zobo and thank me later.

    1. Zobo with pineapple and ginger

    Image source: K’s cuisine

    Most people already add ginger to their zobo — hence, the burning sensation — but you need something to balance out the sharpness, and pineapple works great.

    Recipe:

    • Wash a cup of zobo leaves in warm water, and put into a pot of two litres of water.
    • Add a tablespoon of grated ginger and a cup of pineapple concentrate (or whole pineapple peels). Allow this to boil for about 25 minutes.
    • Add some sugar (depending on how sweet you want it), stir well and allow the mixture to simmer for a few minutes.
    • Drain with a fine-mesh strainer into another container to get rid of any particles, and allow it to cool before refrigerating.
    • Garnish with citrus fruits to serve, for extra pizzazz, and enjoy.

    Find the detailed recipe here.

    2. Mixed-fruit Zobo

    Image source: Zubaydaisah

    Why have one fruit when you can have multiple? TBH, mixed-fruit zobo is giving Chapman, but I don’t hate it.

    Recipe:

    • Make the zobo drink with the recipe above but with less pineapple and sugar to make room for the other fruits.
    • Blend half of a medium watermelon, blend a mango to make a smooth pulp and juice two oranges. 
    • Sieve the watermelon and mango pulp to remove the particles.
    • Add all three to your zobo drink and refrigerate (Warm zobo tastes like tears).
    • For the complete Chapman look, add the cut-up pieces of fruit when you serve the zobo.

    ALSO READ: Wait, Who Invented Chapman?

    3. Zobo Margarita

    Image source: Periperi chef

    Something for the raging alcoholics too, of course. 

    Recipe:

    • Make your zobo drink. Cold, of course.
    • Rim a cocktail glass with salt and place in the fridge to chill.
    • Put ice in a cocktail shaker with half a cup of zobo, a shot of tequila and two tablespoons of lemon juice. Shake vigorously for a couple of minutes.
    • Pour into the chilled salt-rimmed glass, and serve immediately.

    Find the detailed recipe here.

    4. Zobo and watermelon smoothie

    Image source: Lil’ Luna 

    For when a plain watermelon smoothie just won’t cut it.

    Recipe:

    • Cut a small watermelon into cubes, and throw in a blender with half a cup of milk or yoghurt and two tablespoons of lemon juice. Blend together with half a cup of ice until smooth.
    • Pour into half a cup of cold zobo (preferably sweetened with pineapple), mix well and serve. 

    ALSO READ: Weird Homemade Cocktails Zikoko Writers Are Making

    5. Zobo and unsweetened yoghurt

    Image source: Funke Koleosho

    This zobo and yoghurt dessert is technically a drink. Don’t you drink some types of yoghurt? I don’t make the rules.

    Recipe:

    • Mix some unsweetened yoghurt in a bowl and add some condensed milk to sweeten it.
    • Transfer the mixture into a dessert cup and place in a fridge so the yoghurt can set.
    • Dissolve some gelatin in hot water. The quantity of gelatin depends on how much zobo syrup you have, but one or two tablespoons should suffice. 
    • When completely dissolved, stir in the zobo syrup and allow it to cool.
    • Pour the mixture over the yoghurt you prepared earlier, and garnish with any fruit of your choice.

    Find the detailed recipe here.

    6. Zobo lemonade

    Image source: 9ja foodie

    This is the lemon version of the pineapple recipe.

    Recipe:

    • Prepare your zobo drink without pineapple concentrate.
    • In a separate pot, add sugar and a cup of water. Boil and stir to dissolve the sugar.
    • Cool the sugar mixture in the fridge, then mix in a cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice, and you have your lemonade.
    • Next, mix the lemonade with the zobo, refrigerate and serve chilled.

    7. Zobo, banana and dates smoothie

    Image source: Funke Koleosho

    If you can’t tell I love smoothies at this point, I don’t know what to say. But you’ll love this one.

    Recipe:

    • Prepare your zobo drink.
    • Soak half a cup of dates in water for an hour to soften it.
    • Dice two or three frozen bananas into a blender. Add the dates and half a cup of milk or yoghurt. Blend until smooth.
    • Pour the blended mixture into a bowl, and mix in the zobo drink.
    • Serve and enjoy.

    NEXT READ: These Are 7 Simple Cocktails You Can Make With Ingredients in Your Kitchen

    Tife Oni

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  • What Does Your Favorite Beer Say About You?

    What Does Your Favorite Beer Say About You?

