Category: Beverages

TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Organic & Fair Trade Coffee

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It’s effortless to save the world by drinking organic, Fair Trade coffee. Photo by Ermek | IST. With coffee emporia nearly everywhere you look—cafés and shops that sell beans—you’d think that coffee was a hot growth category. Yet the annual growth rate of conventional coffee between 2000 and 2008 was just 1.5%. Organic coffee imports…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Super-Rich Cocoa & Hot Chocolate

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For an extra-rich cup of cocoa or hot chocolate, always use whole milk, and stir a teaspoon or more of unsalted butter into each cup at the end, until it dissolves. This produces a better result than using cream or half-and-half to make the cocoa. The butter transforms average cocoa into a good cup, and…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Golden Star Sparkling Tea

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Golden Star is terrific gift for anyone, and especially for those who are abstaining from alcohol. Photo courtesy of Golden Star. Oops—we forgot to post last week’s Top Pick, Golden Star Sparkling Tea. It’s such a wonderful product, we don’t want anyone to miss out on it. If you’re a non-drinker, designated driver, or otherwise…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Vitamin C Juice Jolt

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If you turn to orange juice for vitamin C, you should know that tropical fruit juices like guava and mango have even more vitamin C per serving. They also have more layers of flavor. Natural food markets and chains like Whole Foods are one source to find tropical juices; international supermarkets catering to Latino, Indian…
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