PRODUCT: Sweet Leaf Diet Tea

We prefer iced tea with no sweetener, or a just a touch, such as the bottled teas crafted by Honest Tea and Inko’s White Tea. So we are not a prospect for Sweet Leaf Tea, a brand we’ve tasted on numerous occasions. In organic and all-natural, original and flavored variations (lemon-lime, mint & honey, peach,…
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RECIPE: Cognac Cocktail–Strip The Lemon Wedge, Save The Strips

We love food garnishing, making each dish or drink special with tasty, edible decor (here’s a basic book to start with). A lemon or lime wedge, for example, is nothing special. But you can make it so by cutting small grooves, or channels, in the rind. To do this, you need a small tool call…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Signature Mocktail

A cranberry-lemonade mocktail. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Mixologists invent new cocktails all the time. They look at the ingredients around them, and start combining. You can do the same with mocktails, mixed drinks without alcohol. One of the most historic is shandy, a 50:50 combination of beer mixed with a carbonated…
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Espresso CocoZona, Coconut Water & Coffee

Coconut water + espresso = hydration with a caffeine kick. Photo courtesy AriZona Beverages USA.   Some months ago we tasted dozens of coconut waters, including CocoZona from AriZona Beverages USA. The company is now rolling out a second flavor: CocoZona Coconut Water with Espresso. The drink blends 100% pure coconut water with coffee, and…
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