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Vogue
10 hours ago
- General
- Vogue
The Maturing of Matcha: The New (Old) Wave of Matcha Sweeping the Country
Green is in: Matcha has become ubiquitous among the fashion set, millennials, and Gen Z—even my boomer mom is obsessed—with nearly every cafe offering it alongside coffee, and plenty of cafes dedicated solely to matcha. From national matcha-devoted chains like Cha Cha Matcha, Matcha Café Maiko, and Kyo Matcha, to nearly every coffee shop from Starbucks to Blue Bottle to even Dunkin' Donuts offering matcha lattes, it's safe to say matcha is firmly entrenched in the zeitgeist. Matcha is a vibrant green tea drink born in China and Japan thousands of years ago. It's made from grinding green tea leaves—which can be varying grades of quality—into a fine powder, which is then whisked with hot water to create a thick, frothy liquid. In many modern cafes around the world, it's combined with milk or an alternative milk to create a latte, and this is typically what you'll find in most cafes serving matcha in the U.S. But are you getting an authentic matcha at Dunkin' Donuts? Definitely not (it's green tea powder mixed with 32 grams of sugar, milk, and fruit pectin, according to their website). Even at most matcha-devoted places, your drink will likely be sweetened and watered down as a way to help cover up the bitter taste of lower-grade matcha. Over the last decade, in most of the U.S., matcha has become so far removed from its roots that it has become a coffee alternative at best and a TikTok trend at worst. And while these drinks might be tasty, if you're looking for authentic, unadulterated matcha, it has been harder to find in the U.S.—until now. While chains like Cha Cha Matcha, which opened in New York City in 2016 and has expanded to seven New York City and four Los Angeles locations, show no signs of slowing down, there has been a recent spate of more authentic matcha cafes utilizing extremely high-quality matcha unadulterated by sugar and other mix-ins. These boutique shops typically partner with a specific farm in Japan or Korea for sourcing, as opposed to the Japanese corporate distributors that the larger chains use. But what exactly is the difference between a matcha latte from Starbucks and a so-called authentic matcha? We checked in with Darla Murray, the co-founder of Make, a premium matcha brand selling hand-selected tea direct to consumers.
News.com.au
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai 18, works shift at Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru: ‘So humble'
Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai took a hilarious stab at running the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru in a candid new TikTok video. In the 9-second clip, Kai, 18, rocked the company's colours with a bright pink tank top, orange tennis skirt, and white sneakers while working the window at the iconic donut shop. Kai could be heard repeating that a customer wanted a 'medium iced copy' and saying, 'perfect,' before getting help from a colleague with the register. She then delivered the iced coffee to the customer. 'Working the drive-thru at Dunkin' Donuts,' she wrote atop the clip shared earlier this week. In the caption, she teased another Dunkin' Donuts-themed video. 'If it's on the Dunkin' menu, I tried it,' she wrote, directing social media users to a YouTube link. In the clip posted Thursday, Kai conducted a blind taste test of beverages on the donut-maker's menu. 'I'm gonna try whatever drinks are in front of me!' the social media personality told viewers before a pal wrapped a black blindfold around her eyes. During the minute-long video, Kai accurately identified a mango lemonade, a guava lemonade, and a water with a pump of berry. An attempt to identify a strawberry drink fell flat, with Kai guessing 'some fruit' before admitting, 'yeah I don't know.' She also failed to identify a mystery drink, ending the taste test with a score of three out of five. But fans were particularly amused by Kai's attempt to work the Dunkin' window. 'That's hilarious. You're even matching the logo,' observed a follower of Kai's Dunkin'-themed fashion choice. 'I would actually die if Kai Trump were to give me my Dunkin' order,' confessed another. 'Side hustle,' quipped a third alongside a laughing emoji. Still others weren't fooled by Kai's humble stint at the drive-thru. 'Princess of America,' commented one TikTok user. Kai is the oldest child of Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa, whom he divorced in 2018. The former couple also shares Donald Trump III, 16, Tristan, 13, Spencer, 12, and Chloe, 11. In May, Kai took to TikTok to mark her 'last day being 17' ahead of her 18th birthday. In the video, she danced in a black mini dress to Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai, 18, spotted working at Dunkin' Donuts
