coffee

You read that right. Your local coffee, pastry, work-on-your-screenplay shop will now serve BOOZE! As a part of a new Starbucks campaign, they're changing a few stores across the nation into "Starbucks, After Dark." The official term is "Starbucks Evenings...

My son's friend works at The Local (8530 W Gage Blvd) and is always talking about it. It's been open about a year and a half but I'd never had a reason to go before. What makes it standout? It's like a wine bar for coffee!

Most of you know how MUCH I absolutely LOVE coffee!! It's the one addiction I just can't kick. I usually just use a drip coffee maker or sometimes a french press. But, when I went to visit my son in Texas, he had the Starbucks Verisimo they made me latte's every morning...

Hey, Here's something kinda cool! Have you heard? Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on the ABC series, says he's leading a group that's hoping to buy the Seattle-based coffeehouse chain, which has filed for bankruptcy and employs about 500 people...

We all need a place to go and chat with old friends, or make new ones

The average American adult drinks about three cups of coffee a day, and while many can’t imagine a morning without it, people taking certain drugs may want to think twice. Studies show that more than a dozen medications — antidepressants, estrogen, and thyroid and osteoporosis drugs, for example — can be affected by coffee, which can block absorption or enhance the effects of the drugs.

According to the Coffee Statistics Report, Americans drink more than 146 billion cups of the stuff every year and its a daily "must-have" for more than 50% of the nation. Not everyone can make the best coffee, and it all comes down to preference on who really has the best cup of joe...but here are our fave five places to get your java fix in the Tri-Cities.

Okay..this is a little bit icky...but good information!  According to an article on CNN.com, 90 million Americans have bad breath.  And you might be one of them but not even realize it.  That's because you smell your own breath every single day, so your brain gets used to it, and you stop noticing.

--According to a new study from Bristol University in England, when women drink coffee, it gives them a temporary boost in brainpower.  When men drink coffee, it has the opposite effect.