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Would You Drink a Hot Smoothie?

YumSugar — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:30:54 -0800

Coffee and tea are so passé. At the St. Mark's Place location of Surf City Squeeze in Manhattan, it's all about the hot smoothie. New York Press writer Justin Richards decides to try it out, and concludes it's not really his cup of ~~tea~~ hot smoothie: "If you don't drink it soon enough, it's like you're cleaning your apartment the morning after a smoothie party," he explains. Would you give it a whirl?

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Would You Drink This Salty Coffee?

YumSugar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:30:33 -0800

In the past few years, we've seen savory cheesecake and salted caramels take over the gourmet food scene. So could salty coffee be far behind?

Time reports that Taiwan's number one coffeehouse, 85C Bakery Cafe, introduced a sea-salt coffee that's been topping its sales charts. The sweetened coffee has a thick foam that's imbued with the flavor of sea salt.

Tell me: Do you think this sounds more appetizing than a hot smoothie?

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Starbucks: Still Chewing on Breakfast Sandwiches

YumSugar — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:00:57 -0700

In a last-minute change of heart, Starbucks has decided to keep its breakfast sandwiches on the menu. Last January the coffee giant announced that it would be pulling all of its breakfast sandwiches from stores this September. The reason? Their pungent smell interfered with the in-store coffee aroma. Now, Starbucks says it plans to modify the sandwich recipe, swapping the cheese and using less butter:

We are not reversing our decision to replace the breakfast sandwiches, but rather we are continuing to evolve our food offerings. We have found small ingredient changes that address the aroma issues of our current breakfast sandwiches, and have implemented these already.

This change comes in light of Starbucks's many Wall Street woes, which include closing 600 stores and trying to gain smoothie market share. No doubt the website that's petitioning to keep the hot breakfast item is ecstatic about the development. What are your thoughts?

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