‘Africa in a glass’: Abidjan cocktail week mixes local flavours for global palates
by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan and Grand-Bassam from World news | The Guardian on (#6S2W8)
Ivory Coast drinks festival aims to champion and change perceptions of alcohol made in the region
At an event in Abidjan in late October, Alexandre Quest Bede noticed someone staring at him. Then the stranger walked up to him with a T-shirt and asked for an autograph.
He pointed at me excitedly and said: You're Monsieur Gnamakou, I know you from Instagram!'" recalls Bede at the poolside bar of Bissa, a boutique hotel in the upmarket Deux Plateaux neighbourhood on the eve of Abidjan cocktail week.
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