The Holiday Blend, Again.
It’s about that time of year — the air thrums with the holiday melodies of Bing and Nat and Manheim Steamroller, thrills with aromas of spruce and spice, and shop-fronts and shoppers alike dress in their Christmas finery — surely, Thanksgiving Day...
Vermonter Quiz, Winter Edition
The Winter issue of Vermont Life magazine (no, the magazine title is not intended to be ironic) boasts a contest… a quiz whereby you may determine just how true a Vermonter you really are. Being a recent transplant — and a flatlander, at that — I...
Single Cup Coffee Showdown: Tassimo vs. Keurig
[green_box] It’s been two years since I wrote this comparison. I’ve since updated it. The updated version of this article can be found here. [/green_box] Just when you thought it was safe to cast your lot and pick a single cup coffee brewer (be it a pod...What’s in a Name?
If your barista asks for your name, does is strike you as the neighborly thing to do? A community thing? Or is it nobody’s business? Janice O’Leary offers offers one point of view in the Boston Globe : In September, as part of a new policy, my Starbucks...
Help Stan’s Victims: Buy Coffee
I’m especially pleased to see that Kenneth Davids has chosen to highlight coffees of Guatemala and the southern Mexico state of Chiapas — regions hard hit by hurricane Stan — in his November 2005 installment of Coffee Review. Says Ken: Given...Tweetstream
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