buyers' picks
WHAT ARE THE TOP
WINTER BEVERAGES?
From cider and glogg to tea, coffee and
drinking chocolates, retailers around the
country pick their favorite winter beverages.
BY NICOLE POTENZA DENIS
Kelly Johnson, The 5 Senses, Phillips, WI
• Equal Exchange Coffee
• Grandpa Lundquist Glogg
• Lake Champlain Chocolates Spicy Aztec Hot Chocolate
• The Republic of Tea Caramel Apple Red Tea
• The Republic of Tea Organic Double Dark
Chocolate Mate
WA
• Sugarpill Oolong Tea
• Sugarpill Resilience Chai
• Theo Chipotle Spice Drinking Chocolate
Justin Merrifield, Food Front Cooperative Grocery, Portland, OR
• C20 Coconut Water
• Stumptown Coffee
• Equal Exchange Coffee
• Yogi Tea Egyptian Licorice
• Ristretto Roasters Cowboy Blend Coffee
Nicole Ahronne, Gastronomie 491,
New York, NY
• Chuao Spicy Maya Drinking Chocolate
• Illy Espresso
• Naked Flock Cider
• Palais des Thes Du Hammam Green Tea
• Palais des Thes Big Ben English Breakfast
Lisa Santos, Southport Grocery,
Chicago, IL
• Glunz Vin Glogg
• Metropolis Coffee Redline Espresso
• Rishi Tea Cinnamon Plum Tea
• Salted Caramel Salted Caramel Cocoa
• Urban Accents Mulling Spices
Nicole Potenza Denis is a contributing editor to Specialty Food Magazine.
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PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP): CHUAO CHOCOLATIER; YOGI TEA; THE
REPUBLIC OF TEA; THEO CHOCOLATE; LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES; NAKED
FLOCK CIDER; EQUAL EXCHANGE COFFEE
Karyn Schwartz, Sugarpill, Seattle,
• Kakawa Chocolate House Mesoamerican
Elixirs
• Sugarpill Northwest Cold & Flu Tea
