After the last post I made on Cognac over the weekend, someone came into my inbox to ask me the difference between Champagne and Cognac.

How do you make Nigerians—a people so accustomed to the sweet things of life—fall in love with something so demonstrably bitter? We Love It Bitter.

In the heart of Lagos, the air is thick with the aroma of suya, jollof rice, and the unmistakable scent of beer. The clinking of