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  One typical analysis, comparing Top brand K-Cups versus ground coffee, showed that the per-cup cost was 66¢ versus 28¢ for the standard drip. If you make three cups a day, 365 days a year, that adds up to around $723 spent on K-Cups, versus $307 for regular coffee brewers. So you’d easily save $400 a year by going the old-fashioned route. Or do you?   Keep in mind that is for the top of the line K-cup branded coffee. If you go with say a Maxwell House or Folgers quality the cost difference drops. Go with a store brand K-Cup and the cost difference disappears to almost zero. With perhaps even a small savings if you conceder the 1/2 pot of coffee you throw out on a daily bases. K-Cups killing the planet?

  Use filtered water for your best tasting coffee at home.      The 10-cup Brita Everyday Pitcher is what most people envision when they think of a water filter pitcher. This affordable standard also happens to work with Brita’s Long last Filter, so my two picks are easy to pair together (especially if, like many people, you already own an Everyday). Functional and easy to use, the Everyday has a narrow, space-saving footprint, as well as a lift-off lid that gives wide access to the upper reservoir, which has broad seamless surfaces that are easy to clean. In design details such as looks and ergonomics, some competitors have an edge on the Everyday, but with the Longlast installed, its filtration performance makes it exceptional.

1. Coffee S'more Milkshake This recipe combines the after dinner coffee with a decadent dessert. It's super delicious and easy to make right at home. Ingredients: 1/2 cup brewed coffee Chocolate sauce, to taste 1 tablespoon marshmallow cream 4 cups vanilla ice cream Crushed graham crackers for topping Chocolate drops for garnish. Directions Brew the coffee in your Mr. Coffee Electric French Press. Grab two glasses and spread the chocolate sauce along the interior sides in a vertical pattern. The glass should look as if it's striped with chocolate. Spread marshmallow cream around the lip of each glass. In a blender or food processor, combine the coffee and ice cream until they are well mixed. Pour the mixture into the glasses and top with crushed graham crackers. Garnish with a chocolate drop and serve.

  The flavors of pumpkin pie, toasted marshmallow and a hint of vanilla come together in this creamy latte. Brew the recipe below on All Hallow’s Morning and settle in with a dusty, old book. Ingredients : ¾ oz DaVinci Gourmet Classic Toasted Marshmallow Syrup ½ oz DaVinci Gourmet Classic Pumpkin Pie Syrup ¼ oz DaVinci Gourmet Classic Vanilla Syrup 2 shots espresso 11 oz steamed milk Directions : Pour syrups into a cup, add fresh espresso shots and swirl into steamed milk.  

The Holiday Express Ingredients 3 oz brewed espresso 1 oz rum 1 oz maple syrup 1 oz half and half Cinnamon sugar for rimming (Mix cinnamon with sugar with a 1:4 ratio) Wipe the rim of your glass with a couple of drops of maple syrup, and then dip the rim of the glass into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Put the remaining ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain and pour the contents over ice into your glass, preferably a cappuccino mug or an Irish coffee mug.

The Black Cauldron Ingredients 2 cups vanilla ice cream 1/4 cup vodka 1/4 cup brewed espresso 24 ounces oatmeal stout beer Place 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream in 4 tall glasses. Pour over each 1 tablespoon vodka, 1 tablespoon brewed espresso, and 6 ounces oatmeal stout beer. Serve immediately.

 Yet one more warning label.   Coffee sales leader Starbucks and several  other coffee sellers are fighting a lawsuit that alleges roasted coffee beans contain low levels of a carcinogen — and therefore coffee products sold in California, from lattes to packaged beans, should carry Surgeon General-like warnings.    A  public interest group, the Council for Education and Research on Toxics, or CERT, sued roughly over 50 companies, claiming the state’s Proposition 65, which requires warning labels on anything that contains materials that cause cancer, should apply to coffee.    CERT lawyer Raphael Metzger argued in court this week that the benefits of coffee are “just a bunch of hypotheses” and that Californians have been exposed to “really high levels of a carcinogen” by drinking coffee, according to Law360.