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☆ Restaurant Review: A Trip That Began in Oaxaca Continues in the Bronx at Tobalá
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Pete Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sometimes it takes an entire meal before I know whether I want to write about a new restaurant. At Tobalá, an eight-month-old Mexican place in Riverdale in the Bronx, I was pretty sure after one drink. The drink was a carajillo, a cocktail made with two ingredients, espresso and the Spanish liqueur Licor 43, shaken over ice. The carajillo was invented in Spain and became even more popular in Mexico, but is eclipsed in New York by the espresso martini. The espresso martini is a decent cocktail, but a well-made carajillo is a great one.

☆ Starbucks to Charge Customers $1 for 'No Water' Refresher Requests
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Gloria Dawson | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Starbucks told Insider it will charge customers $1 for Refresher drinks requested with no water. Starting May 9, Starbucks will charge $1 to customers who request no water in Refreshers, a company spokesperson told Insider. A Starbucks spokesperson said the customization requires more Refresher base, and the price increase accounts for the additional product. Three Starbucks employees told Insider they were nervous about facing backlash from customers over the new charge. In the past, when Starbucks discontinued syrups or changed how customers earned Starbucks Star rewards, some employees have said they faced angry customers.

☆ How a Classical Music Power Couple Spend Their Sundays
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Tammy La Gorce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Married for 18 years, Keri-Lynn Wilson and Peter Gelb spend a lot of time apart because of their high-profile careers. Ms. Wilson, 55, is a conductor with gigs all over the world. Mr. Gelb, 69, is the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. Ms. Wilson, who will conduct, had the idea for the performances after Russia invaded Ukraine last year. SOPHISTICATED AND LUXURIOUS Mr. Gelb: I get up between 6 and 6:30.

☆ Sam Altman is building his utopia, whether you want it or not
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Melia Russell | Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +41 min

Altman told Insider, "We debate our approach frequently and carefully." "I don't think anyone can lose your dad young and wish he didn't have more time with him," Altman told Insider. Altman told Insider that his thinking had evolved since those posts. (When asked about guns, Altman told Insider he'd been "happy to have one both times my home was broken into while I was there.") When asked about this, Altman told Insider in an email: "i can guess what that's about; these stories grow crazily inflated over the years of getting re-told!

☆ He's played chess with Peter Thiel, sparred with Elon Musk and once, supposedly, stopped a plane crash: Inside Sam Altman's world, where truth is stranger than fiction
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Melia Russell | Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +41 min

But, "you do at some point need to start having contact with reality," he told Insider. The plan was still only a rough sketch, Blania told Insider, but that didn't seem to matter to his host. "He always wanted to understand everything at a very deep level," Thrun told Insider in an email. (When asked about guns, Altman told Insider he'd been "happy to have one both times my home was broken into while I was there.") When asked about this, Altman told Insider in an email: "i can guess what that's about; these stories grow crazily inflated over the years of getting re-told!

☆ McDonald's is going after one of Starbucks' crown jewels and testing cold brew
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

McDonald's is testing new cold brew options in select Southern California restaurants. The fast-food chain is testing two cold brew options at some Southern California locations, Restaurant Business reported. McDonald's is piloting traditional cold brew, served black over ice, as well as a marble cold brew, which contains syrup and cream. More recently, the chain has added four new McCafé menu options in Australia, including a banana and blueberry loaf, according to the Daily Mail. McDonald's reported 12% global comparable-store sales growth in the fourth quarter, compared with 5% growth for Starbucks.

☆ TikTok is divided over Starbucks' new olive oil-infused coffee. Some say it looks like an 'oil spill on your iced coffee,' others say it's tasty.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

One TikToker called it an "oil spill on your ice coffee." Starbucks' Oleato line consists of a variety of olive oil-infused beverages. A person named Bananashrooms on Tiktok posted a video of her coffee, describing it as an "oil spill on your ice coffee," adding that the oil was "ooey-gooey." Other TikTokers did seem to like the smoothness of the olive oil in their coffee. The Oleato line was first introduced in Italy in February and was later rolled out to customers in the US on March 23.

☆ Some Starbucks customers are complaining the company's new olive oil-infused coffee drink is making them run to the bathroom
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Starbucks is betting big on olive oil infused coffee, hoping customers will be enticed by the anomaly and the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil. Science behind the painOlive oil is a staple in Mediterranean culture and some drink bits of olive oil in the region daily. But the Starbucks drink has a potentially fragile combination: caffeine, which is a stimulant, and olive oil, which is a relaxant. Former CEO Howard Schultz picked up this habit himself from olive oil producer Tommaso Asaro while in Sicily, Italy. “He thought it was a little strange.” Asaro is the chairman of United Olive Oil, through which Starbucks is sourcing its olive oil.

☆ Starbucks customers are complaining about stomach issues from new olive oil-infused coffee
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Joseph Lamour | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In it, they share an experience their coworkers allegedly had after trying the new roster of Oleato drinks. For those unfamiliar, these new coffee drinks are infused with Partanna cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil and debuted on Feb. 21 in limited markets. I'm wondering how many people are going to have happen to them what a few happened to our team," wrote Redditor u/MoodyStarGirl. "The cold brew is fine until you taste the foam because it's two pumps of olive oil. you're immediately hit with just olive oil and i wanted to throw up after yeah i do not recommend."

