Holiday Gift Guide: Trendy iCoffee and Capresso Presents for Coffee and Tea Lovers

iCoffee's NEW Single Serve Opus

Now trending is the single serve revolution and nobody does it better than iCoffee. They have brought their steam-stir system to a single serve machine that will make you think you've been served at Starbucks.

Single Serve Opus Dial-A-Brew

So easy to use that even I can make the perfect cup of coffee or tea on my first try. So delicious, we had a line forming for everyone in the office to try their favorite blend. The water reservoir holds enough for multiple cups and the dial-a-brew knob allows you to select how many ounces per cup you want, (from 4-12 ozs). Heats up very quickly too. Available at Bed Bath and Beyond, Bloomindales and Sur la Table nationwide. See it at iCoffee.com

Get a Solofill Refillable K3 Cup to go with the Opus

Get a Refillable K Cup
The Opus comes with a set of six delicious K cups of coffee and tea blends to get you started. However, you will want to gift this machine with an iCup Reusable or Solofill K3 Cup which I picked up at Target. This allows you to brew all your favorite ground coffee and even loose herbal tea to your heart's desire. Helps keep the landfills from unnecessary disposable K Cup clutter too.

Capresso On the Go Personal Coffee Machine

Capresso On the Go is the perfect gift for the coffee drinking jet-setter on your list this year! Dispenses up to 16 ozs of your favorite fresh brewed coffee into the included thermal container. The container has a cafe spout and is ready to roll.

Compact enough to take with you on vacation for that perfect cup of morning coffee and tea. Brew, grab and go to: work, your commute, the park, anywhere! Heats up quickly and has a reusable mesh basket that also takes coffee pods. New from Jura at  Capresso.com 

Organic Coffee & Teas
Add some Organic coffee blends like these from Teeccino and Organic India teas to a holiday gift basket. The Chocolate Organic Herbal Coffee is delicious and perfect for people who need to skip the caffeine. Non-acidic too. These are the best of the best and the java lover on your list will kiss you for them!


Solofill K3 Cup - mine
Coffee machines & organic coffees and teas c/o the respective manufacturers mentioned here.

New Spring Fashion Clutches

In the clutch!  Hinged iPhone/iPod and Wallet Clutches are taking hold this spring. Bag by Amirita Singh

Spring is almost here but not quite yet!  I was looking for a new wallet to replace my well worn leather one and decided to take a cue from my hinged iPod clutch. This little guy works with your iPod/iPhone and also holds are few credit cards and the like.  It is also small enough to fit in my tiny (by comparison) cross body bags that fit so well in my bicycle panniers.

Hinged iPhone/iPod case fits inside my Fossil Cross Body Bag

What I like about the newer hinged clutches is that they snap closed and securely hold any credit cards that might slip out.  This has happened far too many times with my leather wallet.  Leather stretches over time and when you remove just a few cards, the others slip out.  I just kept imagining some crazed soul coming upon my debit card that flipped out, draining my bank account + over draft!  Not a good feeling.

So I purchased this Ikat Clutch from Target today.  It is pretty heavy but covered in a stylish leatherette fabric with chrome accents.  It has a little pocket for my check book, a zippered change purse and five slots for my credit cards with a clear photo license slot.

Ikat Clutch - Open for Business

The only beefs I have, (and they are minor) is that this clutch doesn't have an ink pen loop.  I simply clipped it onto the edge of one of the card slots. It also doesn't have any photo section. I don't carry a lot but it would be nice to have a place to hold and display them.

All the same, I will not complain because the clutch is a lot more secure than my old wallet. As for stylishness, it goes so well with my Amirita Singh bag with the quilted Chanel-esque pattern. The black and white Ikat design is classy without being stuffy due to the woven, handmade feel and motif. 

Black and White Ikat Clutch, another spring classic.