A Nice Cuppa

(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 […]

I may have heard it all now. A couple in the UK recently tied the knot and headed straight for Starbucks, where they were greeted by smiling baristas. They shared the caffeinated reception with 30 friends and family members in a roped-off area of the cafe. I suppose the story is pretty […]

Coca-Cola is no stranger to the coffee business, having already introduced us to Coke Blak, a bottled soft drink of cola infused with coffee. But, the company is going in a radical direction with their new line of products. Coke has recently launched a new brand called Far Coast, which is the soft-drink […]

I overheard the owner Elspeth say, “Don’t outsource your soul”
It’s a sassy tea room in the East Village, NYC sporting a sort of slang Colonial tea gone into the wilderness with 1940’s Jazz. There is an invisible shroud of incense which can ignite a sort of “cronos dysphoria”. Cronos meaning “time”, I […]

Saint???s Alp Teahouse
39 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10003
En route to meet some friends for drinks on a Friday after work, a fellow bubble tea devotee and I couldn???t help but wander into Saint???s Alp Teahouse in the East Village (on 3rd Ave between 9th and 10th), NYC. Whether you???ve already been introduced to bubble […]

I have heard many times that Hyssop tea is the way to go for a sore throat, no matter what the cause. Being a firm believer in “doctoring”, as my grandmother would say, I was a doubter. How could a simple herbal tea compete with the technology of modern chemistry? I’m not […]