    I don’t drink beer, but I’m surrounded by people that do. And one thing I’ve noticed is that the beer you drink says a lot about the type of person you are. I’ve listed eight different beer brands Nigerians like to drink, and what they each say about their drinkers. 

    By the way, happy International Beer Day. Buy a big bottle of your favourite beer to celebrate today, and be sure it’s mortuary standard.

    Heineken

    If you’re drinking Heineken, there’s a high chance you’re a tired Nigerian father. You’re all about comfort. After a whole day of grappling with children wahala, you just want to chill and drink your beer in peace without anybody disturbing you. You prefer to stay in your house and watch TV, instead of going out. Once in a while, you hang out with friends, and that’s your only outing for the month. You no dey do pass yourself. 

    Budweiser

    You think you’re rich and cool, and all your money goes to enjoyment. Any small thing, you’re shouting, “If I broke na my business!” You love to turn up and people can never find you in your house. Sometimes, your friends worry about your liver and they also wonder if your energy comes from cocaine.

    Trophy 

    If you drink Trophy, you’re the firstborn of your family who’s always dealing with family responsibilities. Or you’re a 9–5er who’s always on the verge of quitting their job. 

     QUIZ: Can You Correctly Identify These Nigerian Beer Brands?

    Guinness

    Some people argue that Guiness isn’t beer, but that’s their business. If you’re a Guiness fan, you have your fun moments but also tend to take certain things very seriously, like sports. You like to feel like you’re best in sports; you can’t play any, but you can talk ehn! Somebody can’t even have small football argument with you, because you’ll start getting angry. You don’t have patience and tend to lose your temper fast, you’re always changing it for people left and right. 

    Orijin

    Orijin isn’t a beer but if you say it outside, people will fight you. If you’re not an armed robber or agbero, you’re a babalawo. Period. You like trenches music; I’m sure your favourite artist is Bella Shmurda or Naira Marley. Your legwork dance is the type they do at Oshodi under bridge. 

     ALSO READ: We’ve Found Legit Reasons For You To Love Beer More

    Goldberg

    If you’re drinking Goldberg in 2022, you’re definitely a man in his 50s who cheats on his wife. Either that or you’re just someone going through a midlife crisis. 

    Hero (or Life)

    If you drink Hero or Life beer, you’re most likely Igbo, and you enjoy listening to high-life music from Sony Bobo and Oriental Brothers. You like to go to the beer parlour to eat Nkwobi and relax. For you to drink either of these old beers means you don’t like change.

    STAR 

    You’re playful and friendly: the type that walks into a building and is able to talk and blend in anywhere and with everyone. You’re that friend that people complain about for greeting too many people on the road. You also don’t like wahala; you prefer to stay away from anything that’ll cause a fight — the type to leave change with the bus conductor because he’s raising his voice. 

    Gulder

    You’re either 50+ or a 50+ person in the body of a young person.  You spend your time thinking and talking about how life used to be better in the past, and how things aren’t the same no more. You don’t joke with your money and when it comes to hustling, you’re number one. They can call upon you to do any work, as long as money is involved. 

    There are some people that hate beers. Find out why in this article: Beer Deserves All the Hate It Gets. Here’s Why

    Dammy Eneli

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  • 5 Alcoholic Drinks Guaranteed To Make You Say Nonsense

    5 Alcoholic Drinks Guaranteed To Make You Say Nonsense

    Shayo na bastard – believe me that’s a timeless quote. Because if you’re not careful, some alcoholic drinks will really make you look up to the sky and tell God to come downstairs.

    If you don’t want to misyarn, please and please, avoid from these drinks. Don’t say we didn’t warn you – before you look your boss in the eye and complain about his tie.

    1. American Honey

    Contains 71 proof (35.5%) alcohol. Will make you speak in tongues even if you have never stepped into a church. Only for strong people.

    My advice? Caveat emptor, that meins, “let the buyer beware”.

    2. Bourbon Whiskey

    The Bourbon Whiskey is a type of American Whiskey or distilled spirit made from corn, going as far back as the 1850s.

    A lot of whiskey brands are classified as Bourbon Whiskeys, and the average alcohol content is 62.5%. If you near it and end up calling your gateman “Zaddy”, that’s on you.

    3. Gordon’s London Dry Gin

    People are currently dragging someone on the bird app because of what Gordon’s Dry Gin did to her:

    Gordon’s is a type of London’s dry gin that has been produced since 1769. Contains 37-43% alcohol, depending on location. If you have anger issues, DO NOT TASTE.

