A Nice Cuppa

This is one of the most common questions asked about tea.
A pound of tea contains more caffeine by weight than a pound of coffee. That pound of coffee is good for about forty cups, compared to the two hundred or more cups you can easily make from a pound of tea. A […]

Pippy Longstocking, my childhood spunky hero and advisor out of a story book. A female Doctor Seuss who wore just what she wanted and got into lots of monkey business too! Now that we are all grown up? No more munching on rainbow gobstoppers nor red hot candies. But we still need a little sugar and […]

Valentines Day is around the corner, and who says we can’t show some Nice Cuppa Love? Scoop up hot chocolate, Abbey’s coffee, or spoon up caviar for blinis and afternoon tea, for your loved ones. The love spoon is by Italian owned Allessi with love, designed by Miriam Mirri.
$5.95 What is a nice cuppa without […]

 As if Thanksgiving were not enough work?
Thanksgiving and thank goodness for our pets! Dogs decked out in bow ties had high tea at Oxo Tower on London’s South Bank to launch the Tea Party campaign for The Blue Cross.  “This dapper dog, Romi, a Hungarian Vizeli, demonstrates the manners of an English socialite at the […]

While I keep my Nescafé Taster’s Choice single packets in my office desk drawer, and swing by Dunkin Donuts a couple of times a week for my large iced coffee with cream only, I do try to brew a pot of coffee at home some days.  Still, I have an old peculator that was my […]

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 […]

Starbucks is the type of company that people love and hate to extremes.
Those who love the coffee have taken to enjoying it everywhere — at the airport, hotel, office, home, etc. The word ‘coffee’ is even being replaced with Starbucks altogether. Walking along the streets of New York and at the office, […]

Next time you’re taking up the tables at a tea house or sipping a cup at home with friends, here’s something to talk about: the history of tea. Check out the timeline at 2bAsnob.com. Not to worry about the title–with this knowledge, you are more likely to be dubbed a tea […]

Coffee culture is hot; it’s sophisticated and it’s everywhere. There are those among us who can rattle off the meaning of Espresso Con Panna, Macchiatos and Breve’s with nary a blink of an eye, just like some people can tell you what Malbec and Torrontes are. (they are the red and white wine varietals of […]

I don’t know when exactly my epiphany was. I know it struck sometime last summer, in the height of heat and humidity, in a dark and musty Virginian dorm room where I was staying for a job. I know there was desperation in my northeastern soul as I battled the gigantic bugs that […]