A Nice Cuppa

When It comes to tea and coffee recipes there are many recipes to be found. Plenty of cakes, cookies and beverages made from and or flavored with these. As a chef, I’ve found sweet and savory ingredients are crossing over more frequently and it is not rare to find wasabi, curry or fleur […]

Drink too much coffee and now you can???t sleep? You???re in luck, because the internet is teeming with fascinating coffee history essays to help you pass the time. For instance, what do you really know about the long and winding journey that brought coffee from Ethiopia to your local Starbucks? And did […]

Last Saturday I ventured into Cambridge, MA to check out Algiers ??? a tea and coffee place that supposedly had amazing Turkish coffee. I wasn???t too interested in coffee the night I went and decided to choose a tea from their list. I recognized all of the teas except for one ??? so […]

Coca-Cola is dipping its carbonated toe into the coffee drink waters yet again after recently introducing Coca-Cola Blak to American shores. This time around they are teaming with chocolate specialist Godiva Chocolatier to unveil Belgian Blends, a line of ???premium blended indulgent beverages??? which provide an experience ???more decadent than just plain coffee???.
Belgian Blends, […]

While most boutique coffee distributors work with small farmers, touting the higher quality of the beans, I was surprised to read Zach and Dani’s claim that they work with larger plantations for the same reason:
On Ethiopian coffee plantations, Ethiopian Yergacheffe coffee beans are generally harvested from September through November. However, small family farmers may […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Recap: Tuti pursues the target package via a mailable young Toronto courier named Keith. While he gives her no question asked access to incoming packages, she plays matchmaker. But the package has already been delivered, and what should have been a walk in the park for Tuti, […]

I am sitting at my dining table attempting to stare through the clouds and foggy mist that have vanished the tallest buildings in Manhattan. New England hasn???t seen this much rain in 70 years. With moody weather like this, I tend to think back to my first visits to England when I was […]

In a previous piece, ???What Color Are You?,??? the owner of the Village Tea Room in upstate New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley claimed that her burly male customers typically avoid the fruity and herbal varieties in favor of the brawny black teas.
Well, I think herbal teas merit another look through a guy???s eyes.
Herbal teas get […]

According to a recent Yahoo article, Australian researchers believe that caffeine may put people in a better mood, making them more agreeable and open to persuasion. The researchers believe that caffeine helps us to process information and increase how much we openly listen to a persuasive argument.
Those who participated in the study were quizzed […]

“Your taste buds will bloom”…
That’s what the Starbucks pitch is for their two new green tea beverages being introduced this spring. The Blackberry Green Tea Frappacino creme and the Tazo Green Tea Latte are both made with premium matcha green tea and packed full of flavor.
I haven’t had the […]