A Nice Cuppa

The World Tea Expo is a yearly event, which is the largest tea trade show in the world. This years expo kicked off on April 3, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV. The 2006 expo brought record attendance far surpassing anything World Tea Expo founder and president, George Jage, ever anticipated.
This year’s event featured […]

Being your own barista is a messy job. Grinds and splashes of espresso and milk tend to get everywhere. Most of the time, I feel like I’m fighting a constantly losing battle to keep my kitchen from looking like I trounced across it with muddy feet. And, if the counters get that […]

She dressed you up and made sure you always had shoes on your feet. She gave you a sweater and told you to stay warm. She may have taught you to ride a bike, to stand up to peer pressure, to drive, to put on mascara, to stand tall in those very shoes […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Recap: Pramana and Gunter’s ambitions lie beyond the Indonesian courier biz, but for now at least, it’ll provide easy access to international drug markets at nil cost. Just a matter of finding the right package content and destination. The rest is gravy, and untraceable, to them anyway. […]

Shopping in Soho on a warm sunny day is wonderful. The sidewalks are crowded with people from everywhere. Vendors busy themselves selling goods ranging from beautiful art and jewelry to incense and used shoes. The streets are always packed with an intriguing mix of taxis aspiring to speed through and cars sauntering […]

A scene from a diner:
I???m alone, poured comfortably into a corner booth seat, perusing the gargantuan menu. My stomach rumbles rudely and begs for a hearty lunch. I scan my eyes hungrily over the gratuitous choices and land on the tuna melt. It???s just what I want ??? savory tuna salad and […]

Walk into a coffee house and even alot of bakeries and you’re almost guaranteed to see a nice selection of biscotti.
Biscotti are crisp italian cookies which are traditionally flavored with anise. It doesn’t stop with anise though, there’s vanilla almond, cinnamon sugar, chocolate, cranberry orange, and the list goes on - I […]

A couple of months ago while shopping at World Market, I came across a display of an assortment of Guittard products. I’ve tried the mint chips and absolutely love them, so I grabbed a bag of the cappuccino chips. I could never seem to find anything to use them in. I didn’t […]

The botanical name for chocolate is Theobroma, which means “food of the gods”.
One of the greatest pleasures of growing up in Mexico was being surrounded by wonderful food all around you and everywhere you look..even when you???re not actually looking for it.
Perhaps most of my most vivid memories are those that are remembered through […]

Espresso Vivace has reached somewhat legendary status in Seattle. If you visit the shop, be prepared to know the protocol. Don’t order a grande or a venti anything. They don’t have it, and if you use those words, you will be instantly classified as “one of those people.” Yes, Espresso Vivace […]