CH Omakase 2017: ANNA Heritage Cocktail Picks

Meticulously made with blue sodalite stone, this accessory will elevate your home bar game

From bookends to table lamps, vases and coffee tables, ANNA‘s products are inspired by unexpected and beautiful materials. Whether semi-precious stones or Italian alabaster, the NYC-based studio crafts homeware that is anything but pedestrian—rather each piece is striking, yet remains functional. Working with artisans in Brazil and Italy, the ANNA team collaborates intimately and the results are meticulously made, sophisticated and eye-catching. In an edition …

CH Omakase 2017: Port of Mokha Coffee Beans and Dandelion Collaboration

High-quality products with a rich history in a tasty sampler set that will feed more than your mouth

Port of Mokha makes some of the most extraordinary coffee we’ve tasted—grown in Yemen, and roasted in Oakland. Beginning in the 16th century, for some 150 years, Yemen was the exclusive coffee supplier to the rest of the world. This incredibly rich heritage was given new life in 2013 when Yemeni-American Mokhtar Alkhanshali tasted the first coffee he ever enjoyed and became obsessed—from studies to …

Best of CH 2017: Cocktails

Mixed drinks that truly tingled the tastebuds this year

Like every other art, cocktail-making continues to move forward with incredible creativity. We sometimes tend to dismiss mixed drinks—or food and drink in general—as nothing more than temporary stimulation and indulgent libation. But really, the way ingredients come together, and balance or chaos is triggered, demonstrates more than attention to detail. It’s about pairing. Bartenders activate the senses. With drinks, they initiate conversation. It’s only …