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Not really a huge fan of olives but olive oil is a wonderful thing.

I still remember the first time I had a kalamata olive. I was 13 years old, and my family had decided to picnic with some friends along a river. One person had brought along a bunch of kalamatas and was raving about them. I was eager to try one, but when I did, I thought they were awful. But after eating them at random intervals over the years, I've grown to love them; they're now my favorite :)

the little spanish arbequina olives, hands down.

I love olives! My favorite depends on my mood - sometimes cerignola, sometimes arbequina, sometimes picholines, sometimes nicoise, sometimes picual, sometimes manzanilla - give them all to me.

Never met an olive I didn't love. My current favorite is picholine. It will be something else next week...

young, fat, green cerignolas. and sadly those gross pimento stuffed ones in the grocery store

feta-stuffed green olives. or black oil cured ones. I love the oil most of all- I practically drink it if it's good enough.

I miss bbq munchos, planters cheeseballs (there is another brand available now in a large container that are good but...) and morton raspberry filled powdered donuts. Oh, those were the days.

I tried the Iced Mocha and it was a complete waste of nearly $3. It was WAY too sweet and although I could taste the coffee, I wouldn't want to because it had a harsh, burnt flavor.

Make your coffee at home, put it in a travel mug (preferably stainless steel---I got a nice one at Target) and have your coffee or espresso exactly the way you like it while saving money and the environment (all those throw-away cups and lids)

You may as well seek out some really good coffee, there is barely a price difference between McCafe and a good cafe and the quality and flavor is obviously worlds apart. In NYC, Gimme!, Joe and 9th Street Espresso all offer the same drinks in the same price range--and it will be a drink to savor.... otherwise, check out http://www.espressomap.com to find quality obessed coffee shops in the US.

I got an iced mocha on my way to work on Sunday morning as I was running too late to make my own coffee at home. I thought it was swill... and for almost $3, was NOT worth it. It was completely full of ice so I probably got about 5 ounces worth of actual beverage. Like the article mentioned, I too thought it tasted more like chocolate milk than anything else.

I noted this morning though, I got a 32 OUNCE vanilla iced coffee at Einstein Bros for $1.79 (which is mad cheap for coffee around here - Philly 'burbs). And their coffee at least tastes half decent, as far as chains go.