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by Marye on June 28th, 2008

That is Sean.  He is 9.  He is one of my 8 favorite kids.  And that is a classic Sean pose.  He is a man of few words but a lot of determination.

You know, I realized tht while I CAN call it blog surfing on Baking Delights I can’t really call it that here because so much of the time it is news and items of interest from the web. So, in the interest of truth in advertising we are just going to call it surfing.

Good news for coffee drinkers, a higher coffee consumption seems to lower the risk for liver cancer. I hate these studies. You know that someone is going to come out with another one that says higher coffee consumption is going to increase the risk for something else and then we are all going to be doing a balancing act between the two..

If you need more than coffee to get you going then you might be interested in the Coco Cola company’s new energy drink release, Full Throttle Coffee. I don’t care for energy drinks. I think they are incredibly unhealthy and taste like…uh…really nasty. However, if you really want to give yourself a stroke this is probably a great way to do it.

Stephen Morissy of Dublin has won the title of World Coffee Champion. His signature drink is, ” built with a chocolate and espresso chantilly, a milk and cinnamon panna cotta, then topped off with a little blueberry jelly and ground freeze dried blueberries. It is served as a solid dessert until the last moment, when it is blow torched it into a liquid.”

I am sure that is all very cool to watch but I am starting to wonder if the popularity and chic-ness of coffee is starting to cause it to be very overdone. When being green became cool we moved from a good thing to greenwashing..so now are we moving coffee to coffee-washing? I mean if you can’t just drink a cup of coffee without the bells and whistles why bother?

Another case in point. Bikini Coffee Company. The baristas wear bikini tops and shorts. YAY. Just where I want to go to relax on a date with my husband. When it has to be this off the wall it just needs not to be done. I find this not only poor taste but…Hey, if your coffee is so bad you have to entice men in to the shop by barely covered boobs then maybe you better open a Dunkin Donuts shop. Or something. This deserves an award for the stupidest idea in coffee drinking.

Jamie Oliver Curry on the Epicurious Blog has a great post on 10 Ways to Make Office Coffee Better. For those of you that actually HAVE an office it has some great ideas.

Green tea yogurt? Hmmm..I am not sure about this one!

Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist is hosting a Mad Hatter Tea Party. The guests are amazing! Check it out.

Plow and Hearth has some cool stuff but check out this Tea Stick! It is a scoop, measurer and infuser all in one!

As I was stumbling tea sites (and if you have never used stumble you need to…just always give me a thumbs up! LOL!) I came across this Interview with God. Take a few minutes and watch it. It is awesome.

Adagio Tea’s Tea Chef blog has a contest every month. You send in a recipe using the tea flavor of the month.  This month’s is Masala Chai.  You can win gift certificates and stuff!

And there it is!

Have a great weekend.  And don’t forget that tomorrow is Daring Bakers reveal Day..so be sure to check Baking Delights to see my creation!

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