Coffee, tea, café culture and what to drink with your food
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Caffeine and Focus: Myths and Facts
A coffee before a hard task is a habit for many of us. Here is what public health and food safety sources…
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Working From a Café: An Etiquette Checklist
A café can be a fine place to work for an hour or two if you treat it as a shared space.…
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How to Brew Loose Leaf Tea
Loose leaf tea asks for more attention than a bag, and pays it back in flavor. Water, temperature, amount and time are…
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Coffee Culture Around the World
Some coffee traditions are about speed, others about lingering for hours. Knowing which is which helps you choose where to sit, what…
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Wine Pairing Basics
You do not need a cellar or a vocabulary list to pair wine well. A handful of taste interactions, applied in order,…
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Types of Tea Compared
Every true tea comes from one plant. What separates a brisk black from a soft white is mostly what happens to the…
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Ordering at a Specialty Coffee Shop
Single origin, pour-over, cortado: the menu can look like a quiz. Here is a plain, step-by-step way to order a coffee you…