Drinks
Mud Truck Coffee
Here’s some awesomely free advice: If you ever see a Mud coffee truck, chase it.
I went to Mud cafe last summer in the East Village, so when I saw the actual Mud truck near the Astor Place subway stop last weekend, I had to try. We ordered two chai lattes and vanilla latte after brunch, and it was SO GOOD.
Craving of the Day: Cappuccino from Agharta Jazz Club in Prague
A yummy cappuccino I had while in Prague. A+ for presentation, although it could have been served a little hotter. The experience of the intimate, underground jazz club in Old Town Square more than compensated for it though.
Restaurant Info:
Agharta Jazz Club
Zelezna 16
Old Town, Prague 1
Czech Republic
Tel: 00420 222 211 275
Prague
My cappuccino cravings meet Krups’ Nescafé Dolce Gusto
Our daily cappuccino in Rome from Eola Cafe on Viale Dei Quatro Venti
I just got back from a whirlwind Europe trip that included a week in Italy. Needless to say, I kinda OD’d on the cappuccino there. I’m talking every morning, sometimes twice…once even three times. Don’t judge me.
The funny thing is, I don’t normally drink coffee to start my day. But when in Rome…
And I have to say, I REALLY miss my daily caffeine injections. So when I was invited to check out the coffee creations by Krups Nescafé Dolce Gusto this morning, I was more than game.
NYC Wine & Food Festival: A Tea Party with Tracy Stern
Salontea owner, Tracy Stern and her book Tea Party
The tea enthusiast’s obsession began as a child as she gallivanted across Europe with her antique collector parents, acquiring her own pots and cups along the way. Various teas in her line have a specific beautifying mission in mind, such as the “Toxic Beauty”, a low caffeine green tea blend with ginkgo, nettle, blackberry, St. John’s wart, mistletoe and lemongrass, ingredients intended to provide the necessary antioxidants to forgive a hectic lifestyle. And a line of spa products also incorporate tea in everything from eye pads to body scrubs to foot treatments. Ah, beauty and food. Exactly what we like best.
As part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival, Stern threw a high tea party at the Soho House library to promote her book, Tea Party. It turned out to be an aphrodisiac filled meal meant to seduce your senses: Ginger scones and clotted cream, salmon and crème fraiche sandwiches, a blueberry soup shot, and the perfect cap, her own brand of chocolate chai (aptly dubbed “The Lover”) with a bite-sized truffle infused with the very same blend. Did I forget to mention the equally seductive burlesque act by Grace Gotham that involved a giant teacup? Though personally, the food itself was more my cup of tea!!
Love coffee? You’ll probably love this.
What better way to tell your coffee-loving counterpart how you feel than through your drink…literally.
CoffeeStencil.com makes handmade plastic stencils of texts and graphics that you simply put over your java drink, sprinkle a little cinnamon or chocolate powder, and voilà:
Credit: Coffee Stencils
Random question: What do you put in your coffee?
I’m not a coffee addict, but I can always go for a latte. I have a bad habit of using sugar substitutes like Splenda in my drink though (it’s just sweeter…I have a bad case of a sweet tooth).
My little cousin in on a campaign to stop the family from eating any artificial sweeteners because of its counterintuitive side effects (you may save on calories now, but it also causes you to eat more…sorry, you can’t trick your body into thinking its getting the real thing!), and of course controversy surrounding it’s potential cancer risk.
