- Sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.
- All Grains.
- Legumes like beans and lentils.
- Most Dairy, especially low-fat dairy.
- Some vegetable oils like soybean, sunflower, cottonseed, corn, grapeseed, safflower and other oils.
- Trans fats: "hydrogenated" or "partially hydrogenated" oils found in margarine and various processed foods.
- Artificial sweeteners: Aspartame, sucralose, cyclamates, saccharin, acesulfame potassium.
- Highly processed foods: Everything labeled "diet" or "low-fat" or that has many additives.
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Why we speak Starbucks
Brading and specialized vocabulary
Branding experts say it is an ingenious way of securing customer loyalty. Persuading people to use the terminology of a company create a sense of belonging and loyalty to a brand.
Companies like Starbucks have a particular language to describe their coffee - half-caf, black, no-whip. Sizes are tall, grande, venti, and trenta
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Brading and specialized vocabulary
Branding experts say it is an ingenious way of securing customer loyalty. Persuading people to use the terminology of a company create a sense of belonging and loyalty to a brand.
Companies like Starbucks have a particular language to describe their coffee - half-caf, black, no-whip. Sizes are tall, grande, venti, and trenta
Creating a tribe through a common language
Whenever a company gets consumers to refer to their product using branded terminology instead of a generic description, they are drawing them into their own community.
Many companies use this technique. Starbucks has not only a branded vocabulary but also a system for teaching it. The company has trained its baristas to reply to customers in Starbuck lingo.
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The Caffeinated and the Un-caffeinated
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By 1988 only 50 percent of the adult American population drank coffee. In 1962, average coffee consumption was 3.12 cups per day; by 1991 had dropped to 1.75 cups per day.
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Dalgona coffee
Over the past few weeks, as many of us retreat inside, dalgona coffee has become an online global coffee trend.
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A new drink
Unlike a latte or a cappuccino, in which the froth comes from aerated milk, the fluffiness of dalgona coffee comes from the coffee and sugar itself.
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