“I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.” Mick Jagger
Morning has Broken
Froot Loops, Cini Minis, Choco Krispies – or: evil in the breakfast bowl. Muesli may sound healthy, but the popular cereal contains more sugar than a slice of Sacher Torte. If you still don’t want to do without the nostalgic look, you can get your hands on the muesli variants from Magic Spoon. They are just as fancy as the well-known original (and also come in the flavors Fruity, Frosted, Cocoa and Cinnamon), but without flavor enhancers or artificial colors, with more protein, less sugar and even fewer calories. Magic Spoon, 4 boxes, approx. 40.- (www.magicspoon.com)
Explosion
Tinder couples and Instagram friends confirm: social media can actually bring people together. If Wes Gordon, Creative Director at Carolina Herrera, hadn’t had the courage to write to Martina Mondadori Sartogo, Editor-in-Chief of the interior design magazine Cabana, via Insta at , we would now have to do without the colorful plates and cloth napkins that Herrera and Cabana bring out together. Two creative minds, one idea. The pieces in the joint collection are deliberately not a perfect match, as they are intended to inspire people to combine tableware, tablecloths and glasses to their heart’s content. Carolina Herrera X Cabana, glasses from approx. 82, plates from approx. 88.- or napkins (4 pieces) from approx. 99.- (over www.matchesfashion.com)
Black gold
The waste policy of the first world can be the subject of a rant the size of an entire issue of FACES. However, rather than pointing the finger at the dirty finches, we prefer to highlight the producers who are doing better. Like the Swiss company Tropical Mountains Coffee, for example, which aims to make coffee sustainable from the bean to the brew. This begins on its own farm in Chanchamayo, Peru at an altitude of up to 1,800 meters, where decently paid workers pick and sort the ripe berries by hand. Thomas and Gisella Schwegler, the couple behind the label, not only ensure fair wages, but also support the region by building a school. Let’s move on to the packaging, the capsule, which is usually at the top of the list of sins. With Tropical Mountains Coffee, it is compostable and completely aluminum-free. The coffee tastes aromatic, delicious and, thanks to the clear conscience, twice as good. Tropical Mountains Coffee, beans 250 g each, approx. 10, 21 capsules, approx. 14.- (www.tropicalmountains.com)
Gulper
Sommelier is such a posh word that somehow always sounds like a white gloved fly-carrier purring in French. Well, André Hueston Mack doesn’t fit the cliché either visually or in his language – and is therefore probably just the right person to make drinking wine palatable. He doesn’t talk about vanilla notes or sunny vineyards, but rather about the people who tend their vines like hipsters tend their beards. Because wine is more than just dark red juice. A luxury food whose quality is not only measured by its content, but also by the people in the vineyard. André Hueston Mack, “99 Bottles. A Black Sheep’s Guide to Life-Changing Wines”, Abrams & Chronicles, ca. 23.-
