TIP OF THE DAY: How To Remove Food Stains On Teeth, Hands & Fabric

If you’ve ever drunk more than a few glasses of red wine; eaten lots of beets, berries or carrot purée; you know that food can stain teeth, as well as the hands used to prepare it and the clothes worn to make or eat it. Even white wine can stain: It has both acid and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Caramel Macchiato Recipe To Make At Home

One of our team makes two runs a day for a caramel macchiato at the corner Starbucks. This one’s for you, Christina. There are numerous types of espresso drinks, from affogato (espresso served over ice cream) to Vanilla Latte (3:1 steamed milk and espresso with vanilla-flavored syrup). “Macchiato” means marked or stained in Italian (in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Coffee Flavor Wheel

The new Coffee Flavor Wheel offers essential training on how to understand the flavors and aromas of coffee. Photos courtesy SCAA.org.   One of the ways you get to be expert in a category—beer, chocolate, coffee, olive oil or wine, for example—is to learn to identify the flavor elements. We do this with a flavor…
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RECIPE: Peppermint Mocha Coffee

Peppermint Mocha Holiday Coffee. Photo courtesy Tylers Coffee.   You could spend $5 at Starbucks for a Peppermint Latte, or make this over-the-top cup from Tylers Coffee, a Tucson-based specialist in USDA organic, acid-free coffee. It’s one of Tylers* most popular seasonal recipes.   WHAT IS MOCHA? The culinary term mocha refers to a mixture…
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