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Fox News on Trayvon Martin: "You Could Probably Kill Somebody With Skittles"

With George Zimmerman's trial starting in Central Florida this week for the murder of Miami-area teen Trayvon Martin, the controversial case has rocketed back to the headlines. Fox News, however, appears to have taken a novel approach to its coverage of the tragedy, and recently invited a guest on w ... More >>

Biltmore's Afternoon Tea: High-Class Living for Only $20

More and more these days, we hear Miami touted as a "World-Class City." Putting marketing copy aside, it isn't really a town to which you'd attach adjectives like old world, el;egant, or classy. So it's not the kind of place you'd expect daily afternoon tea accompanied by live classical music from ... More >>

Vegan Pop Up to Take Over New Orleans-Inspired Lagniappe in Midtown Sunday

New Orleans is known for its jazz, its eclectic cultural milieu and its gumbo, a thick stew usually anchored by beef stock and crowded with shrimp, chicken and sausage. So what the heck would vegan gumbo look and taste like? Your guess is as good as vegan chef Keith Kalmanowicz's, but he'll work it ... More >>

Love & Vegetables Vegan Pop-Up: Beet-Red Quinoa and Blueberry Polenta in Little Haiti

When my little posse and I rolled up to the fence surrounding Earth N Us Farms in Little Haiti, I wore a confident face in an attempt to reassure my obviously skeptical guests.The truth is, though, that I was nearly as apprehensive about the vegan pop-up event we were about to attend as they were. A ... More >>

momoCHA Tea House: Bubble Tea In SoBe

My first visit to momoCHA Tea House on Española Way lasted about one minute. I ordered a Bubble Milk Green Tea, but was told that the tapioca pearls wouldn't be ready for another 40 minutes. So I switched my order to a fruit-based, rather than milk-based, tea, and asked for boba pearls instead of t ... More >>

Health Drink Kombucha: Fermented Tea to Get Your Guts in Order

Kombucha is fermented tea crawling with live and active cultures. And it is taking up ever more shelf space in the beverage aisle at Whole Foods. Why? It may help restore health to your digestive tract and give you an immune boost.Probiotics are not just for yogurts anymore. In fact, they haven't be ... More >>

Tea Cakes, Finger Sandwiches, Antiquity Galore: Cauley Square Tea Room

By BevPictures, FlickrVery Tim Burton-esque.​To many, a trek to Cauley Square in Redland is akin to a journey back in time. It is after all an intact historic village in a modernized world.Originally a pioneer village camp, fueled solely by the railway workers building tracks toward Key West in 19 ... More >>

EVOS Fast-Casual Restaurant: Fast Food That Won't Kill You

All photos by Laine DossEVOS features hormone-free and organic food that even your kids will like.​On a recent hunger-filled and cranky drive to Pinecrest for a day of shopping, we passed EVOS' little green storefront on U.S. 1 and gave it a try. EVOS is clean, with cute Lichtensteinesque posters ... More >>

Miami is 92% Honest, According to Iced Tea-Based Social Experiment

​Yesterday, Honest Tea, a beverage brand owned partially by Coca-Cola, set up kiosks across 12 cities in America stocked with chilled bottles of its iced tea. Though, instead of an actual cashier, the company only placed a clear plastic box near the center with a sign asking for a dollar in exchan ... More >>

Black Chicken, Watermelon Toothpaste, & Outer Space: 10 Travel Photos

Here are ten things that I learned on my summer vacation to Thailand: 1. In Mae Salong, I discovered that there is such a thing as black chicken. The color is natural from the breed, and it tastes like the regular chicken does here: fresh and delicious without all the hormones and stuff pumped into ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Announces "Two If By Tea" Iced Tea

The dittos are coming...the dittos are coming...​Radio Talker and blowhard Rush Limbaugh just announced his brand new line of Paul Revere-inspired iced teas, "Two If By Tea." It's available in four varieties - regular, diet, raspberry, and diet raspberry. All of them feature all natural ingr ... More >>

Banh Mi, Bubble Tea, Mock Smoked Duck at Shing Wang

Lee KleinHalf a banh mi​In December, we wrote about Shing Wang having introduced banh mi sandwiches on its vegetarian-friendly Chinese menu. "I'll be heading up to 167th real soon to check out these new items," I vowed. Well, I made it up there yesterday, which to me is "real soon," although folks ... More >>

Starbucks Trenta Inspires Taiwanese Animation

Starbucks' unveiling of Trenta, the 31-ounce iced coffee, iced tea, and iced tea lemonade option that debuted in 14 states yesterday, has generated plenty of buzz. It was a trending topic on Twitter, the envy of 36 states, and the inspiration for Taiwan's Next Media Animation's (NMA) "Starbucks Supe ... More >>

Starbucks Introduces 31-Ounce Trenta Cup, Fails Italian Class

Not the Trenta cup.​Today, suburbia's corporate crack dealer, Starbucks, is rolling out a 31-ounce option for iced coffee, iced tea, and iced tea lemonade in 14 states, and Florida made the cut. But Short Order isn't racing to the nearest 'bucks to order up a super-sized iced latte just yet--we're ... More >>

Kombucha Won't Get You Drunk. And It's Back.

