Food & Drink Articles

eople usually refer to the act of drinking as "unhealthy," but it doesn’t have to be. Yes, excess binge drinking is dangerous, but drinking in moderation does have some surprising health benefits. More often than not, when people try to “be healthy” or lose weight, they cut down on alcohol. If you're looking to be healthier while drinking alcohol occasionally, these are the healthiest alcohols you can choose from.

As an apostle to the “find what you like and drink that however you want it” school of whisk(e)y enthusiasm, I have little use for snobbery. In fact, if I call someone a snob of anything, I’m de facto labeling that person as a hater, not a lover; snobbery is the act of defining your love for something by how much of it you disdain.

The Maverick Observer reporter Anna Brown visits Good Neighbors Meeting House in Colorado Springs, CO. Join her while she gets an espresso lesson and sips a few delicious drinks!

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The words naturally conjure images of flannel-bedecked hipster millennials sipping creamy latte art and talking Danish philosophy in a metropolis like Chicago or Portland. But despite its cultural and spatial distance from the big city, something is brewing in the Springs’ coffee culture, where a vibrant blend of local coffee specialists and passionate transplants is shaping Colorado Springs coffee community for the better.