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      Ingredients 3/4 cup ground Folgers Classic Roast ® Coffee 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups cold water 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand ® Sweetened Condensed Milk Ice cubes Directions STIR together ground coffee and cinnamon. Brew in coffeemaker using 3 cups cold water. POUR sweetened condensed milk into 1 1/2-quart pitcher. Add hot brewed coffee, stirring until thoroughly blended. POUR coffee mixture over ice in tall glasses or cafe mugs. Serve immediately.

Ingredients 3/4 cup Dunkin' Donuts ® Dunkin' Turbo ® Coffee 3 cups cold water, divided 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup half-and-half, chilled Ice cubes Whipped cream Directions BREW coffee in coffeemaker using 1 1/2 cups cold water. COMBINE hot brewed coffee and sugar in glass bowl or pitcher. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Blend in 1 1/2 cups cold water and half-and-half. Chill until ready to serve. POUR over ice in tall glasses or cafe mugs. Top with whipped cream, if d

Hazelnut Iced Coffee Ingredients 1/2 cup chilled espresso 2 tablespoons simple syrup 2 tablespoons melted chocolate or chocolate sauce 2 tablespoons hazelnut-flavored syrup (or any flavored syrup) Ice cubes Whisk together espresso, simple syrup, melted chocolate or chocolate sauce, and hazelnut syrup. Pour mixture over ice cubes and serve.

Can You Water Plants with Coffee?    Coffee used as a fertilizer is not exactly a new idea. Gardeners add coffee grounds to compost piles where it decomposes and mixes with other organic matter to create some excellent soil. Of course, this is done with the grounds, not the actual cold cup of coffee sitting on your kitchen table. So, can you water your plants with coffee?     Coffee grounds are about 2% nitrogen by volume, nitrogen being an important component for growing plants. Composting grounds introduces microorganisms that break down and release the nitrogen as it raises the temperature of the pile and aids in killing weed seeds and pathogens.    Brewed coffee also contains measurable amounts of magnesium and potassium, which are building blocks for plant growth also. It seems a logical conclusion that watering plants with coffee should be very helpful.    However, you wouldn’t want to use the cup sitting in front of you. Some of people add a little cream, flavoring, and

COFFEE WINE (2) 1¼ cup instant mocha coffee 2½ lbs light brown sugar 1½ tsp citric acid ¼ tsp tannin 7 pts water 1 tsp yeast nutrient Pasteur Red or Côte des Blancs wine yeast Pour water in pot and put on to boil. Stir in sugar until dissolved. When sugar is completely dissolved, stir instant mocha mix into water. When water boils, remove from heat, cover and allow to cool. When at room temperature, stir in citric acid, tannin and yeast nutrient. Transfer to secondary, add activated yeast and cover mouth of secondary with napkin held in place with rubber band. When fermentation is vigorous, fit airlock. Rack three times, 60 days apart, topping up and refitting airlock each time. If desired dry, rack into bottles. If desired sweet or semi-sweet, stabilize, sweeten to taste, wait 10 days, and rack into bottles.

  New York's highest court refused to reinstate New York City's ban on the sale of sodas over 16 ounces, ruling that the city's health department overstepped its bounds when they approved the 16-ounce cap on sugary beverages.     "The Board of Health engaged in law-making beyond its regulatory authority," the opinion reads. "… It is clear that the Board of Health wrote the Portion Cap Rule without benefit of legislative guidance."    Judge Victoria Graffeo questioned the limit in light of exclusions like mixed  COFFEE drinks loaded with more than 800 calories. According to the American Beverage Association, New York City is the only jurisdiction attempting such a restriction, though several others around the country have tried and failed to impose special taxes on sugary drinks.

Improved circulation   Japanese researchers studied the effects of coffee on circulation in people who did not regular drink coffee. The participants consumed  5-ounces of either regular or decaffeinated coffee. Later, scientists gauged finger blood flow, a measure of how well the body’s smaller blood vessels work. The people who drank “regular” (caffeinated) coffee experienced a 30 percent increase in blood flow over a 75-minute period, compared to those who drank the (decaf) coffee.    Better circulation, better workout—your muscles need oxygen!

Hazelnut Iced Coffee Serves one  Ingredients 1/2 cup chilled espresso 2 tablespoons simple syrup 2 tablespoons melted chocolate or chocolate sauce 2 tablespoons hazelnut-flavored syrup (or any flavored syrup) Ice cubes Directions Whisk together espresso, simple syrup, melted chocolate or chocolate sauce, and hazelnut syrup. Pour mixture over ice cubes and serve

    Blended Vanilla Mocha, Great summer coffee drink. Serves one Ingredients 1/4 cup chilled strong coffee 1/4 cup ice cubes 1/4 cup milk 1 cup vanilla ice cream 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup Whipped cream Directions Combine coffee, ice cubes, milk, ice cream and chocolate syrup in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a large glass and garnish with whipped cream.

  Starbuck said this morning that it’s going into the “carbonation space,” What's that mean?, it’s going to sell soft drinks. Starbuck said that it’s a“handcrafted” soda. What does that mean?     A Starbucks handcrafted soda, “does not combine carbonated water with syrup.  Rather, the flavors and spices are put together in a large cheesecloth and steeped in hot water. You will be able to ask for a light, standard or extra carbonation.” The juice goes in first, then the fizz.   A tall “lemon ale fizzio handcrafted soda” will cost about $2.45. Starbucks sates that it will not use high-fructose corn syrup, or even venti-fructose corn syrup, just sugar, 21 grams in a tall lemon ale fizzio handcrafted soda. That’s about about five sugar packets.  If you put five sugar packets into your coffee, Your close on sweetness.  You can go all the way to a trenta, according to Starbuck’s Web site. That’s 52 grams of sugar, you do the math. It's about 13 sugar packs, in 31 ounces

Keurig  is joining forces with BJ’s Wholesale Club, to offer an 84-count box of Wellsley Farms Signature Blend K-Cup packs at a $29.99 price, the two companies said Monday. Headquartered in Westborough, BJ’s operates 202 clubs and 114 gas stations in 15 eastern states. Keurig and BJ’s, say their agreement “promises to unite the value and attraction of the Wellsley Farms brand with the expertise and consistent quality of Keurig’s best-in-class Keurig Brewed coffees.” Coca-Cola Co. not long ago raised its investment in Keurig Green Mountain. The world’s biggest beverage company said that a subsidiary now has a 16% stake in Keurig Green Mountain.