Alyson Lewis

Bones Coffee Co. has expanded what I expect from packaged coffee. This was my first time having to actually grind beans myself to brew coffee, but I have really only been drinking coffee for the last year. Prior to that, I was pretty repulsed by it. I became interested in coffee when 7/11 had their coffee slurpee. It’s still the best coffee drink I would ever spend money on outside of the house. I’m not here to argue..only to give facts that can easily be checked by reputable sources around the world.

Trying Jones Soda in high school was possibly my first experience drinking flavors my brain hadn’t conceived on its own. Faygo is another heavy hitter in the experimental soda range, but I’ll leave that discussion for another time. I’ve always been impressed with Jones Soda’s offerings, and was excited with the opportunity to try some rare flavors from the brand to see how much further their experimentation reaches.

I’m always intrigued by drinks that claim to do “more” for me. Nearly every drink is boasting some kind of functionality now—every beverage is required to “do” something. Water can’t just be water anymore. Soda can’t just be soda.

I post roughly one recipe on this blog every month, depending on how I’m feeling, but I felt like posting a little more this month because obviously, I have time to do it. As everyone’s focusing more heavily on cooking at home, I’ll probably keep posting these a little more frequently over the next month or so. We’ll see what happens.

No one asked me to do this. I didn’t need to do it for any specific reason, except I was preparing to be in my house for a long, indeterminable amount of time and decided to make it interesting. I tried these 7 energy drinks over the course of the last 7 days. I’ve never had any of them before this, so here are my first impressions of each, along with a rating out of 10. Enjoy!

I’m holed up in the house with a few varieties of sesame milk, so this week I have two recipes using two of the flavors. I’m really impressed with the Hope&Sesame sesame milk. This was my first time trying or using sesame milk in any capacity whatsoever. It has a little deeper of a flavor than I was expecting. It’s not quite a nutty flavor, but it’s distinctly different from any other milk I’ve tried. This is my new favorite milk. I know that when another milk comes out, I WILL try it. I won’t deny that. I’m human. But I’ve found sesame milk to be really versatile so far. I’ve used it in a few different ways by now, and I WILL be returning with more recipes (probably next week) don’t worry. I have nothing but time. Both of these recipes serve one. OK, this far into typing this, I said “Hope&Sesame out loud and realized it sounds like that magic phrase...is the phrase “open sesame” or “open says me”??? Or neither??? Mods?????