With the help of time lapse and a giant piece of paper, Phil Hansen created a video chronicling his reproduction of Hokusai’s painting “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” using Coca-Cola as his artistic medium. Best of all, he also provided a how to video and a template so you can try it at home. Check out the video after the break.
After the fiasco over Springfield, Oregon made the rounds on the internet recently, Matt Groening reiterated that the Simpsons’ Springfield is an every town—not a specific place you can point to on a map. However, the truth is that Springfield is wherever you are—so long as you bring this travel mug.
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After a thorough, yet fastidious, evaluation, I am pleased to report that we are reformulating the affected products to assure the highest quality possible. Our expectation is to be fully transitioned to lycopene, a natural, tomato-based extract, in the strawberry sauce (base) used in our Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino blended beverage and Strawberry Banana Smoothie. Likewise, we are transitioning away from the use of cochineal extract in our food offerings which currently contain it (Raspberry Swirl Cake, Birthday Cake Pop, Mini Donut with pink icing, and Red Velvet Whoopie Pie). This transition will occur over time as we finalize revisions and manage production. Our intention is to be fully transitioned from existing product inventories to revised food and beverage offerings near the end of June across the U.S.
Apparently the cochineal extract was used to avoid artificial coloring agents.
(SeattlePI.com via The Consumerist)
There has been talk about a “secret” Starbucks menu for years now, and this image recently popped up online that supposedly lists these drinks. Now, I’ve never worked for Starbucks, but I don’t think that they have a secret menu in the same way that In-N-Out does. That is to say, if you asked for one of these drinks by name chances are that the barista would probably look at you like you were some sort of idiot.
Secret menu or not, the best course of action with all of this is probably to ask the barista if he/she could customize a drink for you with these recipes.
(via Buzzfeed)
An ebay shop out of the Philippines is selling a wide array of Chibi-fied superheros and other iconic nerdy characters on coffee mugs that we wish were available stateside. Check out the full lineup in the link below.
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In a recent interview with Businessweek, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz admitted that “the best cup of coffee known to mankind” is made at home using a French press. He notes that the press does the best job of extracting the “oils, flavor, and essence of blends”.
Schultz also outlines his morning coffee routine and the procedure he uses to brew with the press. For coffee aficionados, there aren’t any surprises here—except for the fact that he instructs readers by saying “don’t buy pre-ground coffee”. Naturally, this is at odds with many of the products his company sells.
Check out the full Businessweek article for all of Schultz’s tips.
(via Businessweek / Image by Gabriela Hasbun)
International Delight Iced Coffee Fail: it’s pretty much the worst commercial ever made. It’s breathtakingly idiotic and insults your intelligence on a truly epic scale—leaving you with a feeling that’s a mixture of both amusement and anger.
Oh, and for the record, most automatic doors are in grocery stores are they not? You know, the places where one would purchase this product?
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Pointillist coffee cup art featuring Hector, Gus and Tuco from Breaking Bad by Cheeming Boey.
(via The Awesomer)
Jake the dog has shrunk and stretched himself out to help protect your delicate fingers from a hot cup of coffee. He would morph into a bulletproof vest for you—because that’s what best friends with super powers are for.
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