Donald Trump 's granddaughter Kai Trump was spotted taking orders behind the counter at a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru. The teen, 18, posted a hilarious clip of herself attempting to work the register and help customers to her TikTok account earlier this week. In the video, a customer pulled up to the window and the smiling teen double-checked their order, took payment, and handed over the iced coffee. Kai donned a bright pink tank top and orange shorts to match the company's iconic colors. And while it appears as though she didn't actually get a job there and that it was a stunt to promote a new YouTube video in which she tried every one of the coffee chain's drinks, fans were in shambles over the footage. 'Reminds me of your grandpa! Hard workers!' one person complimented in the comment section. 'She's such a great person,' someone else wrote. 'Donald working at McDonald's and now Kai working at Dunkin Donuts. Epic,' another shared. During the race to become president, Trump, 78, worked at a McDonald's in Philadelphia. Video captured from within the kitchen showed the now-president passing out orders to a group of grateful prearranged 'customers' - Trump supporters understood to have been pre-selected by his camp. Trump removed his suit jacket, put on a black and yellow apron, and proceeded to cook batches of French fries, something he said he had wanted to do 'all my life.' He then proceeded to dip wire baskets of potatoes in sizzling oil before salting them and handing them out to customers through the restaurant's drive-thru window. Thousands of people lined the street opposite the restaurant to watch. On YouTube, Kai posted a video called Kai Trump Eats and Drinks EVERYTHING at Dunkin' Donuts to her 1.16 million followers. She was joined by her little brother Tristan, 13, and her best friend, Emma Markin, 16, for the endeavor. The trio rented out the coffee chain so they could have it all to themselves while they tried and rated everything on the menu. They made their way through all the Refreshers and coffee drinks, before eating from a tray of mouth-watering donuts. It appears as though Kai didn't actually get a job at Dunkin' and that it was a stunt to promote a new YouTube video in which she tried every one of the coffee chain's drinks Viewers thought Tristan was the star of the show with his witty quips and boyish charm. He also confessed in the video that it was his first time having caffeine, so his face of disgust had users laughing. 'Kai's little brother is hilarious,' someone wrote. 'You can see the caffeine hitting him,' another said. 'Tristan on caffeine is the funniest thing I've ever seen,' a person penned. 'I know moms aren't your target demographic but as a boy mom(26 now), watching the caffeine and sugar hit and escalate in Tristan was hilarious. Brought back memories,' a mom detailed. 'Tristan is freaking hilarious- crying with laughter!!!!' a comment read. Someone else said: 'Tristan has those big energy Trump genes.' Others begged Kai to do more videos with her little brother, who people compared to his grandfather Donald. 'Loved your little brother. He's witty and charismatic like his grandpa,' a user begged. 'OMG, your brother is hilarious. You need to include him more in your videos. He's so adorable. Thanks for sharing!!!' another expressed. 'Little dude is the best guest on the channel! Please do more with him,' someone requested. Another wrote: 'This boy is so candid and so honest. Bring him in [the] next videos. He is so entertaining.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
Opinion: Hold on to long road trips, family milestones, home ... and Mark Twain
I needed but three objectives and a book to anchor me to make the decision to drive over 5,000 miles across the country. First, the objectives: 1. Watch my granddaughter graduate from high school; 2. Meet my great granddaughter for the first time; 3. See my daughter's first home. On the way, I would stop by Hannibal, Missouri, to visit Mark Twain's childhood home, the museums, the cave, take a ride on the riverboat, and visit his birthplace in Florida, Missouri, a few miles away. I would purchase the "Autobiography of Mark Twain," published a hundred years after his death in 1910, and read it before listening to Ron Chernow's new "Mark Twain," not so well reviewed, for 44 hours on the drive home. Long ago, I learned that planning stops on the way home is always a poor idea, for at the end of a trip, the need to just get home is paramount. I left on Mother's Day, stopped in Fairview for a breakfast snack at