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Mom will be tickled pink by these roses.

May 6, 2011

Mother's Day is Sunday

Do you really need any exhortation beyond this photo to come out tomorrow afternoon and taste 8-10 delicious new roses (for free!) to find which one Mom will love getting on Sunday, along with a copy of Lantern chef Andrea Reusing's new cookbook? Didn't think so.

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Minervois v. St-Chinian

April 21, 2011
MinervoisAre we hosting a Ligue 3 football match? Maybe the title for this free wine tasting should be Remy v. Nicole. But they are friends! Still, I want to stir up some regional rivalries. Or maybe coax out some truths about the character of the neighboring Languedoc appellations that Remy Soulie and Nicole Bojanowski inhabit.

We have a slew of new releases from these two great Mediterranean estates, certified-organic reds, whites, and roses that can be swirled and discussed endlessly, or just purchased and guzzled with your weekend dinner.  Come taste eight great wines (did I mention for free!) and flip through my trip photos, listen to fond reminiscences of cold hours touring the winter landscape of this stark, beautiful land.Jay Murrie This Saturday, 1-3pm. More

Wherein Jay makes the case for getting you off the couch.

April 8, 2011
Free Champagne!I wouldn’t bother to get off the sofa for the anemic offerings presented at most in-store free “wine tastings.” A few shallow samples, a smile, a faint hope you’ll buy something and shuffle away.

We understand that as an intelligent, busy consumer your time has value. We want you to come to our shop on Saturday afternoons. So we’re presenting a better tasting to lure you in. New, shiny wine... 10 top wines from the Vintage '59 portfolio, to be exact, including one of my favorite grower Champagnes.Jay Murrie



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Apparently, April is National Plan Awesome Events at 3CUPS Month

March 31, 2011

Cooking in the MomentHonoring our James Beard Award-winning local chefs,

 

Offering the annual return of Renardat-Fache Cerdon,

 

Boxcarr Farms is cooking up a storm tomorrow night,

 

Cookbook Release Party with Andrea Reusing of Lantern,

 

 

Shrimp & Grits Simple Supper with Boxcarr Farms,

more more more events,

 

AND an headscratching microlot from Burundi is the Friday Fresh!

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Tea Time! (it's 6 o'clock somewhere...)

March 25, 2011
Laura loves Magnolia OolongWe've got a new addition to our tea shelf - Magnolia Oolong from Fujian, China. Oolongs are partially oxidized, traditionally produced Chinese teas and this one, scented with magnolia petals, is particularly sweet. Fans of our jasmine tea, Dragon Phoenix Pearl, take note - Magnolia Oolong is similarly delicate and fragrant. The nose is lemony and flowery - half the joy of this tea is its amazing scent! You know how the beginning of summer smells, say around the middle of May, on one of those first genuinely warm evenings, when North Carolina strawberries are in season, the honeysuckle is running riot and everyone can't get enough of their front porch? That's how this tea smells. I'd start a first-outdoor-dinner-party-of-the-season with glasses of a lively Gruner Veltliner, and end it with cups of Magnolia Oolong. Until then, I'll be drinking it indoors, and dreaming of summer. Available by the pot in the cafe or by the ounce to take home. Be sure to have some in your cupboard in case Alice drops by. - Laura Giovanelli More

Show us your votes.

March 18, 2011
Vote for 3CUPS with Chapel Hill MagazineDear loyal Vote for 3CUPS with the Independent Weekly3CUPS customers - you often tell us how  much you love us (the feeling is mutual).  Will you tell others that you love us, too?  The Independent Weekly and Chapel Hill Magazine are both currently collecting and tallying your votes for best local tea shop, coffee shop, barista, wine store, and place for last-minute gifts. We hope 3CUPS is the clear choice! Lest you think this is a space solely for shameless self-promotion, 3CUPS sends a shout-out to Flyleaf Books for best local bookstore, Lee Waters at Orange County Social Club for best bartender, and Syd's Hairshop for salon. Voting closes 4/15/11 for both polls, perfect for voting while procrastinating on your taxes. More

A new and unpronounceable coffee, March 3BOTTLES has arrived

March 4, 2011
Friday Fresh: Buziraguhindwa, Burundi





Friday Fresh: Buziraguhindwa, Burundi Buziraguhindwa - Kayanza, Burundi
We liked this coffee so much that we learned how to spell it (but don't quote us on any ventured pronunciations). In the staff cupping, the aromas were extremely enticing for us.  Vanilla, clean raw cashew, and light earthy spice was some of what we were smelling.  It's got light malty nut quality as well as a complex savory note.  It finishes with a soft dry nutmeg spice.  Light/medium body and bright acidity underly this flavor profile.

Roughly a thousand micro-scale coffee farmers bring their harvests to the Buziraguhindwa washing station for fermenting, washing, and shipment. The name means "never retreat when facing a problem." Hard to say, easy to drink.
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