Last year, Eckroth won the U.S. Barista Championships and placed second at the World Barista Championships. "I've experienced my biggest moments of growth, both professionally and also personally, emotionally ... in competition," Eckroth says. Here's how she turned her love of coffee into a six-figure career — and what it even means to be a competitive barista. On the competition grindA year after Eckroth started as a barista, she found a YouTube video of a competitive routine at the U.S. Barista Championships. Eckhart says she spent 170 hours over two months practicing for the 2022 U.S. Barista Championships.

☆ Starbucks is bringing olive oil-infused coffee to a few locations in the U.S. this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After launching olive oil-infused coffee in Italy, Starbucks is bringing its Oleato line stateside, starting Thursday. He, too, began drinking olive oil alongside his daily coffee and decided that Starbucks should try to mix the two together. The initial Oleato lineup of drinks infuses olive oil into Starbucks' Caffé Latte, Iced Shaken Espresso and cold foam. CNN Business said the olive oil "felt like too much," while the New Yorker said the drink "tasted like a large spoonful of olive oil in coffee." The coffee giant plans to bring the Oleato drinks to Japan, the Middle East and the United Kingdom later this year.

☆ Starbucks' olive oil-infused coffee drinks are making their US debut despite some skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Last month, Starbucks launched a new line of olive oil-infused coffee and espresso drinks in Italy. Starbucks Reserve Roasteries in Chicago, Seattle, and New York will be the first stores to offer the olive oil elixirs. Reserve stores like the chain's new Empire State Building location sell premium coffee and espresso drinks. Dousing your morning brew with olive oil may sound unappetizing to some. The Delish food site said the Oleato Iced Shaken Espresso was a terrific choice for iced coffee fans.

☆ Meet Laxman Narasimhan, a coffee industry outsider who just took over as CEO of Starbucks
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Laxman Narasimhan officially took over as Starbucks CEO, replacing Howard Schultz. Narasimhan is new to the coffee industry, having started his career in the consulting world before joining PepsiCo, and, later, British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser. Narasimhan built his career in the beverage and consumer-goods industriesLaxman Narasimhan at Starbucks Investor Day in September 2022. Starbucks said at the time that Narasimhan would begin as CEO on April 1, taking over for interim CEO Schultz. Of the 365 Starbucks stores that have held votes to unionize, 292 have voted to form a union.

☆ Here's what it was like at the New York Stock Exchange the day Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, according to Wall Street's most famous trader
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Peter Tuchman has been at the New York Stock Exchange for almost 38 years and is the most-photographed trader on Wall Street. He's weathered the stock market crash of 1987, the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the financial crisis of 2008, and the COVID-19 sell-off of 2020. On March 10, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, "shit was really hitting the fan," he told Insider. Tuchman said when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week "shit was really hitting the fan." I watch at every given second what's going on with all that information," he said, gesturing at the hundreds of monitors around us.

☆ A longevity expert shares the 2 exercises she does every week to 'slow down aging' and reduce stress
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Elissa Epel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As a longevity researcher and psychiatrist, I've seen how toxic stress can wear out our cells prematurely and increase the risk of obesity, heart disease, dementia and depression. To slow down aging and prevent things from reaching a chronic state, I use a technique called "stress fitness." Stress fitness: A dose of healthy stressStress fitness is a way of exercising the body with short bursts of stress. How to practice stress fitnessI like to do my stress fitness exercises in the mornings a few times a week, or at least once a week. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) Complete one round of high-intensity interval training, which takes roughly seven minutes.

☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman takes diabetes drug metformin as part of his anti-aging routine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman takes the diabetes drug metformin to slow down aging. Metformin is a decades-old drug that is prescribed to millions of people with diabetes, CNBC reported. In addition to the drug, Altman's said his anti-aging regimen includes "trying to eat healthy, exercise, and sleep enough," per the MIT Technology Review. The company uses genetic engineering and plasma replacement to make cells younger, per the MIT Technology Review. Altman secretly poured $180 million dollars into Retro Bioscience's death-delaying treatment, the MIT Technology Review reported.

☆ A former Starbucks barista shares how she makes 5 popular drinks at home: 'It's easy and just as good'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Stefania Marzelia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Home recipes inspired by Starbucks' most popular drinksI recommend purchasing a moka pot, which is a stove-top or electric coffee maker. Here are some of my favorite at-home recipes, inspired by popular Starbucks drinks (based on a 16-ounce cup size): 1. Add some ice and pour espresso over it. Pour milk in. Heat to desired temperature (I heat mine to 150 degrees) and pour into a coffee mug.

☆ Starbucks offers a dash of olive oil with its coffee in Italy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] A drink infused with extra virgin olive oil is displayed at a Starbucks cafe in Milan, Italy, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alex FraserMILAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Starbucks (SBUX.O) has launched a new drink that mixes coffee with olive oil, offering it initially in Italy as an alternative to the more standard espresso or cappuccino. The so-called "Oleato" beverages are made with arabica coffee "infused with a spoonful of Partanna cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil," Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, said in a statement. Young drinkers at Starbucks flagship coffee shop in central Milan gave the initiative a qualified approval. Stefania Battagli, 22, said the coffee had a little too much oil for her tastes.

