A Nice Cuppa

Do you need a good wake up drink in the morning? Me too. Every morning. You know how it is: your alarm has jolted you from sleep, leaving your eyes half shut with lids unyielding.
I just don’t know how people who don’t drink coffee do it. When your limbs just don’t want to pull away […]

Have your sparkles after a cool jazz concert this sultry summer, and the best part is it being alcohol and hangover free! A bewitching brew? Light and delightful champagne seeming… twinkling Golden Star jasmine tea filled with an aquatic blooming bouquet of undulating cool buds and tea leaves.
I received the press release on this […]

Hello. My name is Abbey… and I’m a coffee-holic.
Thank you for accepting me. Though, if you’re reading this site, I have a feeling you’re in the same boat.
Well, it’s time I did something with this obsession. For the next couple of weeks (or longer if this takes off), I’m going to photograph everything that I […]

For those who would prefer a little Giddy Crimson drama with their Asti or Champagne?

Just found this beautiful royal flower, for the likes of a near operatic entry of 2008’s Midsummer Nights velvet curtain stage! Or is it the shiny hibiscus delerium during Snow White’s sonambulist dreams? This sipper has got costume, attitude and a […]

You may have read Carrie’s excellent review of Fizzy Lizzy sparkling juices on this site earlier this month. If not, you should! It contains a wealth of background info on these wonderful real-juice sparklers. Carrie did such a great job of this, I’m not going to reinvent her wheel. Instead, I refer you to her review, and […]

The box of Pom Wonderful Teas arrived just in time for the long Fourth of July weekend (and Denver’s first heat wave). Now bottled in an ecologically-friendly and portable plastic bottle, the all-natural iced teas offer a delicate balance between tea flavors and fruit juice. Black, red, green, and white teas are all represented, with […]

Sublime recipes for cool summer tea infusions…
Take off your shoes, shut your oven off for at least a tiny bit and let nature soothe you with some a cool brew fresh tea leaf infusions. One summer, when my air conditioner was not in the mood to be cool, I wanted to make some iced tea and could […]

I am a big fan of mom-and-pop type establishments.  Whether it be a family-run restaurant, bookstore or other retail place, I seek them out regularly and patronize them as much as I can.  That being said, I’m totally loving the people at Starbucks lately, both in front of and behind the counter.
On two recent visits […]

I keep wanting to call these sparkling juices fizzy lifting drinks, a la Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, because the name and the drinks are just that whimsical and fruity. But they won’t make you burp, Charlie. The New York-based Fizzy Lizzy, so named for founder Elizabeth Morrill, sells eight gently carbonated juices that […]

“All this in tea,” a film by Les Blank and Gina Liebrecht.
Les Blank follows the Pied Piper of tea leaves….

Would like to visit the tea version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with a tad more influence from National Geographic? Follow the Pied Piper of tea leaves, David Hoffman, through the lush lands of […]