A Nice Cuppa

If you keep on heading south on the highway past the bustling Bank Street of Vashon Island, you’ll soon come across one of the coolest little coffee shops around… The Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. It’s a quaint stop along the way and like much of Vashon Island, makes sustainability and quality top priorities. […]

A new study on the effects of coffee as relates to cardiovascular difficulties is sure to add more fuel to the caffeinated fire of coffee???s potential health effects. This study, as reported by HealthDay, found that ???one cup or less of coffee per day may set off heart attacks in people with a sedentary […]

One of the greatest things about living in the Northeast is the clear definition and extension of the four seasons. The clear crispness and browning leaves ease us into fall. By winter, the branches are bare and the days are unbearably short. And then the crocuses usher in spring with their sturdy […]

In a previous issue of Olive magazine, they highlighted a new cocktail borne from the imagination of Adam Parsons of Manchester’s Matt and Phred’s Jazz Club, the Tib Street Tea Party. With a strong nod to British flavors, it combines Hendricks Gin and Chamomile Tea, and they serve it uniquely, in a tea cup.
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On a recent episode of HBO???s Entourage, the character Johnny Drama stages a revolt at an espresso bar when the merchant doesn???t honor his ???buy-9-drinks-get-the-10th-free??? card. Ranting and raving amid violent finger-pointing, he reams the guy out for failing to let him pay for his latte with the wallet-sized piece of paper. A tad melodramatic? […]

I???m not a big tea drinker. I dig the herbal tea when I???m feeling ill, but standard black tea was never my thing. A friend introduced me to Chai Spiced tea a few years ago, and that was tasty, but I realized that I was pouring so much sugar into the drink; it was […]

I???ve been waiting for my green coffee place to send me a nice fat bag of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, quite possibly the best coffee ever, but seeing as the Yirgacheffe is out of season right now, I was happy to have the Djimmah instead. My coffee preferences run to Africa and Asian as opposed to South […]

Celestial Seasonings introduces a new product: Zingers to Go. A new line of instant herbal iced teas. Zingers to Go are individual serving packets that mix with water. Simply pour a packet into your bottle of water and you’ve got flavored iced tea on the go. Enjoy flavors with names […]

For as long as I can remember, I have loved writing and yearned to be a freelance journalist when I grew up. When I moved out on my own for the first time, I discovered a second passion … cooking. Now, many years later, I still have a love for both and started my site, […]

Unless you are a seasoned craft beer appreciator, the combination of coffee and beer might sound a little strange, but the two flavors work together and make a nice pairing.
My first experience with mixing the flavor of beer with coffee was when I was in graduate school. At the north gates of the […]