A Nice Cuppa

The holiday season is approaching at what feels like the speed of light, and that often adds chaos to our already busy lives, right?   With all the extra activities we find ourselves a bit more stressed and a little more tired than usual.  And, if you’re like me being stressed and tired can lead to […]

It’s time for eggnog lattes and peppermint mochas again.  Starbucks is already in the holday spirit.  This year Starbucks is sending out Cheer Passes, hoping to inspire folks to spread good will by committing random acts of kindness. 
Starbucks President and CEO Jim Donald has teamed up with a select group of its employees to pass […]

Feeling creative?  If so maybe you should give this a shot…
There is a new tea which is finally ready to go to market that was developed in Taiwan by researchers 37 years ago.  Here’s the catch - the tea needs a “non-scientific” name. 
The Taipei Times reported Monday that the governmental Tea Research and Extension Station is accepting name […]

I’m constantly hearing something in the news that makes me say to myself, “What will they think of next?” But one beverage maker has gone a little too far in my opinion. ReDux Beverages of Las Vegas has created their own high-caffeine energy drink they’re calling Cocaine. The drink is sold in 8.4 oz cans […]

Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. Fried Twinkies. Cheese on a stick. No doubt some of the hedonistic flavors and artery-destroyers that paint the culinary canvas of this nation are less than nutritionally ??? or palatably ??? sound.
But we???ve entered into entirely new territory. We???ve taken a junk food item so ubiquitous it […]

It use to be that you had a few choices. Coke or Pepsi? Diet or Regular? Today, it’s a totally different story. You’ve got plain diet, then you’ve got diet with Splenda, diet with this, diet with that. Now Coca-Cola has introduced a drink that claims to actually helps you […]

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 […]

Each fall fans of the Pumpkin Spice Latte cheer as Starbucks re-introduces it to their lineup. In addition, this year Starbucks is adding the Maple Macchiato to its fall menu. If you live in Canada and certain parts of the US, mainly the North East, you just might have already had a chance […]

According to a recent article on the “Scientific American” website, a new study shows that cola consumption can be linked to weaker bones in women. The study conducted by Dr. Katherine L. Tucker of Tufts University in Boston, was made up of more than 2,500 adults, 1,413 women and 1,125 men, and found that […]

Some records are made to be broken. And Sunday in Nagoya, Japan a lotta folks just broke one. Thousands of people volunteered to take part in a tea ceremony that would break the world record for simultaneous tea-drinking.
Sunday’s ceremony makes it’s way into the record books, sweeping aside the […]