​Some beverages have a history in medicine. Coke can trace its origin back to the late 19th century when it was sold as a medical elixir. 7-Up launched in the 1920s, originally contained lithium, and was marketed as a mood stabilizer and hangover cure. Today, both of these household names and are ... More >>

Churchill's Pub is Our World Cup Breakfast Headquarters

Jacob Katel8 a.m champion breakfast: two eggs, sausage, bacon home fries, toast, bottle of Budweiser - $9.25​Early this morning while Argentina was tricking on the Republic of Korea (Argentina 4 - 1), Short Order was drinking beer and grubbing English breakfast at Churchill's Pub. Owner Dave Danie ... More >>

AriZona Iced Tea is From New York, Not Arizona

​It was reported by The Daily News this week that in response to the controversial Arizona immigration law, an initiative was started on the Internet asking people to boycott the AriZona Beverage Co., makers of AriZona Iced Tea and juices. Thing is, the company has been based in Woodbury, 20 miles ... More >>

Heat's Kenny Hasbrouck Was Charged with DWI After Drinking Two Long Island Iced Teas

via TeamMaine.org​Point guard Kenny Hasbrouck is the newest member of the Miami Heat, signing with them on  March 16th out of the developmental league, but he's already found himself in a drunk driving scandal. The charges date back to February 5th, before the Heat signed the former Siena Col ... More >>

Bubbles 'n Ice Opens Today, New SoBe Mex Opens "Soon"

Lee Klein​Just as Little Italy and Chinatown intersect in New York City, bubble teas and Italian ices are coming together at Bubbles 'n Ice. Some 30 flavors of the former (including fruits, teas, and specialties like pb & jelly) and 60 of the latter (cotton candy, dulce de leche, etc.) will be ... More >>

Bubbles 'N Ice, Bubble Tea and Italian Ice, Coming Soon To North Miami Beach

Jacob KatelHuband and Wife Yoav Anisz and Miriam Lach in their soon to open shop.​Bubbles 'N Ice (3061 NE 163rd Street) in North Miami Beach is opening soon, and that means plenty of premium Bubble Tea, Philly style Italian ice, and more combinations thereof than you can shake a widemouth straw at ... More >>

Archive Diver: Tiger Tiger Teahouse and Trip Wire Bombing

via Miami New Times archives November 23 - 29, 2009. Click for fullsize.​Tiger Tiger Teahouse opened on Biscayne Boulevard in 1969. The restaurant then moved to South Miami, the location the ad at right advertises, closed for a year, and then reopened on the 79th street causeway in North Bay Villa ... More >>

Deals & Squeals: Salsa Fiesta, Sushi Maki, Coral Gables Thursdays

​Salsa Fiesta Debuts TodayOwners Cesar Olivo and Adriana Pérez Benatar are hosting the grand opening of their Salsa Fiesta Urban Mexican Grill today. The fast casual eatery is located on 29th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, just a block north of the New Times offices. The modern industrial-style r ... More >>

Motley Crue and Cruefest Bands Get Organic Backstage - Groupies Love Chocolate

image via cruefest2.ning.com​Nothing says backstage lounge at a heavy metal show like booze and groupies right? Well amend that to add green tea mate, organic, single origin Sumtran coffee, puffed fruit, and premium chocolates. Miami company Explorer's Bounty has struck a deal with Backstage Artis ... More >>

Lunch with Wine at Eos: $25

The review of Eos in this past week's New Times was exceedingly positive. One of the things we like about the place is how eminently reasonable the pricing is. Now, at lunch at least, it gets even better with a 3-course prix fixe lunch menu for $25. Plus beverage. And wine. And complimentary valet. ... More >>

Kitchen Prank: Cook Drinks Habanero Iced Tea

image via johnwinkelman's flickrHey eaters, guess what, while you're off in the dining room eating spaghetti at your favorite restaurant there's a whole universe of drama spinning in the kitchen. An entire Greek tragedy may have played out over your plate as it went out. One great tradition is the k ... More >>

Boca Bubble Tea -- A Ward Family Production

Boca Bubble Tea from MiamiNewTimesBlogs on Vimeo.Boca Bubble Tea is an informal festival operation run by the Ward family. Bubble Tea is flavored sugar water with tapioca pearls at the bottom. Listen to Mr. Ward tell you about it.

Bill McCullom Bravely Keeps Us Safe From Misleading Enviga Claims

via Coca-ColaState Attorney Generals love to get together and kick some class action ass over sort of inane things. It is the service they have been called too. Yesterday, it was announced that Florida and 25 other states have come to a settlement with Coke, Nestle and Beverage Partnership Worldwi ... More >>

Tea Time At Starbucks

On January 3rd, Starbucks rolled out a quintet of new Tazo full leaf tea beverages that are now available in all stores nationwide. Yesterday the coffee chain hosted "TeaTime events", which is a civilized way of saying "free samples". I headed to the most scenic of our Starbucks, at 14th Street and ... More >>

The Unreal Deal

Fresh, flavorful, healthful Chinese food — plus bubble tea! — at an excellent price.

Food News Flash: Bloise Leaves Wish

Food News Flash: Bloise Leaves Wish

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Doubly Bubbly

For tea and sandwiches, Tapioca is worth tracking down

Tam

"Take What U Need" (Ecstatic Peace!)

Steeped in Love

Sweet Tradition

BEST PLACE FOR TEA AND SCONES

Théine

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Mr. Tea

Anyone for that hot cuppa cha

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The Secret Sandwich Co.

Afternoon DIY Delight

Throw a holiday-time High Tea party -- it's finger-food-licking good

Tea for View, View for Tea

Right luve, ta for the full tea at the Biltmore's exquisite lobby

Foodaholics Anonymous

It's all there, and you never knew!

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The Biltmore Hotel

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People's Bar-B-Que

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People's Bar-B-Que

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Sewell Park

Kamon in My Kitchen

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