A Nice Cuppa

Call it coincidence, but my new green coffee beans from Brazil arrived, just after I completed my FIFA World Cup pool with Brazil taking it all. Maybe my coffee juju will help them break the curse of a South American country winning on European soil. I watch and wait in anticipation, well caffeinated. […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Recap: Somewhere in The Cuppa is a package. It seems to be the apple of more than a few eyes. Tuti gets tough and does what she has to do to make things right. Unfortunately it means wearing an apron and slugging joe. And so, […]

True to my southern roots, I am a huge fan of iced tea, sweet of course. It’s not just one of those drinks we enjoy on a hot summer day, nope we enjoy it year round. These humid southern summers make us grow to appreciate our iced tea more and more with each […]

By Kaffenator
If you take a look at the lines of people waiting patiently to get into Trader Joe’s new Manhattan outlet, you’d think they were giving away their wares. Most of the prices are truly give away, especially if you compare them to the high quality of TJ’s wares.
The Coffee […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Recap: Someone’s looking for Pramana, nothing a half-sapped Gunter can help with. Tuti gets ahold of him though, and when it seems as if she’s about to come clean about her botched interception, she stops. There’s tension in the house.
And now we continue, with the Vanilla Thrilla. […]

In Virginia, summer arrives early. Trees bud and crocuses pop out of the ground in late February. By the time April ends, we???ve already had our share of humid days followed by evening thunderstorms. Even so, as with the rest of America, summer doesn???t officially begin until Memorial Day. We don???t […]

One of my favorite things about the summer time is drinking delicious, homemade sun tea. Unfortunately it has been raining non-stop for the past week here in NYC so it???s been impossible for me to make any yet this season. However, as soon as the weather clears up, I most certainly will be […]

Tea Sweets are delectable cookies made with premium tea leaves. The tasty little cookies are the work of the talented gals at Amai Tea & Bake House in NYC. The idea for Tea Sweets was developed when Amai’s co-owner and resident baker Kelli Bernard thought it strange that “tea cookies” typically contain no […]

Regardless of where you live, whether it???s north or south, east or west, the heat will set in. There will be gloriously hot days where your shirt sticks to your skin, your face is beaded with water droplets and all you can manage is sitting in the shade somewhere with a cool drink. […]

Much like its Columbian South American neighbor, Honduran coffee has been thought of as big-can commercial… cheap and cheap tasting coffee. But this misconception is starting to change, and as Sweet Maria’s found, many Honduras growers are delivering high quality beans and drawing an interest in the specialty market.
These Fabio Caballero beans are […]