Three New Beverages

Fulvic acid, cherries and cocoa power these new drinks with benefits

For bored palates, finding a delicious new drink with all the health benefits you want can be a tricky task. When plain water just isn’t cutting it and you’ve had all the pomegranate juice you can drink, give one of these a try. Blk Water Some things are fact: grass is green, the sky is blue, water is wet and…black? That doesn’t seem right. But …

Pique Mi Madre

Small batch Puerto Rican hot sauce packs heat in a great-looking bottle

Hand-picked, prepared and packaged in the mountain town of Coamo, Puerto Rico, Pique Mi Madre is the best-looking hot sauce we’ve also enjoyed tasting. The family-owned company uses only the choicest habanero peppers to give Mi Madre its kick, nicely balanced by a short list of preservative-free ingredients grown locally in the lush mountainous environment. The clear glass bottle displays the large peppers and fresh …

Brooklyn Slate

Truly tough cheeseboards born and made in New York

Take two food-obsessed Brooklynites with a family history in rock mining, add an entrepreneurial spirit, and you have Brooklyn Slate Company. In 2009 co-founders Kristy Hadeka and Sean Tice started making cheeseboards using slate from Hadeka’s third-generation family quarry in upstate New York. The two saw the idea as “the perfect opportunity to participate in the local food movement” and since have hired on an …