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On our recent trip to Las Vegas, Starbucks was advertising cold brew coffee. I was intrigued, read up on it, and decided to try it. Delicious! So I set about to making some of my own at home. I read a number of recipes on how to do it but more or less settled on this one because it had an easy-to-remember 3-1 ratio. I don't put it in the fridge overnight. And my first test batch only brewed for about 8 hours. This one is going for 12, and it's a 9 cup batch using the Kicking Horse Grizzly Claw coffee, which I coarsely ground. It should be ready to strain in about 30 minutes and then it goes in the fridge to chill.

If memory serves, we bought these half-price on Boxing Day a few years ago in Saskatoon on our way back from family Christmas in Manitoba.

And Happy North American Wi–Fi Liberation Day !

Starbucks newest item is hot, chocolaty The new hot chocolate is different in that it's more chocolaty, and less based on milk, than the original, which will still be sold. The new blend contains four types of West African cocoa.

Free Starbucks Coffee Recipe E-Book Details in the link. Hat tip: Coffeefair.com

Mike Jenkinson wanted to share this with you: Changes: Starbucks To Buy Fancy Coffee Machine Maker, Add Reward Program http://consumerist.com/369913/starbucks-to-buy-fancy-coffee-machine... Powered by ShareThis

Starbucks To Begin Sinister 'Phase Two' Of Operation SEATTLE-Starbucks officials announced Monday that they are through with the coffee-distribution portion of their long-range plan.

I was at Costco today and on a whim picked up a tin of Schokinag European Extreme Dark European Drinking Chocolate. Think of it as really dark hot chocolate, except instead of a powder, you're buying tiny dark chocolate chips dusted in cocoa that melt into hot milk. Yummy! It reminded me a bit of Starbucks' Chantico drinking chocolate that the company used to sell. I had that once, and it was delicious, but the six-ounce size was actually too large for what was basically a cup of melted chocolate mixed with whole milk. The only time I tried it, I couldn't finish it - which was a badge of shame for this chocoholic. The Schokinag isn't as thick as the Chantico, and isn't quite as intensely flavoured, but it's still the most delicious store bought hot chocolate mix beverage I've ever had. Next time I make it, I might throw in a couple of shots of espresso and try a mega-dark cafe mocha.