Humankind Candles

I was lucky enough to get a last minute solo dining reservation at Rijks, a one Michelin star restaurant here in Amsterdam. I noticed them cleaning the amuse bouche off with clear liquid, and ended up asking my waiter what they used to clean the glasses and plates before serving.

How this is relevant to /humankind is that I polish every single candle that goes out to customers, so sharing this similarity was very special.

The head chef Friso ended up coming over and explaining to me that they used 96% drinking alcohol, and I explained how I needed to polish my candle glasses too.

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make beautiful, functional, and ethically made candles at humankind.place

Me, Friso, and the waiter ended up doing a shots together. Plus they took off the label and gave it to me as a souvenir. 

The fact that we could share a technique as a step in perfecting our craft (using alcohol to polish glasses) was awesome. I feel closer in my journey to greatness and more confident in /humankind.

Jamie • /devrel • /bicycling • /chicago • /djs • home @ /chicagolife

Ahhh that's so cool thank you for sharing 1000 $DEGEN 🥹

IRL: Creative Director who makes movies and ads.

This was just lunch, so I only did four courses. I thought it was good, exactly what you expect from a 1 star. Technically excellency was there, could’ve had more soul or storytelling🤷🏻


But also I’m recovering from a cold so my palette is weird

but...I was curious and kind of waiting you talk about... how was the food? 👀

rhijn.eth 🇳🇱 female/she/her. creative soul. astrophile. goldsmith-jeweller-gemmologist. paramedic. /goldsmithing /coven 💎⌚️🌸

Estonian documentary and fine art photographer



creator: /now • /portrait • /shakti •
https://linktr.ee/angelikakollin

Such nice explorations Sam!!! Love reading these snippets from travels ❤️

Building /farconic with my brother Yoni | yoniishappy.com | gilalter.com

400 $degen wishes to beautiful weekend 🐌