Archive for the ‘tea’ tag
Southern Tea #
Strange Maps points to an interesting one: you can map the northern extent of America’s South by seeing how far north in Virginia McDonald’s has sweet tea.
Reading the Tea Leaves, err, Mushrooms #
The surest sign that Facebook is “the next Google”?
But by all measures gastronomic, Google was still the dominant firm—until now. One of Google’s current chefs is Josef Desimone, who is admired chiefly for the kombucha tea that he ferments from scratch and that gets the employees’ creative juices flowing. Now however, Mr Desimone is smelling the coffee. He has given notice to Google, and will soon start work at Facebook. On Wall Street, no doubt, the short sellers have taken note.
Also, technically kombucha isn’t even a mushroom. But “a symbiosis of bacteria and yeast” was too long for the title.
The Handle-less Mug #
Big City, Little Kitchen has pictures of the most innovative coffee mug I’ve ever seen.
The radiator mug is a porcelain vessel that is covered in heat-dispersing fins. Not only do the fins make the mug look incredible, they add surface area so that even the hottest drinks can be held without having to resort to a handle. The mug is crafted after a heat sink, similar to one in your car’s engine or in your computer. Be careful though; being able to hold the mug does not mean that your beverage is cool enough to drink.