A Nice Cuppa

How cute are these? I was browsing around the Adagio Teas website and discovered they have their own line of bottled teas.Anteadote is pure refreshment. The teas contain no preservatives or additives, and no sweeteners. Just pure filtered water, fresh tea leaves and vitamin C. Anteadote is available in four varieties: Black Yunnan, Chun […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
WEST SUMATRA
INTERIOR - CAR/MOVING - DAY
GUNTER: Is this possible?
PRAMANA: How much do you have in personal accounts?
GUNTER: We need it now? What for?
PRAMANA: To make a buy. What d’you think?
GUNTER: All of it?
PRAMANA: Maybe…I’m kicking in too, so…whatever. Depends on what the […]

I’m constantly hearing something in the news that makes me say to myself, “What will they think of next?” But one beverage maker has gone a little too far in my opinion. ReDux Beverages of Las Vegas has created their own high-caffeine energy drink they’re calling Cocaine. The drink is sold in 8.4 oz cans […]

Is it fair to say a cafe is hidden if it’s on the main strip of one of the main suburbs in Seattle? Probably not. But, if you don’t know about Kahili Coffee and you are a Seattle area east-sider or a west-sider killing a few hours, say waiting to pick your […]

Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. Fried Twinkies. Cheese on a stick. No doubt some of the hedonistic flavors and artery-destroyers that paint the culinary canvas of this nation are less than nutritionally ??? or palatably ??? sound.
But we???ve entered into entirely new territory. We???ve taken a junk food item so ubiquitous it […]

I currently own three different milk steaming pitchers. Given that I’m the only one in my house that really drinks coffee, this may seem a bit extreme. But in reality, I have three because I am on a quest to find the perfect pitcher to help compensate for my poor art pouring abilities. Let me […]

(Kaji Aso Tea House water feature ?? 2005-2006 Nika Boyce)
The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a very special experience, usually performed inside a small room or building specifically designed for this custom.

(Mr. Kaji Aso performing the Japanese Tea Ceremony ?? 2005-2006 Nika Boyce)
During the ceremony, in the dim light and natural materials of the […]

Coffee is a well-loved drink in Spain. Its popularity is, perhaps, second only to ???anything with alcohol.??? A Spaniard will drink a coffee for breakfast, at mid-morning break, after lunch and, quite often, after dinner.
Nearly every Spanish home has a chrome, art deco-style, stovetop coffee maker, but coffee is best ??? and most […]

Nika Boyce writes for A Nice Cuppa, The Spirit World and for her two blogs Nika’s Culinaria (culinary photography and other food topics) and The Progressive HomeSchool (a blog that chronicles her family’s homeschooling adventures). She is a scientist who is taking some time off to raise and educate the three kids while also […]

It use to be that you had a few choices. Coke or Pepsi? Diet or Regular? Today, it’s a totally different story. You’ve got plain diet, then you’ve got diet with Splenda, diet with this, diet with that. Now Coca-Cola has introduced a drink that claims to actually helps you […]