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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

A lightweight kit for the outdoors. The two knives on the right are Spyderco MT46 in Magnamax steel. Also included are my Silky Gomboy 240 Outback, Olight Arkfeld Pro, Leatherman Rev, and Barrell Seagrass. Of course, my cherry burl kuksa and custom fire steel rod.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

I hope this helps. I watched a lot of YouTube videos from “Cocktail Time with Kevin Kos” as well as “Truffles on the Rocks” and learned a bunch from them. Good luck!

Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a bit complicated to explain, but you can google how to concentrate juices by freezing. It’s easy, but time consuming. As I stated in the post, I started with six cups of squeezed juice, and ended up with a little less than six ounces of concentrate. I added the concentrate to the liqueur jar.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

After everything is mixed in, give it a taste to see if you want it sweeter, or if you need to add more water. Now you can scoop the liqueur with a metal ladle into the storage jars. One option to hive it even more flavor is to squeeze all the juices from the mandarin oranges, and concentrate them.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

Pour the contents of the jar containing all the peels/mint/Everclear through a fine strainer and into a clean large pan. If you have cheese cloth, you can fold it in half and put on top of the strainer double up the filtering. Once liquids are in the pan, add simple syrup and mix with a metal spoon.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

Once the time is up, get another two jars ready and sterilized, make simple syrup (1:1 ratio of sugar and water) in however amount you want. I made this liqueur ~100 proof, basically doubling the volume of the original jar. If you don’t want it that strong, you can dilute it with more simple syrup.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

Seal the jar, give it a gentle shake or swirl, then leave it in a cool dark area to steep for two to three weeks. Every other day give the jar another gentle shake. This is optional, but I recommend adding a tablespoon of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to help preserve the color of the liqueur.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

You gotta do all that you can to eliminate contamination, because alcohol doesn’t kill everything, specially fungus. The mints should help a bit with their anti-fungal properties. Pour as much Everclear as you want or can git in the jar (I think I poured one and a half bottles of Everclear.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! Sorry, I haven’t been using Bluesky much lately. I think I used some 12-15 organic mandarin oranges, and a bunch of spearmint. I thoroughly washed and peeled the mandarin oranges, shaved off the white pith from the peels, washed the mints, and added them all into a sterilized jar.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Apr 10

Visible light photo captured with a Nikon Z8 and Z 24-120/4 S. Thermal camera is the Flir E6 Pro.

Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Apr 10

Comparing thermal imaging and visible light photography. It’s incredible the amount of information we miss from the electromagnetic spectrum. The temperature differences are tiny, but the thermal camera can map the color gradient in a way that makes it visually more contrasting. #flir #flire6pro

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Mar 5

Visible light vs long infrared. Visible light captured by Nikon Z8, thermal by Flir E6 Pro. Now I can really tell how hot my cup of coffee really is 😉

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Mar 5

For the comparison the top crops are from the Plena, the bottom from the 135/2 DC.

Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Mar 5

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Mar 5

Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena compared to the old Nikkor AF-D 135mm f/2 DC. 34 years of advancements have made the Plena a phenomenal lens! Note I could only add four images, I will add more in the comments.

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Feb 11

I’m at it again, this time making a mandarin orange liqueur with a bit of mint. I also juiced some of those oranges and concentrated the juice from 6 cups to just under 6oz, to add into the liqueur. If all goes well, in another 20 days I should something really delicious! 😋
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📷 Nikon Z8 & Z 50/1.2S

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Feb 4

A quick shot of Stormtrooper during a family trip to Montauk, NY.
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#nikon #nikonz8 #nikkorz #nikkorz24120f4s #toyota #toyotarav4hybrid #diodedynamics #weboost #yakima

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Feb 4

#barkriverknives #knifephotography
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The reason I had to shoot so much was because the knife kept twisting around, and creating all sorts of cool and colorful reflections. The magnets in my lights also helped influence the knife’s twisting motion. Knife is a Bark River Puukko 3V.

Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Feb 4

Playing with lights, reflections, and a knife suspended mid air. This was shot with a Nikon Z8, Z 135/1.8 Plena, and five Kelvin Play RGBACL light panels. Out of almost 1900 photos, I whittled them down to only three.
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#nikon #kelvin.lighting

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Jan 7

Happy new year to you as well! Yes, gotta diversify my social apps. Meta sometimes can be a pain…

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Dec 24

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!! Let’s get the festivities started with coquito French toast for breakfast, and my BRK Puukko 3V. Cheers!

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Dec 21

Mixing ratios of my blueberry liqueur and the vanilla extract I made a few years ago. 30:1 is what I consider the max vanilla amount, as it’s almost overwhelming the blueberry. Blueberry has a subtle flavor, an it doesn’t take much to obfuscate it.
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📷 Nikon Z8 & Z 50mm f/1.2 S
💡 Kelvin Play x2

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Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Dec 16

The alcohol I used was Everclear, 1.5L worth. Adding 1L of simple syrup, in addition to the juices from the blueberries, I think the ABV should be in the 50% or slightly higher.

Alberto Tanikawa @albertotanikawa.bsky.social · Dec 16

Blueberry liqueur anyone? This was super easy, and only took eight days to make. I used 1.5lb of blueberries, zest from three lemons, and a few mint sprigs. Blueberries predominate, with a hint of lemon zest up front, while the mint shows up towards the back. This should be right around 100 proof. 🤘

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