Tropical smoothie cafe

The idea to do a cold-smoked coffee hit them two years ago. D’abreo recalls, “We knew our customers enjoyed smokiness in their coffee but how could we do that delicately, without the unpleasant bitterness coming in the way? With that question, we looked up the Internet for references to cold-smoking the coffee. We found zero references and that got us excited to experiment.” They moved to Thammaiah’s estate in December of 2019 with more clarity and started smoking small batches of Arabica beans with different firewood and techniques and conducting blind tastings. They locked in on the right flavour this February, knowing little that a virus would throw their business plans off. … [Read more...] about World’s first cold-smoked coffee is here, thanks to this Bengaluru brand

Also new: An EDA (Electrodermal Activity) app that’s designed to detect stress. Basically, it’s a sweaty-hands detector—press your palm to the watch’s surface and it takes a reading. Coupled with factors such as your own self-assessment of your emotional state and the data the watch collects about your sleep patterns, Fitbit will calculate a Stress Management Score and provide advice for de-stressing if appropriate. … [Read more...] about Why Fitbit calls its newest wearable a ‘health smartwatch’

A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine. … [Read more...] about Scientists, drugmakers and traders react to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial pause