The power of infused waters, teas and tonics is increasingly sought after – for boosting good physical and mental health. As the mainstream interest in healthy eating continues to grow, so too has the interest in healthy drinks, and especially in lowering your soda (and, obviously, alcohol) intake. This book contains 70 nutrient-rich hot and cold infused water recipes, guaranteed to not only quench your thirst, but make you feel better too. Recipes use myriad fruits and herbs, including lemon, kiwi, pomegranate, peach, mint, rosemary, cranberries, cucumber, raspberry and vanilla. No doubt, your palette will be just as satisfied as your body. The best thing about infusing water – unlike, perhaps, kombucha, kefir, and other natural home brewed sodas – is that there’s no fermentation required. There’s no waiting weeks for your precious brew, only to find out, well after the wait, that something went wrong and you have to start all over again. Water, the most precious resource on Earth, is far more forgiving. So, it’s time you get Infused!

Costa Rica After Coffee explores the political, social, and economic place occupied by the coffee industry in contemporary Costa Rican history. In this follow-up to the 1986 classic Costa Rica Before Coffee, Lowell Gudmundson delves deeply into archival sources, alongside the individual histories of key coffee-growing families, to explore the development of the co-op movement, the rise of the gourmet coffee market, and the societal transformations Costa Rica has undergone as a result of the coffee industry's powerful presence in the country. While Costa Rican coffee farmers and co-ops experienced a golden age in the 1970s and 1980s, the emergence and expansion of a gourmet coffee market in the 1990s drastically reduced harvest volumes. Meanwhile, urbanization and improved education among the Costa Rican population threatened the continuance of family coffee farms, because of the lack of both farmland and a successor generation of farmers. As the last few decades have seen a rise in tourism and other industries within the country, agricultural exports like coffee have ceased to occupy the same crucial space in the Costa Rican economy. Gudmundson argues that the fulfillment of promises of reform from the co-op era had the paradoxical effect of challenging the endurance of the coffee industry.