Dunkin Donuts and ate some wrap that gave me a fierce need to scratch my hands, face, stomach, legs for the next two hours as I drove on to Tennessee. Finally, some bland catfish at the Cracker Barrel in Cookeville, was enough to see the itching subside and the trip become one of calm. I was headed to Denver, Colorado, after the two days in Hannibal, to visit my son and his family, acknowledge and appreciate commencement traditions that send people we care about into the next phase of their lives. And then to see for the first time, a child related to me but three generations distant. She had just celebrated her first birthday, and such an opportunity might not pass my way again. I will remember her — the face, the expressions, the feel of her small body in my old and aging hands — for the rest of my life, fully aware that those moments will not be reciprocated by her. I will visit old friends and former colleagues and be reminded of things and other people I hadn't thought of in years. I will stop by homes where I used to live that are now only houses for strangers. I will recall in detail certain places I visited that I had not been in 40 years and remember stories associated with the place that came back so clearly it might have been just last week. I will play board games with family members, which I have always found is the best way to have a conversation that strays beyond the game itself. And I will drive by the campus where I used to teach and park in the shade where I realized how much the place has changed, so many new buildings built, added on to, that it had lost for me the intense meaning I once had to this physical space. Universities have a way of moving on, and you have to grab that tiny place that meant something once long ago, and, just for a moment dwell there — remembering a conversation, a student face, an insight, a spot of time, as Wordsworth once called it. Then it was on to Portland to see my daughter's home, the first that she has owned, to make the pictures that I had seen since last Christmas become a reality. To drive into the driveway, walk up to the door, be greeted by my 17-year-old granddaughter, who last greeted me on her door stoop 16 years ago, the last time I had driven there, but only from Denver (a small trip by comparison). Some days of staying in the house where my daughter's family live out their days. The quiet comfort of having a place that is finally your own, not subject to rent hikes and landlord vagaries. And I think of Miranda Lambert's song, 'The House that Built Me,' for I also believe that a physical place shapes who we are and how we become who we will be. Then, it is time to leave, to head home — over 2,500 miles or five days of hard driving through parts of 10 states (Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa (for a minute), Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and finally North Carolina). Accompanied all the way by the story of Mark Twain — his life, his poor decisions, his tragedies. I bore them with him as I drove. Because I had started out our relationship by visiting his childhood home, I could hear the narrator's voice on my phone, and place it in the rural environment of Missouri. We know people differently, perhaps more deeply, when we see them in their homes. I arrived home again four weeks from the day I left, having lunch four Sundays later in the same Cookeville, Tennessee, Cracker Barrel. I will be 79 this summer, and I realized fully this might be my last such trip. The trip was a way to stare my own mortality in the face and come away a bit more wise and grateful. Margaret Earley Whitt is a retired college professor and lives in Gerton. This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Opinion: Reflections on family, home, mortality during 5,000-mile trip
Daily Mail
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dunkin' rolls out new 2025 summer menu
Published: Updated: Dunkin' Pink Spritz Refresher Orange N' Vanilla Specialty Donut Cherry Berry and Peach Cherry Twist Dunkin' Energy Mixology Drinks Melted Ice Cream Coffees For those who enjoy indulging in dessert-inspired drinks, Dunkin' is rolling out Melted Ice Cream Coffees in three irresistible flavors: Butter Pecan, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Cookie Dough. Each is topped with a drizzle and crunchy waffle cone pieces – perfect for coffee lovers with a sweet tooth. Improved Matcha Drinks and Patriotic Treats Strawberry Dream Dunkin' Refresher In addition to the Pink Spritz Refresher, Dunkin' is adding the Strawberry Dream Dunkin' Refresher, made with oat milk and topped with sweet cold foam. This pink drink offers a fresh, creamy twist on the classic. New Food Items Upcoming Refreshers in July
