China Milk – Worst Of Worst

1340 days ago

I really don’t understand how these people can live in this world.  I mean if you sell fake watches or fake clothes to make a quick buck, sure go ahead. In...

I really don’t understand how these people can live in this world.  I mean if you sell fake watches or fake clothes to make a quick buck, sure go ahead. In does not kill anybody or anything. Of course a few very rich people will get very pissed and their feathers start to stand up but that’s about it. Not really much of a harm to society. But if you selling milk powder (especially for young kids or for babies) and you are adding some harmful chemicals to it, then that’s something very wrong with you. Seriously, if you are the one doing that, you got to go and have both your brain and your conscience checked. I am very willing to come and open up your brains for you and have a look see inside. Perhaps something is rotting in there.

The fault in the China milk scare should lay with the government officials, the milk provider middlemen and the company that manufactures the milk products. The milk provider middlemen are the ones who add the chemical so that’s a no-brainer. The company is at fault for acting like nothing has happened and trying to cover it up and by not stopping the products from being released to the public even when they knew that the milk products had problems (due to numerous complains). The government officials are also at fault to not pulling the milk products off the shelf and for not telling the public when they knew about it. And kudos to the New Zealand government for reporting to the press and the central government about this. If not, I am quite sure many more would have died. If I have to point my middle finger at someone, it would definitely be the government officials who had the power to stop this early but didn’t do anything. They could have saved a lot of children and their families from misery but alas, did squat. This is not unexpected I guess. China doesn’t have much accountability to it’s people anyway, so I guess they don’t really bother much. As you can see, it was the involvement of a foreign government that forced the hand of the central government to stop the sales of the contaminated milk products.

I don’t really know what to say regarding this. It is shocking to see that such people still exist in the modern world. They left thousands of sick children and 4 dead babies and we don’t even know how many more will die from this poisoning. Come on, it’s food for god’s sake. And it’s food for young children and babies. I am very very disappointed with the world and with China in particular.

Opened A Bottle Of Edowrt’s Apfelwein!

1340 days ago

Yes, I finally opened a bottle of my Edwort’s Apfelwein and took a real sample. For all that is worth, the taste was pretty okay and considering that it has only...

Yes, I finally opened a bottle of my Edwort’s Apfelwein and took a real sample. For all that is worth, the taste was pretty okay and considering that it has only been in the bottle for 1 week, I am sure that it will get better. And the carbonation was a bit too little. I am rather surprised to find the Apfelwein has too little carbonation, felt like it was a still wine. The PET bottle I use to contain the Apfelwein was rather firm when I pressed on it but alas, there will still very little carbonation. And the bubbles that were formed will quickly disappear. I believe that it is because unlike beer, apple cider doesn’t retain bubbles since it has very little body just like sparkling apple juice!

For the taste, I have to say it is like between a cider and a plum wine. You can definitely feel the sourish aftertaste at the back of your tongue when you drink it and there will always be a slight bitterness at the edge. Not too sure how to put it correctly, but it is like after eating something sour and at the end of it you bite the seed (which is usually bitter) like of feeling. Not very sure whether I like it. But from what more experienced had said, you will need to drink about 3 glasses or more before you can pass any judgement on this Apfelwein. But I really doubt that I have the ability to drink 3 glasses straight! Probably get drunk before the second glass. And not to mention, a massive headache the next day. Wuhahaha, don’t you just hate to have that intense headache when you wake up in the morning. Seems that apple ciders will provide a lot of impurities which will cause those hangovers.

Well, please enjoy the following pictures:

Yes, you can see a little carbonation. But that’s about it. And when you drink the cider, you don’t feel the fizziness at all. This pictures was taken just moments after I pour the Apfelwein onto the glass and there is just a few little bubbles left.

Another view of the Apfelwein. The colour is actually quite nice. You can’t really see it from this picture but the colour is beautifully golden. By the time I took this picture, there is hardly any carbonation left.

Yet another view.

I am not too sure of what to make of this. I will probably keep this aged for about a few more weeks and then crack open a bottle and have yet another test of the wine. Yes, I am sure it will get better with age. Hopefully.