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Sometimes I get into a coffee shop and my mind goes blank.  I want something new and delicious, but lattes are always my default order because I understand them.  I’ve had other coffee drinks and loved them, but I’m overwhelmed staring at a coffee drink menu.  I’m hoping the descriptions above will help.

Subscriber Robyn D. recommends her new favorite coffee drink from a barista in Cambridge – an Oat milk Cardamom Latte.  Begin with espresso – froth some oat milk, add honey and a touch of cardamom.  It is our new house favorite and we make it in this Capresso Frother, $59.

If your family are sriracha fans, the Huy Fong Foods brand, pictured above, has been suffering production problems, causing a severe shortage in Sriracha.  The shortage is expected to last quite a while, so the time may have come to find another brand.  A food blog I follow has found several boutique brands of sriracha hot sauce that make very respectable versions.

Yellowbird Sauce is based in Austin, and this organic Sriracha gets rave reviews.  A multipack of three is $36.00.

A sriracha sauce that’s been sold in Thailand for years is from the Shark brand.  Apparently, chefs love it.  It comes in different strengths.  $14.99 for a 25 oz bottle of medium strength.

If you want to find the best in the supermarket, Tabasco Sriracha sauce seems to be the one. $9.29 for a 20 oz bottle.

Olive & June make a quick dry nail polish that hardens in one minute.  Better yet, it only needs one coat.  For those of us who do our own nails once in a while, or always, this polish makes it simpler.  The polish is free of fifteen harmful chemicals commonly found in nail polishes including Formaldehyde, DBP, Xylene and twelve more.  The quick dry polish is easy to remove, will stay chip-free for up to 5 days, and there are many colors to choose from. Quick dry polishes are $7.50 each.