[donkey-products.de] How often do you get to see Prince Harry bathing in hot water? Or the Queen just stretching out her arms? RoyalTea can change that with these tea bags inspired by England's royal family. Or if you're not feeling the monarchy, the DemocraTea and StripTea sets of five tea bag sachets (attached to the upper bodies of your favorite politicians and strippers, respectively) are also pretty great. [via conky] Related Tea Cup Stool Anyone got a good Chai recipe? [Talk] Video: How To Make a Solar Cell with Donuts and Tea... More

Do you like food you can't pronounce? Are you tired of biscotti? Behold juustoleipä, or leipäjuusto, a slab of Finnish "bread cheese" commonly cut into strips or cubes. Phyllis of Me Hungry! bought the Carr Valley Cheese brand at her local Wegmans and had some fun experimenting with it. When dipped in coffee, the bread cheese was "surprisingly good...took on a sweet profile...and it hardly melted at all." To clarify: this cheese does not actually contain bread. The curds, usually from cow's or reindeer's milk, are grilled or baked, which yields a brown, bread-like color.... More

Photograph from The Bitten Word What is freezer jam? So called because it keeps so well in the freezer, it is, according to Clay and Zach at The Bitten Word, the perfect way to preserve summer fruit without distorting its flavor. "Making freezer jam is delicious and incredibly easy. With traditional jam, you thicken the fruit by cooking it and boiling it down. In making freezer jam, however, you use pectin to thicken. And since you don't cook the fruit, the jam tastes intensely like the fresh fruit itself." Find the recipe at their blog, The Bitten Word.... More

After the magic begins, it's all downhill from there. See how the caffeine buzz unfolds at The Oatmeal's 5 Phases of Caffeine Intake. Related 'If You Like Coffee' Caffeine Examiner, Reviews of Caffeine-Filled Products Caffeine: The Good News and the Good News... More

"Way to go people in lab coats who figured this one out!" Instant coffee never seems like it's trying that hard to taste like regular coffee. You can almost hear Nescafé saying, "yeah, whatever, I give up." But Starbucks may be changing that. Earlier this year, the chain introduced Starbucks VIA Ready Brew, a line of instant coffee packets (three single servings for $2.95) sold in two flavors, Colombia and Italian Roast. We tried the Colombian packets against a fresh-brewed batch of Starbucks dark roast from around the corner and the paradigmatic instant coffee itself, Nescafé. While the Nescafé couldn't hide—ah, yes, that zap of chemicaly ink juice—it was actually really hard to differentiate the instant from the real deal.... More

You could eat this...or you could check your email! The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is groggily hobble to my computer, press the space bar to wake it from its sleep stage, and check my email. However, I don't see it as choosing Internet over food; I usually don't eat breakfast. (Yeah, don't remind me that it's "the most important meal of the day"—I've heard it a million times.) Yesterday's New York Times piece profiles people's struggles with technology taking up family time, in particular breakfast being sacrificed for email and other urgent Internet-required activities, such as checking Facebook or Twitter. These days more kids and parents start their mornings with phones and... More

Photograph from chotda on Flickr If your blowtorch has been getting dusty lately, don't worry. Oatmeal brûlée is a wonderful alternative to its custard cousin. Just make a normal batch of oatmeal (with old-fashioned or steel cut oats), sprinkle a thin layer of brown sugar on top, and fire away. If you're blowtorch-less, you can always go the broiler route. Related Grinning Bowls of Oatmeal I top my oatmeal with ______ [Talk] New Quaker Oat Campaign, and the Dawn of an Oatmeal Trend... More

I found out about the glorious pancake-making machine ChefStack through an IM conversation with Serious Eats intern Grace. Observe: Grace: http://www.chefstack.com/ Grace: Looks crazy Me: WUT Me: WUT Me: IT POOPS PANCAKES Me: PLOP PLOP PLOP Grace: Hahaaha Me: AHAHAHAH Me: HUH Grace: Hahaha omg don’t have a seizure! And that's what I sound like when you chat with me through IM about pancakes—my IQ plummets by about 100 points. The ChefStack—or as I like to call it, the Pancake Plooper—makes pancakes at a rate of 200 pph (pancakes per hour) and will set you back $3,500. Interested in owning one of these babies? Visit chefstack.com for more info.... More

Foam cup artist Cheeming Boey of Newport Beach, California, creates intricate designs using the underexplored medium of Sharpie pens. His Flickr set includes images of noodle shops, faceless diners, scaly fish, Japanese gods, and more, which sell for about $120 to $220 each. Styrofoam cups may typically be associated with ocean pollution and non-biodegradable landfill waste, but they are looking pretty snazzy here. Read this interview with Boey on the Sharpie blog. Related RIP 'We Are Happy to Serve You' Coffee Cups? Video: Squirrel Gets Head Stuck in Yogurt Cup Latte Printer Art... More

You can almost smell and taste the butter in this video from the Boston Globe. It goes inside the Kate's Homemade Butter "factory"* in Maine, where 3,600-pound-capacity butter churns produce some truly delicious butter. (I know it's delicious because I actually have some in my fridge now.) After seeing the massive quantity of butter in this video I want nothing more than a nice short stack of pancakes slathered with the stuff—along with some Vermont maple syrup to complete the New England theme. [Mondo butterage, after the jump!]... More