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Walk into Graffiti Sublime Cafe and you’re in for a treat! This ultra trendy monochromatic themed spot located in Los Angeles’ La Brea district boasts incredible ambiance: art in every corner, endless ceilings giving way to that warehouse feel, tons of light through its massive glass windows and plenty of lounge-style seating. Intelligentsia coffee, juice, pastries, free wifi and people watching are all part of the fun at this cafe.
A healthy helping of citrus and spice can quench your thirst on a hot summer day!
Ingredients
Mix the chai and lemonade in a martini shaker and pour over ice. Garnish with a lemon wedge for an extra bite. Add in DaVinci Gourmet Raspberry or Strawberry Syrup and garnish with fresh raspberries and strawberries for a fruity addition to a refreshing summer treat.
The latest in apps, we came across “UP Coffee” by Jawbone, a company that creates health-monitoring devices. If you’re a coffee drinker but want to monitor your intake of coffee, this free app may just be for you. Essentially, it calculates how your caffeine intake affects your sleep. Here’s more info from the company describing this wonderful app:
Behind its delightful design, Jawbone’s world-class data scientists crunch numbers so you can learn about your body’s reaction to caffeine—without becoming jittery or disrupting your sleep.
Pair with UP by Jawbone to find out if afternoon pick-me-ups keep you awake at night, by how much, and what you can do to sleep more soundly. Don’t have an UP band? No problem. UP Coffee is for all.
Standout in your local market and improve your brand by considering these ideas that are trending across the country:
Live Music
Stand Up Comedy
Art Gallery
Guest Speaker
Book Signing
Short Film/Movie Night
Fashion Show
Enjoy this all time favorite dessert with a twist!
Ingredients
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Put chopped apples in 8×8 pan (or round pie dish). Add water and sprinkle with 1 1/2 teaspoons Chai mix. In a bowl, stir remaining Chai mix into margarine. Add oats, flour and brown sugar, stir until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake until golden brown and apples are tender, about 25-30 minutes. Serve with whip cream or ice cream.
Photo by Rory Gardiner.
We traveled “virtually” around the globe to find the most unique coffee shop concept and came across Third Wave in Torquay, Australia. When you’re riding the waves or watching the waves, a quick break at this kiosk can provide you a nice pick me up between breaks. Third Wave describes themselves as:
…a current movement to produce high-quality coffee, and consider coffee as an artisanal foodstuff, like wine, rather than a commodity, like wheat. This involves improvements at all stages of production, from improving coffee bean growing, harvesting, and processing, to stronger relationships between coffee growers and coffee traders and roasters, to higher quality and fresh roasting, at times called microroasting (by analogy with microbrew beer), to skilled brewing.
The kiosk will provide a wide variety of food through breakfast and lunch.The coffee is supplied by the coffee cartel who import speciality coffee beans from around the world.
Did You Know?
A recent article in The New York Times suggests that coffee houses are a great place to be creative:
“In a series of experiments that looked at the effects of noise on creative thinking, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had participants brainstorm ideas for new products while they were exposed to varying levels of background noise. Their results, published in The Journal of Consumer Research, found that a level of ambient noise typical of a bustling coffee shop or a television playing in a living room, about 70 decibels, enhanced performance compared with the relative quiet of 50 decibels.”
Delicious and sweet treat anytime!
Ingredients
Combine ingredients in serving cup. Stir and garnish.
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