A Nice Cuppa

It literally came to me in a vision.
While I was struggling to wake up this morning and trying to decide what to write about for my post, in a flash I thought of limeade. Luckily, I had four limes at my disposal. I’d never made one before, so after consulting a few recipes, I came up […]

The Japanese are onto something with their tea ceremonies. Tea tends to be process-oriented and can be a bit fussy when you are pressed for time, but when you have a few extra moments, the attention to detail it requires slows you down. This, in turn, brings a welcome change of pace that reminds me […]

A few days ago, Starbucks announced that its profits for this year’s third quarter were substantially lower than they were last year at this time. This may not sound like big news, but it’s the first time the coffee giant has reported a quarterly loss since it went public in 1992. The losses are forcing […]

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 […]

When I was in college, I started brewing a mix of herbal teas together and refrigerating them, adding honey and mint or lemon to taste. I was also known for mixing juice and seltzer together. I’m not bragging, but stating the facts: I have been ahead of beverage trends for quite awhile. It was inevitable […]