Just Smell the Coffee

I would argue that one of the best smells in the whole wide world is fresh ground coffee. I mean fresh here. Not two-month old supermarket beans. Not Freeze-dried instant. But coffee beans that have been ground up a few hours earlier.

The smell of coffee (or rather lack of it) is one a …

Starbucks New Drink: Doubleshot Energy + Coffee

Starbucks has been hush-hush recently about their +Energy option you may or may not have already heard of. In fact myself being one of the key caffeine fiend targets being marketed to, I can’t say I wasn’t a little surprised they weren’t knocking at my door trying to get me to …

Hot Coffee Burns Again.

I think some people must have missed the lesson as a child that hot liquids can burn if you spill them.

I found it comical when the old lady sued McDonald’s over being burnt by their coffee and won millions. In fact, it was so ludicrous that Seinfeld had an episode devoted …

The Hot/Cold Coffee Mug

How to know when your coffee has gone cold…

The Hot/Cold Coffee Mug from Charles & Marie.

At plain sight it is a standard black mug as they come a dime a dozen and in big white letters it say COLD. Nothing fancy, but once you add the hot beverage of your choice, the mug changes color and is turning white

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Starbucks: Perfect Shot Gone Wrong

It’s about time for another anti-starbucks diatribe. Fanboys and girls - avert your gaze and cover your ears.

If you didn’t know - Starbucks has been experiencing a slowdown in sales. So much so that they are closing 7,100 stores nationwide (for just 3 hours) for retraining.

“We will have all new standards for how we create the drinks,” said spokeswoman

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