I thought I knew chocolate. I’ve certainly loved chocolate since I first tried it, like most people—but lessons learned from an up-and-coming Latvian chocolate company have flipped my cacao-based worldview […]
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A New Era for Latvian Coffee: Kalve Roastery
Third-wave coffee roasteries are not the first thing most travelers to Latvia seek on their visit, but they would be missing out. Even with only 5 such roasteries nationwide, a […]
Uncorked: The Mystical World of Latvian Wines
“I make wine for people who don’t like wine,” jokes the maker of Jokas wines, John Brauns. Latvia, not regularly known for its wines, is on the edge of becoming […]
Soviet Secrets of Skrunda-1: Latvia’s Last Radar
They used to say that the last Soviet/Russian military personnel left the Baltics in 1994, but their last secret remaining presence stayed until 1998. As a young child visiting Latvia […]