Lucuma Flavored Alfajores Now Made in The USA
(ContentDesk) January 5, 2006 -- Split Bean Coffee introduces one of its New Cookie Flavors for 2006 - Lucuma Flavored Alfajores. Lucuma is an aromatic and delicately flavored tropical fruit native to the cool highlands of South America. With no closely related fruit grown in the USA, It is quite difficult to describe its flavor or aroma, but definitely it is delicious and will become a favorite in your household. The closest comparison in popular fruits popular in the North American diet would be a persimmon. To get a taste of the fresh fruit you have to visit Peru in the Southern Hemispheres summer months (January to April).
If you visit Peru be sure to ask to ask for Lucuma ice cream made with the fresh fruit, it is just beyond words. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where there is a Latino Supermarket, you might find Lucuma ice cream. The scientific name for this fruit is Pouteria Obovata Baehni, and it grows best at altitudes above 9,000 to 10,000 ft in Peru, Ecuador and Chile. Medium sized tree from 25-50ft high. It tolerates several degrees of frost and grows well in cooler climates.
It can adapt to dry locations. It has a round or ovaloid shape 5 to 8 cm long, and when ripe it shows a green yellowish color. Pealing its thin skin reveals a dry and starchy orange-yellow flesh. Peru, Ecuador, and Chile are the main producers and the bulk of the production is used in dehydrated form. Only a small percentage reaches the local markets to be consumed fresh.
Once dehydrated, the Lucuma powder is mainly used to flavor ice creams and other milk products. Split Bean Coffee's - Alfajores la Misi?n are made with Lucuma pulp and not the dehydrated powder. We make the Lucuma preserve in small controlled batches, using only natural ingredients with no preservatives. We are sure this will become an old-time favorite. What is and alfajor you may ask? Alfajores are South American Shortbread cookies.
These delicious treats are normally filled with Dulce de Leche (milk caramel) and lightly dusted with confectionary sugar. Split Bean Coffee offers a variety of standard unique flavors including Quince, Guava, Raspberry, Strawberry, and a chocolate covered variety. Recently featured in Los Angeles Magazines Food Lovers Guide, The Miami Herald, The Oregonian, and The Oklahoman, these cookies are just to die for!Also available from Split Bean Coffee is line of artesian marshmallows voted one of the top 5 best marshmallows by Travel Savvy Magazine. These treats are hand-made using a three day artesian process; these heavenly pillows are then hand-cut for your enjoyment. Split Bean Coffees Marshmallows are available in Vanilla, and Assorted Flavors including Coconut, Chocolate, and Chili to name a few.
They are ideal for spicing-up your Hot Chocolate.About Split Bean Coffee: Split Bean Coffee? is a Southern California based Micro-Roaster of single origin Nicaraguan Coffees, and confectioner of Artesian Quality Gourmet Sweets, featuring their world famous Alfajores La Misi?n?.Founded in 2003 by Roger Navas-Balladares & Paul A. Stone, Split Bean Coffee is a family owned business dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of Old Fashioned Coffees and Treats. Using family treasured recipes from their families in South America and The American South, they have combined the time honored traditions of peoples love for good quality coffee and the old-fashioned sweets traditions their grand-parents learned to love.Split Bean offers a fine selection of Micro-roasted coffees, of which Nicaraguan Coffees is their flag-ship coffee. Grown in the highlands of the Matagalpa region in a family members fair trade co-op farm, the coffee is sun-dried and selected for import. Split Bean Coffees commitment to its customers is to provide freshest roasted coffee every time.
Each bag of coffee is roast-to-order to assure the customer always receives the freshest roast possible.Split Bean Coffee also carries a selection of hand-made Artesian Sweets, of which Alfajores La Misi?n? are their best seller. These South American Shortbread cookies are hand-made in small batches just like Aunt Titas used to make them. They are quickly becoming Americas favorite Alfajores.Split Bean Coffee's products has been featured in several national publications including The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, The San Jose Mercury News, Tu Ciudad Magazine, Specialty Food Magazine, The Dallas Post-Telegram, The Miami Herald, The Portland Oregonian, The San Fernando Valley Social, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel Savvy Magazine, The Oklahoman, and Indulge Magazine. South American Shortbread cookies are hand-made in small batches just like Aunt Titas used to make them. They are quickly becoming Americas favorite Alfajores.In addition to Alfajores, Split Bean Coffee also makes Artesian Marshmallows, Toffee, Southern Peanut Brittle, & Chocolate Truffles.
