Check out this 2008 illustrated coffee calendar by Mike Rohde. It features several unique drinks from various areas of the world. You can see all the illustrations in this Flickr page, and if you like them you can buy the calendar from Cafepress.

The Zarafina Tea Maker is a controlled -tea envornment. It will steep your tea to exacty the righ temperature - select loose or bag, strong medium or mild, and the type of tea, and it will steep then dispense up to 16oz of tea. Sleek looking.

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Vancouver-based Blenz has opened its first LEED-Certified coffee shop. LEED stands for Leader in Energy and Environmental Design.

Basically, Blenz has gone Green.

Certification requires a complete approach to sustainability by recognizing the building’s performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. This coffee shop is a first for Blenz and one of only a handful of LEED-certified buildings in BC.

The ‘Green’ Blenz is located in Tsawwassen.

Via newswire Tags: blenz, green, environmentally friendly, coffee, coffee shop, leed certification

Feeling lonely working at home? Well, toss a handy friend into your routine! This cute Penguin Teaboy will time your tea dunk, and remove your bag when your tea is steeped:

Via popgadget Tags: penguin teaboy, tea, gadgets