Vintro

VINTRO

the rebirth of rustic guitars • SOBEYS fashion shop • how to make vintage coffee • The comeback of the vinyl • DEAD CANARY - CARDIFF’S COCKTAIL OASIS

Intro to Vintro “Reworking the old into something new.” This magazine includes: hottest vintage shops in Cardiff, vinyl shops that bring “that ol’ thing back” and sipping on old fashioned drinks that will bring anyone back to the prohibition days.

Filiz introduces readers to a different way to enjoy a cup of coffee, Lara interviews a vintage shop that is unique in Cardiff ’s arcades, Emmet finds the perfect sounds with a vintage feel, and Chris brings it back to the time of speakeasy.

Enjoy these reads with an old fashioned while wearing a neon windbreaker.

Lara Harrison

Emmet McGonagle

(You are here) HOW TO MAKE VINTAGE COFFEE

SOBEYS THE DEAD CANARY THE REBIRTH OF RUSTIC GUITARS COMEBACK OF VINYL

MAP FOR VINTAGE FANS

Filiz MehmedoVa

Chris Wallace

vintage coffee making

This coffee pot called cezve can serve up to three small cups

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Add water to the coffee pot about 50 ml per cup of coffee desired Add sugar to taste, stirring to blend it.

Bring to a boil, remove from heat and add a teaspoon of coffee per cup Boil coffee.

did you know?

This type of coffee is mainly enjoyed in Turkey and throughout the Middle East and it is made in a special coffee pot made from copper. You need a very finely ground coffee to make it.

Remove the pot from heat immediately after bringing to a first boil, discarding the accumulated foam, and mix well.

The coffee is boiled twice in succession. The foam can either be discarded or kept before stirring it well.

Allow remaining powder to settle before serving. You can add a tablespoon of cold water to the pot after boiling twice to accelerate the process.

Drinking Turkish coffee is a centuries-old tradition, enjoyed best in a company and usually followed by fortune telling.

The coffee is enjoyed at its best with traditional Turkish wafers

SOBEY’S

Reworking the old into something new

How this shop is changing the game in vintage clothing

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intage clothing with a modern twist is something that Sobey’s vintage shop in the Royal Arcade is showcasing.

With so many different vintage shops around Cardiff, there are not a lot of variety of the products that each shop has. Sobey’s pride themselves of bringing something one-of-a-kind to their customers.

Sobey’s stands out from other vintage shops in Cardiff with their reworks of clothing. They use a lot of vintage product to make other items, so no one else will have them because they make the clothes themselves.

Focusing only on women’s clothing with the reworking of clothing, the vintage shop makes dresses and shirts.

They make new work with existing ones, so if something’s damaged it is easy for them to rework it.

We use a lot of vintage “ product to make other items, so no one else will have them because we make them ourselves. So it is unique.”

Hannah Kelly, a shop assistant at Sobey’s said, “You never know what you’re going to find. People have gone to other vintage shops and everything is rammed in and is a bit of a jumble. We try to make it a bit more easier when we merchandise. If you are. drawn to a blouse but it’s not the size for you, there’s a ton of things behind it that are very similar and you can try to find something that works for you.”

The 1980’s-1990’s era shop has a wide variety of products that they sell: Clothing, accessories that are more modern than vintage. One of the designers that they sell is Anne Mary, who sells hand painted porcelain chains from Scotland. Sobey’s also sells leather bags, and retro bags. It wouldn’t be a vintage shop without Converse shoes, and silk scarves for men and women.

Check out other vintage shops: Hobos Vintage & Little Empire Vintage

£28 Levi ‘s jeans, £24 ring, £12 belt, £28 reworked jumper

£25 shirt & £25 printed jumper

£37 Harrington jacket & £12 scarf

£25 French chore jacket, £32 pattern shirt from Relco, £16 burgundy bag Blue bag: £38

Cardiff’s cocktail oasis Drink speakeasy style at the dead canary

The Dead Canary is an award-winning bar on Barrack Lane.

