🥂 Brandy

📰 A Dutch shipmaster in the 16th century used heat to concentrate wine in order to make it easier to transport, with the idea of adding water to reconstitute it when he arrived. It turned out concentrated wine is better than watered-down wine. Called ‘Burnt wine,’ or ‘brandewijn’ in Dutch, became a big hit.

ℹ️ Source: https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/10-accidental-discoveries-put-to-good-use/