☆ Starbucks Bets Coffee Infused With Olive Oil Could Be the Next Frappuccino
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Heather Haddon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A customer exits a Starbucks coffee shop in the Manhattan borough of New York, in April. SEATTLE— Starbucks Corp., the company that made Frappuccino a household name, is turning to a new drink—one infused with olive oil. The world’s largest coffee chain plans to launch a line of olive-oil-infused drinks, set to debut in the company’s coffee shops in Italy this week and the U.S. in the spring. The Oleato beverages will include an oat-milk latte imbued with extra-virgin olive oil, and a cold brew drink topped with “golden foam” infused with the oil, executives said. Starbucks is also adding the oil to its Iced Shaken Espresso beverage, pairing it with oat milk and hazelnut.

☆ Starbucks is launching olive oil infused-coffee, and even interim CEO Howard Schultz acknowledged there was 'some skepticism' about the drink
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Starbucks launched a new line of olive oil-infused coffee on Tuesday. Starbucks interim CEO Schultz had called the new line "transformative" and likened it to "alchemy." Now, the coffee giant is peddling its new Oleato line — essentially, olive oil-infused coffee. Customers in certain markets can also ask for a spoonful of olive oil to be added to beverages such as espressos and tea lattes. Schultz added Starbucks would not be making any health claims for the olive oil-infused drinks, per The Journal.

☆ Starbucks is launching olive oil-infused coffee in Italy, plans U.S. release this spring
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTStarbucks initial Oleato launch will launch three olive oil-infused drinks in stores across Italy. Source: StarbucksStarbucks has a new way to customize its coffee: olive oil. He, too, began drinking olive oil alongside his daily coffee and decided that Starbucks should try to mix the two together. Celebrities including Kourtney Kardashian have endorsed drinking it, while startups like Saint Supply are selling their own olive oil expressly for drinking, not cooking. The upscale coffee megastores were meant to help Starbucks compete with the likes of Intelligentsia Coffee and Blue Bottle Coffee.

☆ Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calls new olive oil coffee drinks 'transformational'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Starbucks' new line of olive oil-infused coffee drinks could disrupt the industry, interim CEO Howard Schultz told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday. Alongside olive oil coffee, Starbucks is also unveiling an Oleato espresso martini, which will be available in select locations in Italy, as well as Seattle and New York. Schultz is launching the new coffee line ahead of his April departure as interim CEO. Starbucks' olive oil coffee comes as the company continues to navigate a tough macro environment, though Schultz has maintained optimism. He noted that the company has added roughly $40 billion to its market cap since he started as interim CEO.

☆ Starbucks’ new drinks have a spoonful of olive oil in every cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

There’s an Oleato latte with oat milk and olive oil, an Oleato ice shaken espresso with oat milk, hazelnut flavor and olive oil, and the Oleato golden foam cold brew, made with a version of Starbucks’ sweet milk foam infused with two olive oil servings. Starbucks Oleato drinks are made with exra virgin olive oil. Coming full circleLast year Schultz met olive oil producer Tommaso Asaro, who introduced him to the practice of consuming a tablespoon of olive oil each day. “He thought it was a little strange.” Asaro is the chairman of United Olive Oil, through which Starbucks is sourcing its olive oil. Howard Schultz and Tommaso Asaro, chairman of United Olive Oil, which produces the Partanna olive oil that Starbucks is using for Oleato.

☆ I work at Trader Joe's. Here are 7 things I refuse to buy there—and what to get instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Christian Beltran | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Christian Beltran (left) has been working at Trader Joe's since 2021. I started working at Trader Joe's in 2021. Instant Cold Brew CoffeeWhat to buy instead: Organic Cold Brew Coffee, $5.49Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Photo Courtesy of Trader Joe’s ©2023Trader Joe's Instant Cold Brew Coffee is a fine, dark powder made of 100% Arabica coffee beans. Shredded HashbrownsWhat to buy instead: Hashbrowns, $2.49Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Photo Courtesy of Trader Joe’s ©2023I prefer Trader Joe's hashbrown patties over its shredded version, which tends to clump up in the bag and is more difficult to prepare. Poppy Pinot NoirWhat to buy instead: Loudenotte Cuvée Réservée Pinot Noir, $6.99Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Photo Courtesy of Trader Joe’s ©2023

The American Express Centurion Lounge in Seattle has catapulted from the smallest lounge to one of the biggest. American ExpressThe American Express Centurion Lounge in Seattle has expanded from 4,000 square feet to nearly 14,000 square feet. American Express has expanded The Centurion® Network to include 40+ Centurion Lounge and Studio locations worldwide. However, this lounge brings to the table something no other Centurion Lounge offers: A full-service coffee bar, dubbed "Blue Roast by American Express." American ExpressWhat to know about the Seattle American Express Centurion LoungeThe Amex Centurion Lounge network continues to improve by adding new locations and expanding current ones.

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