What seems to be an unassuming building from the outside, simply ring the bell and you’ll be welcomed back in time to the city’s very own speakeasy. Staff describe the bar as an oasis - an island away from other Cardiff bars. The Dead Canary is fascinated by history, with its current menu is inspired by the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh tales from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Folk-tale cocktails The King Arthur Llewellyn’s Owl Complex and strong wooded character, subtle orchard fruits with a sweet plum finish. Mix Solera Cask Aged Flor de Cana 4yr & 7yr old rums, Calvados, almond and coffee Golden Syrup, Umeshu, Fernet Branca. £10

Mulled Red wine with red fruits with a touch of spice.

Mix Old Forrester Bourbon, Clementine, Balsamic Cherry Shrub, Martini Rosso, Absinthe, lemon. £10

Grassholm Island Black Knight Fiery chilli spice cooled with green vegetal juice.

Mix Velho Barreiro Cacacha, Ancho Reyes Verde, celery, cucumber, Basil, tabasco and lime. £9

Bitter orange and dry nutty sherry, sweetened by dark forest fruits.

Mix Nettle and Skullcap syrup, Star of Bombay Gin, Amaro Montenegro, Manzanilla Sherry, Lemon, blackcurrant sorbet on top. £10

Prohibition pansies

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was introduced in 1920, which banned alcohol, although the new laws were widely disregarded.

Organised crime groups took control of the alcohol supply for many cities, giving rise to the speakeasy - where alcohol would be secretly and illegally sold. As the bootleg liquor was of poor quality, it became tradition to create new cocktails to mask the terrible taste - these drinks were known as “pansies”.

Despite their links to crime, speakeasies had a positive social impact, as people of all races and genders came together to drink. On 5 December 1933, the 21st Amendment was introduced, repealing the 18th amendment legalising alcohol.

rustic guitars make room for replicas

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59 Les Paul May be the Holy Grail of guitars, but with original models costing the price of a house, replica vintage may be the way forward.

Luckily, many brands are cashing in on the replica guitar franchise, from scrimping Stratocasters to discount Gibson. However, can they compete with the original models?

Gavin Davies, senior sales salesman at music shop PMT, is glad to see the resurgence

of vintage guitar models. “If I could afford it my whole guitar collection would probably be vintage,” he begins, “but unfortunately my funds don’t allow it.”

Gavin, who owns several replica models, has found that the difference between these guitars is rooted in experience. He said: “The benefit of owning a vintage guitar is you have wood that has matured, and that will change the tone as well.”

Although vintage guitars stand dominant in terms of tone and quality, the questions stands – are they worth the money? Gavin thinks so, but only in some cases. “I think that if someone is in the market for a guitar, they need to know what to look out for so that they don’t get ripped off,” he said.

Gavin does own a good replica model of his beloved Les Paul, so a good lookalike might give you the sound you need without breaking the bank.

are vinyls worth breaking the bank?

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History of spillers Founded by Henry Spiller, Spillers Records first opened its doors in Queen’s Arcade in 1894 as a vinyl shop, before settling into it’s two-floor shop in Morgan Arcade. Now Spillers sell both CD’s and vinyl records, and has cemented its stature as the oldest record shop in the world.

ast year vinyl sales reached their highest in over 25 years, but is it really worth the hype?

Queue D’Vinyl Records – a record store on MacKintonish Place filled to the brim with an antique collection of classic tracks in all of their nine-inch glory. When asked, owner and manager Steve expressed doubts about the quality of new records.

“Songs released in the Sixties released sound just like

they were intended to at the time, and sound great without having any interpretation from a high-end producer.”

With vinyl gaining momentum, many people are opting to join the LP bandwagon and purchase a variety of records to add to their collection.

“Always buy the bust quality vinyl you can afford, as good quality and top bands always go up in price over the years.”

map for vintage fans FIND THE HOTSPOTS FOR VINTAGE FASHION, MUSIC AND NIGHT OUT

D’VINYL RECORDS

HOBOS VINTAGE LITTLE THE DEAD CANARY EMPIRE VINTAGE SOBEYS PMT vintro_ZINE

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