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If Coffee Fuels Your Day, these New Keurig Favorites Are a Game Changer
Let’s be honest: as moms, our relationship with coffee might be the most consistent partnership we’ve ever had. Enter Keurig — the machine that turns “I can’t even” into “Okay, maybe I can today.” If you haven’t given your coffee corner …
How this new mushroom coffee is gentler on your body, and doing good for the world
More and more friends (plus my own mom!) over the years have extolled the benefits of mushroom coffee to me, but I still hadn’t taken the plunge. That is, until we partnered with The Kind Coffee Cooperative , who sent me some of their ne…
Here's a fantastic deal on a Trade Coffee subscription gift. Just in time for Mother's Day!
For years, we've been recommending cool subscription gifts that make great gifts, and that includes Trade Coffee . So we're happy to partner with them on a fantastic deal -- right in time for Mother's Day and Father's Day. too. Right now…
5 ideas for cool coffee bar carts for your home, whatever your decorating style. Barista not included.
I'm thinking of taking my coffee obsession to the next level, with one of these cool coffee bar carts. Kind of like bar carts, only...for coffee. I'm seeing them absolutely everywhere, and I love the idea of a dedicated space for my coff…
11 thoughtful gifts that help support first responders, in California and beyond
After putting together a list of ways to help the first responders and victims in the California Camp and Woolsey wildfires , we knew right away that we wanted to start collecting gift ideas that help support and give back to first respo…
The best travel mug we've ever used. And we've used a lot of them.
I have used an embarrassing number of travel mugs in my life, and none have come close to the YETI Rambler that I received as a gift from a friend a few months ago. It's going to be my new go-to gift for everyone because I can't stop tal…
6 brilliantly easy ways to make inexpensive teacher appreciation gifts more special.
Teachers deserve it all, and boy would we love to give the most wonderful teacher appreciation gifts to all of them. But when you multiply your number of kids by the many teachers your kids have -- classroom teachers , teaching aides, mu…
7 simple changes I'm making before I turn 40
2018 is the year I turn 40. Wow. It seems like such a big deal, this milestone, complete with black "Over the Hill" balloons and all. No -- kidding. I mean, sure I was afraid of 40 once. But, now, thanks to the women in my life who have …
7 of our favorite gifts for coffee lovers on National Coffee Day
Let's be honest, when you're a parent, pretty much every day is National Coffee Day. But because we have a heart for silly food-related holidays , we're all for celebrating. So here are just a few of our favorite fun gifts for coffee lov…
The coolest affordable small appliances for college | Back to school guide
We blink and we've gone from back to schoo l shopping for preschool backpacks to those annoying extra-long twin sheets for dorm room beds or small appliances for college dorm rooms. But on the upside, now we've got a ton of ideas that wi…
Start your day with coffee and a laugh. Thanks, Emily McDowell.
I'm pretty sure that artist Emily McDowell is inside my head, because every single thing she makes I find myself nodding and smiling, maybe laughing, and then laughing some more. And that's the case with her newest crop of funny coffee m…
Personalized Starbucks coffee cups: Now the barista has no choice but to get your name right.
Believe it or not, the clock is already ticking for custom teacher gifts . School is ending within weeks for some kids (gah!) and, for better or for worse, we parents will soon realize just how deserving those teachers are of a really aw…
A life without coffee? Unimaginable: Cool coffee poster art we love.
Suddenly I get all of Delilah's posts about making coffee with a Chemex and how every drop of effort is worth every drop of coffee you get; at least ever since my unexpected turn (if you ask those who know me best) from K-Cup coffee drin…
The freedom clip for Keurig 2.0 gives you java freedom of choice. Power to the people!
Last summer, Keurig Green Mountain released the latest version of their K-Cup brewer , the Keurig 2.0, with a new feature that only allows brewing of authorized K-Cup pods. Convenience coffee drinkers across the nation were understandabl…
Mistobox: A coffee subscription box for the indecisive, or the very very decisive.
If you have yet to catch onto the whole coffee subscription box trend, you must have been living in a yurt in some remote location for the past few years. In which case, welcome back! Also, I bet you missed coffee you didn't have to cook…
Train the next adorable generation of baristas to spell your name right
Okay, so maybe my eight-year-old daughter already knows how to use a coffee maker. And maybe she has her own hand-painted Goblet of Fire mug, in which she begs for a sip of the steaming hot ambrosia of morning. But still, what if I'd got…
5 copycat coffee drink recipes as good as the overpriced ones at the coffee shop: Our gift to you this National Coffee Day.
We know you love coffee, so we thought long and hard about what to give you for National Coffee Day today. We've already shared our favorite iced coffee recipes and coffee recipes from around the world . We've made it easy to make your o…
10 funny mugs to help you celebrate National Coffee Day in style
Every day is National Coffee Day for some of us, which means that every day is also Wow, I Need Something to Put All This Coffee In Day. We've rounded up some of our favorite funny coffee mugs that might make you smile when there's basic…
Funny coffee mugs for caffeine junkies. You know who you are.
Considering how much our Facebook fans loved this hilarious coffee drinkers t-shirt , we couldn't help but share this hilarious coffee mug we found at AvenueBlue on Etsy. I'm sorry for what I said before I had my coffee. Now if that's no…
Bulletproof buttered coffee recipe: Miracle drink? Or just, well, butter in your coffee?
I heard rumblings about hot buttered coffee, also known as Bulletproof Coffee, last year, and ignored what I figured was another crazy food trend. I mean, butter in coffee? If that doesn't scream the new bacon , I don't know what does. I…
Best cold brew coffee: Our 3 favorite brands plus one DIY cold brew recipe
Everyone may be talking back-to-school , but summer's not over. In fact, I'll be drinking iced coffee well into September, which gives me about two more months (at least) of cold brew coffee pleasure before I switch back to hot java. Wit…
Regular Coffee is better than regular coffee. Discuss.
There are different levels of coffee geekery, from grocery store grounds to K-cup fans, to the Starbucks obsessed to my beloved Chemex and the luxurious, gourmet, single-origin beans to which I owe much of my sanity and creative output. …
I pity the fool who doesn't like this Mr. T teapot set
When you think tea, you think Mr. T, right? Smooth, powerful, totally in control of a rainy afternoon next to the sleeping cat, B.A. Baracus pities the fool who doesn't enjoy a nice cuppa. This Mr. Tea Tea Set for One from Squackdoodle o…