V-day's (sugar) junkie!

Here came another sugar filled holiday. I bought a dozen of chocolate pretzels from the Candy Factory few days ago for my friends and roommates. I have not had a chocolate pretzel before until yesterday. It was so good. The salty and crunchy pretzel and the dark rich chocolate are just the perfect couple. I ate three of them on my way to the J-school yesterday morning.

My new found addiction...

Chocolate pretzel is a fantastic idea but the Japanese have something more evil in mind. Replacing the pretzels, they dip ruffle potato chips in the chocolate. (Talk about sinful combination...) The product was "invented" by Royce, a Japanese chocolate company which is also famous for its Nama chocolate, a super soft and creamy chocolate cube. I got a box on my birthday and am now totally addicted to it.

A picture from the chocolate company. Yum...

If you have not had enough sugar this Valentine's day or plan to increase your intake, order one from their online store. Here is the website

http://www.e-royce.com/

Make tea not war!

I read this slogan few years ago from a UK slogan t-shirt website. To make peace with Columbia's very cold weather, I bought myself a small kettle today and started brewing different kinds of tea in my dorm room this afternoon.

Little Kettle in the boiling.


Tea bags bought from World Harvest. Smell good but taste a bit weak.


More (organic!) tea bags from Peace Nook. Yerba mate is a south American tea.

Drinking tea is considered as a healthy habit in many cultures. Western researchers say that tea contains polyphenols, an anti cancer chemical and few studies even say that tea's polyphenols can reduce risk of gastric, esophageal and skin cancers if one consumes 4 to 6 cups daily. Chinese practistioners also believe that drinking tea can help balance the Yin and Yang of a body and help blood circulation. So while I was boasting to my roommate about my new found healthy habit, she put down her coffee and showed me this website:

http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=20382

First Post!

Hello all! I'm Candice and this is is my first post @ blogger.com. Enjoy! :D