These products are available under the Dulces del Roc?o? label, and feature such unique seasonal flavors as Rose Petal Flavored Marshmallows, Chili laced Chocolate Truffles, Saffron Marshmallows, and good old fashioned Almond Toffee & Southern Peanut Brittle.For those who do not appreciate coffee, or whose health does not permit them to indulge in the pleasures of coffee, Split Bean Coffee offers Yerba Mate, a South American tea, made from the leaves of the Mate Tree, full of anti-oxidants and low in acidity. An easy to prepare energy elixir, without the side affects associated with caffeine. A great beverage that can be enjoyed either hot or cold.Split Bean Coffees products are available directly via their web page www.SplitBeanCoffee.com.
Earthcycle Packaging Gains BPI Approval
New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 23, 2006 -- The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) announced today its approval of Earthcycle Packagings products. These products are derived from palm fiberan annually renewable agricultural biomass. The BPIs certification demonstrates that Earthcycles products meet the specifications in ASTM D6400 and ASTM D6868 and will biodegrade swiftly and safely during municipal or commercial composting. Earthcycle Packaging provides a cradle-to-cradle, or earth-to-earth in this case, packaging solution, stated Shannon Boase, president of Earthcycle. Our products are made from palm fiber, an agricultural biomass that used to be considered a waste product and incinerated or landfilled. Now it is made into packaging that, after displaying and protecting products, returns to earth when composted. Not only do Earthcycle products reduce the ecological footprint of the packaging by closing the loop and returning to earth, they reduce the environmental impacts...
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Why Is It So Difficult To Lose Weight After 30?
Have you tried to lose weight after 30? Wasn't that more difficult than ever before? Guess what? It's even more difficult after 40! Have you ever wondered why your body reacts differently to the same regimes you apply in different stages of your life?
People that have never had a weight problem get flabbier after 30 without clear explanation. They start exercising and they don't see any improvement. They eat less, and they still don't achieve any significant change. What they don't take into consideration is the aging impact on their body.
Aging is a Reason for Gaining Weight and the Obstacle to Losing Weight
There are more than 20 theories about aging but the most researched one is the "Free Radicals" theory.
Free radicals are atoms or molecules in which at least one electron is unpaired causing an instability (a stable atom contains a balance of paired electrons which encircle the nucleus).
This instability...
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Viansa Winery To Deliver Cacao Anasa Chocolate Confections To Tuscan Wine Club Members
San Francisco and Sonoma California (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) January 19, 2006 - Cacao Anasa, a leading purveyor of handcrafted artisan chocolate truffles and confections, and Viansa Winery & Italian Marketplace, Americas premier producer of Italian varietal wines announced today a partnership to offer, for the first time, Cacao Anasas Rose Collection Truffles to several thousand of its Tuscan Club Members across the country.
Cacao Anasas handcrafted European and gianduja truffles have been served in some of Californias premier restaurants, including The Carnelian Room, Le Colonial and the world-renowned Mayacama Golf Resort.
This January Viansa winery will offer its Tuscan Club members, a taste of exotic floral and herb blends in luxurious chocolate truffles.
Both the Dozen Roses and Cacao Romantico collections can be purchased from the Viansa website at
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A Step-By-Step Plan to a Healthy Pregnancy
Having a baby is an exciting moment. However, the nine months leading up to the experience can be a bit unnerving. Most women worry throughout their pregnancy about the health of their baby. To alleviate the stress and worry that often creep up during pregnancy, plan instead to have a healthy pregnancy and you can rest assured that you have done your very best to have a healthy baby. 1.
Get in Shape Early. When you find out that you're pregnant is not the time to start a new diet or exercise program. If you are planning to become pregnant, make sure you are at a healthy weight and in the best physical activity. Doing this will help you during your pregnancy and can help you to have a problem-free delivery. If your pregnancy is unexpected and you aren't in the best shape possible, don't worry about it.
It is possible to have a healthy baby while limiting the amount of excess weight that you gain. Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables will give your baby the nourishment it...
A Step-By-Step Plan to a Healthy Pregnancy
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