Kettle and Cup » China http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup Coffee, Tea and More Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Starbuck’s Coffee Grinder Recall http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/starbucks-coffee-grinder-recall/ http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/starbucks-coffee-grinder-recall/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:34:49 +0000 Marye Audet http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/?p=1439 Post from: Kettle and Cup

]]> I just learned that Starbucks is having to recall 530,000 coffee grinders. Apparently they are defective and they fail to turn off, or turn on unexpectedly and the result has been some pretty serious hand lacerations. You can find out  if your grinder is one of them at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. They go by the names, Seattle’s Best and Starbuck’s Barista.

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Let’s play three guesses where these are made. Ready? When I count three just shout it out….one…two…thr…….Yep China.

Now, I don’t want to say that the Chinese government has a furtive terrorist plan to subdue the entire  United States by booby-trapping children’s toys, pet foods, and now coffee…but..I’m just sayin.

The only coffee makers and coffee grinders tht I could find that are US made are by Bunn. They are all commercial products and over 500.00

I don’t know about you but that is a little out of my price range.

If you know of a coffee grinder that is made in the US please leave a comment with a link to it!  All of this outsourcing is getting to me. I was looking for a soapbox to get up on but they are all made in China….

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/starbucks-coffee-grinder-recall/feed/ 19 Documentary On How Numi Flowering Tea is Made http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/documentary-on-how-numi-flowering-tea-is-made/ http://www.blisstree.com/kettleandcup/documentary-on-how-numi-flowering-tea-is-made/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:45 +0000 Marye Audet http://www.kettleandcup.com/documentary-on-how-numi-flowering-tea-is-made/ Post from: Kettle and Cup

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I have never had much luck with the flowering teas. We bought some for the tea room thinking that it would be an amazing addition to special tea parties. I ended up discontinuing them because I just was not pleased with the consistency of the opening of them.

BUT…this video is amazing! It shows how the tea is grown, and how it is made by hand into those flowering teas…and theirs magically opens up!

I still don’t recommend the teas; however I found this video fascinating!

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