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HotShot, hot coffee in a can.    A $14 billion category, that is what hot coffee in a can is in Japan. Hotshot cans of 100% Arabica Sumantra coffee are stored at 140°F. in a "hot fridge," called the HotBox. Consumers simply reach in, grab a can, open and drink. "After a trip to Japan in 2009, I discovered hot fridges and ready-to-drink hot coffee," said HotShot founder Danny Grossfeld. "After extensive research and more than $1 million in investment to optimize the product, package and HotBox offering, HotShot is a product that has been adapted from the proven formula in Japan to fit American tastes."   HotShot drinks are in aluminum cans with insulating labels made to allow the coffee drinker to easily hold the can.. Flavors are espresso, French vanilla, caramel and hot chocolate. They are said to have a one-year shelf life, and up to four months when continuously heated.   The company said early ...

  Easter is this coming Sunday, so the odds are you will have some chocolate in the house. You know chocolate bunnies, eggs, kisses, and on and on. So you try and think of new and inventive ways to pilfer those chocolate goody's from the kids Easter baskets.        The old tried and true ploy is of course "chocolate is bad for you" but you internet savvy 5 year old tell you about the health benefits of dark chocolate. Rat's you think to yourself. So you resort to bartering, A new game app for their iPhone you offer for one chocolate bunny. No deal is the reply you get. The new game app and 1 additional hour of internet surfing time is the counter offer. Knowing you are out classed you give in and do the deal.    Now the next big question you must answer is. What adult beverage goes best with your chocolate bunny? Well here are some recommendations. Prosecco – all chocolates --White Burgundy – milk or white chocolate -...

The great health news on coffee just keeps rolling in. Is it real or press hype.    In todays world the saying that the press can make or break you is more true than ever.  So is coffee being place just one step short of the health food of the century only to be ruthlessly kicked from that mountain top by some study or test results that cast a shadow on coffee's current healthy image.   The king makers in the press love nothing more than place a product on the top of the must have or use list only to sweep away with one article.  Prepare your self, for some one some where is plotting coffee's health image demise. The only question is who and when?   Keep a sharp eye on those tea drinkers on this one.

Climate change! Global warming and a hot cup of coffee. What do they have in common? CO2 Carbon Dioxide.   Yes it's sad to say that those bubbles you see in you fresh cup of Joe is the dreaded green house gas Carbon Dioxide.   You are most likely to see the this if you dispense your coffee from a pump. Like the ones at your local mini mart.  But take hart the EPA has bigger fish to fry for the moment.