    4. Captain Jack Cafe Rum

    Ah, Captain Jack. Agba. The cause of many a needless vituperation. Manufactured in Lagos, Nigeria, and contains 40% alcohol, including caffeine.

    My advice? Pour to the ground and appease the gods before drinking. Or else…

    5. Wasalaye Comprehensive Bitters

    No, this is not the name of a high school. This is Wasalaye comprehensive bitters. Meaning: “You will explain comprehensive bitters”.

    Contains 44.7% alcohol content. Of course, you will explain. You will sit down in a gutter and explain. Wa shalaye. Sh’o lo stupid ni?

    Doyin Olagunju

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  • Ice Lolly and 4 Drinks That Made Our Sunday Afternoons

    Ice Lolly and 4 Drinks That Made Our Sunday Afternoons

    Before we all became alcoholics and life was a lot simpler, there were drinks that held us down on Sunday afternoons. Especially to douse the tension from the hot sun after that power-packed sermon and deliverance session by visiting Pastor Japhet Elijah (Power Must Change Hands).

    Sample some of them:

    1. Ice Lolly

    Crunching blocked ice lolly with your teeth was an assignment. Can’t tell me nothing.

    2. Zobo

    Above is zobo that went to Harvard and did a post doctoral at MIT. Real zobo doesn’t sit in a glass cup. I lie?

    3. Kunu

    Kunu is a real g. End of.

    4. Fan Yogo

    Says a lot about the staying power of Fan Yogo if Micheal Essien was in on it. If you didn’t drink FanYogo as a kid or on Sunday afternoons, you’re a refugee from Chad. Can’t tell me nothing.

    5. Soya Milk

    Soy Milk is good milk. Certainly more nutritious than Jack Sparrow, John Snow and all the other creepy ‘Bitters’ we have out there.

    We’ve also ranked Local Nigerian Drinks, Here.

    Doyin Olagunju

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  • Forget Zobo, Here Are 8 Other Amazing Local Nigerian Drinks

    Creativity doesn’t just happen on your computer or piece of paper. At least, not in Nigeria. Creativity here goes beyond that.

    We are very similar to super heroes.

    We love food and drinks, and we have figured out creative ways to experiment and make new stuff, especially with our drinks.

    And guess what, they’ve banged! At least.. most.

    Here are some locally made drinks that will switch up your taste buds once you try them.

    Nigerian or not, you just have to respect these drinks.

    Let’s start with the common ones, like Kunu.

    It is made mostly in the North.

    I would like you to know that a lot of Non-Nigeria have called this drink “The Nigerian Irish Cream”. Kunu is made with groundnuts and some rice, or tiger nuts. It is rich in Protein, Minerals and Fibre.

    Let me just say it again, ‘The Nigerian Irish cream’. We. have. our. own. Irish. cream.

    Palmwine. This drink is the daddy of all local drinks. It could be alcoholic or non-alchoholic.

    So everyone and anyone can enjoy a little palm wine.

    It is consumed in every part of Nigeria and is gotten from palm trees.

    “No, we thought it was gotten from apple trees.” Sorry, I was just informing you guys now.

    Anyway, if you’ve ever had pap (aka Ogi) before. Then you need to try Adoyo. This drink is deceitful because it looks like pineapple juice from afar.

    But It is nothing close to fruit juice. Be warned.

    Even though it is made from pineapple, it is also made from Ogi, which is made from corn.

    Just look at it. If you haven’t tired it, well, now you have a reason to.

    Another incredible drink is Omi Wara. It is drank majorly by the Northerners and is made from cheese and water. Some people will disagree with the fact that it’s an incredible drink.

    But, one man’s meat..

    Let’s talk about Nigerian Vodka for a second, aka Ogogoro. If you’ve ever heard the names; sapele water, push me I push you, I for don marry, kai kai, etc, they are all from the same family, and their surname is Ogogoro. It is made from ripe plantain.

    This drink is NOT for children.

    Another alcoholic drink is Burukutu. The production of this drink takes a rather long process because it has to ferment properly, for at least 48hours.

    But it’s worth the wait, just not for people not old enough to drink alcohol obviously.

    Finally we have something called Groundnut Milk Drink. It is is made from groundnut of course, and is very rich in protein. It’s basically groundnut and water.

    It is that drink you’d want to have when the weather is cool.

    There are a lot more drinks but let’s take baby steps and try these 8 first.

    Right? No rush.

    Eniola

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