The Coffee and Tea Festival (# ??)

Here is this week's edition of the Coffee and Tea Festival. This is a blog carnival all about coffee, tea, and their respective industries. You can find posts reviewing coffee shops and tea houses, coffee and espresso equipment, coffee and tea blends, and news from origins. We had 5 submissions this week so let's begin.. In our first post, I wanted to presents Dr Lux posted at Arizona Coffee. This is a drink that I have never tried before. What are your thoughts? Our second post is somewhat of a review. Lakshmi presents Mmmmm?coffee ! posted at Alchemy. So, you are having people over to cup some fine new coffees or you are going to press some tea. What are you going to eat with them? Look no further than our next post as Gillian Polack presents Food History » Blog Archive » Tea biscuits, ginger biscuits and various scones posted at Food History. Do we have anyone from New Hampshire that reads this thing? You may want to see what our next post has to say. Roderick Russell presents Cold Mountain Cafe Review posted at NOUMENON :: Art, Ideas, Culture & Capricious Opinion. I am glad to see that we are beginning to get some reviews at the festival. What better way to pick out what cafes you are going to try when you are traveling than a hands on review from another customer. Keep those coming! Ok, so I have found myself almost always included a non coffee or tea related post and this last one is our weekly pick. Joe Caterisano presents "The Best" Hershey's cocoa brownies posted at Mom's Favorites. I am going to leave you with some caffeine states I read last night in this month issue of Barista Magazine. Enjoy.. 90% of Americans consume caffeine on a daily basis Drip coffee (115-175mg) typically contains more caffeine than espresso (100-110mg) Darker roasted coffees tend to have less caffeine than lighter ones Caffeine intoxication can occur when a person ingests more than 250mg of caffeine Caffeine fading is the process of reducing one's caffeine intake by a half-cup of coffee or tea a day Caffeine, theobromine and theophylline are alkaloids that occur naturally (and often together) in products like coffee, tea, cocoa beans, and mate A lethal dose of caffeine is 10g, or in the neighborhood of 80 cups of coffee Caffeine is an alkaloid, and is present in more than 60 types of plants. It acts as a natural pesticide Well, that will do it for this weeks edition. Thanks to everyone who submitted and please keep the posts coming. The more we get, the more we can all get to know each other and these great industries. If you find anything that should be included, please pass them along! As always, you can submit your posts with this fantastic little form or click on the ad on the left side-bar of this blog. I apologize for the tardiness of this festival. I have no excuse. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. ..be bold Tagged: coffee and tea festival, blog carnival, espresso, coffee, tea The Global Exchange Fair Trade Store is your Online Source for Socially Conscious Gifts