Red-wine vinegar from Japan.

This is one of those products that you buy when actually you just needed soy sauce, but couldn’t pass the beautiful bottle on the shelf. We’ll see how it tastes.

Duralex glasses.

I’ve always wanted these classic french glasses, but never bothered to look for them. Now that the kids break everything, there’s always an opportunity to restock on simple everyday things!

A simple spout.

I couldn’t live (or, more accurately, cook) without one. It transforms any old wine bottle into a chef-quality tool. I use it for oils, vinegars, etc.

Chili.

I’m addicted. 

Dark chocolate with tradition.

These beautifully packaged super-fine chocolates are made by one of the oldest chocolate manufacturers in Berlin, Erich Hamann. Highly recommended.

Lemonade.

Or, in this case, Lemonaid. They make you feel like a good person when you buy their stuff (there’s also a sister brand called Charitea), and it tastes great and not too sweet. Far removed from the big brand sugary soda.

Hipster olive oil.

This extra virgin olive oil is sold by somewhat too-savvy Berlin hipster types, but it tastes great and comes in a 5-litre canister if you want to save money and refill the tin bottles.

Bonne maman jars.

These jars from the almost generic french brand are inifinitely useful (this one contained Korean pickled food given to my wife for her birthday). Also, you only need to buy the too-sweet jam once to reuse the jar.

A simple Espresso maker.

Bialetti makes the best ones, as I had to find out the painful way when my cheap knockoff died spectacularly. This one survives, so far.

An old tin mug. 

It’s perfect for heating up some oat milk, and you can find something just like it at your nearest flea market where you only need to pay an old lady a few cents for it. What could go wrong?

A cut-off wine bottle.

It’s a brilliant vase. Bought at Bergman concept store way back when nobody knew what upcycling was.

Moss.

Sometimes I could stare at the moss on the window sills in our office for hours (I don’t, obviously, but I could).

A New York mug.

This mug was given as a christmas present to zweipol from our colleague Patrick when he moved to New York recently. I love that obviously Milton Glaser’s I ♥ NY graphic is a real modern classic, but that it’s somewhat cheaply printed on the mug. An icon meant to be used.

The Manual. 

One of a slew of new publications coming out of the currently very vibrant Web design scene, The Manual is a magazine, but you couldn’t tell by looking at it. But even more surprising than the high production values is the content: respected web-scenesters write thoughtful articles that are actually meant to last, and that made me take pause.