17th Ave food foray: Waves Coffee House
One cold winter morning, Juliet and MJ set out into the ice and slush of 17th avenue to bring you this food review! If you’re looking for good places to grab a bite, check out our reviews!
Photo of the Day: Starbucks
I promise I am not a spokesperson from Starbucks. Here is the result of another photo shoot at the coffee shop.
Steamed milk + shot of espresso → latte art!?
A rare, fragile yet charming form of art – latte art is usually created either during the process of pouring microfoam (perfectly steamed milk) onto the crema (brown foam formed at the top of freshly brewed espresso), creating a heart or rosette (free pouring); or by drawing a pattern in the foams with a coffee…
Poetry: Parables of T. S. Elliot
I felt so inspired by the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Elliot (a 20th century poet), I wrote a “poetic response” to it: When the evening is spread out against the sky, When feelings and emotions are flying high. Why so intricate and obscure? When I disturb the universe so vast,…
Starbucks lingo – not just for rocket scientists
When it comes to me ordering a drink from Starbucks, the menu might as well be written in Greek. Honestly, when people order, I always think to myself – “you want a tall, non-fat, no foam, whipped cream topped, caramel drizzled what?” – and the barista doesn’t even bat an eyelash. The other day, I…
Update: Roll up the Rim, and Tim Horton’s Coffee Prices!
Unfortunately, my chances of winning are still poor, and I have only won Roll Up the Rim 7 out of 87 times. Yes, 87. However, the updated winners on the Tim Horton’s site still show that there are 45 3D TVs, 14 cars, a little less than 4,000 bikes, 635 grills, and roughly 18,000 Tim…
Roll up the Rim to Win? The Facts!
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve been going to Tim Horton’s nearly every day just to get a cup of coffee so I can roll up the rim. Unfortunately, out of the twenty-two cups I have rolled, none of them have won, which makes me believe that there must be something wrong with…
Good stuff at Starbucks
Do you know that Starbucks is the largest purchaser of Fair Trade Coffee? Also, every time you buy a coffee at Starbucks, your money goes not only towards your coffee, but also for the children who need school and other good stuff. So don’t blame your friends too much about drinking Starbucks. They are donating…