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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Trader Joe's New Caffeinated Beverage Has Unexpected Ingredient
There are no shortages of unique and tasty beverages lining Trader Joe's aisles. Whether it's a sparkling tea and lemonade concoction, a cold pressed turmeric juice or a guava paloma agua de kefir, if you're looking to try something new, Trader Joe's is the place to get it. Their latest drop is a tonic beverage that boasts an unexpected ingredient. Trader Joe's Sparkling Orange Flavored Espresso Tonic Beverage is a mixture of bubbly tonic water, tart and sweet orange juice and bold espresso. It also contains quinine, which is an ingredient sourced from the bark of the Cinchona tree, native to South America. It's thought to have medicinal properties. Functional beverages, or those with added ingredients that claim to provide additional nutritional benefits beyond hydration, are all the rage right now - and this tonic beverage happens to be one of those. Quinine is often added to tonic water to provide a slight bitter taste. A 4-pack of 8.45-ounce cans retails for $ seem to be taking to this new beverage concoction. 'My family loves them. Not terribly sweet. Nice orange flavor.' said one Reddit fan. 'Mmmm I lovvvve espresso tonics! Don't knock it til you've tried it, y'all!' said another. 'I tried it & liked it! It tastes like their dark chocolate covered orange candy sticks in liquid form, but less sweet' exclaimed another. Related Story: One fan likened it to the chocolate oranges popular around Christmastime. 'Very sweet orangey coffee chocolate vibe. Almost reminds me of those chocolate oranges that are super nostalgic. It's quite nice", they said. According to Trader Joe's website, this is a summertime beverage and will only be around for a limited-time. Up Next:Trader Joe's New Caffeinated Beverage Has Unexpected Ingredient first appeared on Men's Journal on Aug 1, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
The Hindu
11-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
How the Cinchona tree took on malaria
One of humankind's greatest enemies has been the mosquito. More specifically, the female Anopheles mosquito that spreads malaria. Some experts reckon that the disease might have killed more than half the humans who ever lived! Yet, all along, a cure for this dreadful illness had been quietly hiding in the jungles of South America: the wrinkled red-brown bark of the Cinchona (pronounced sin-koh-nah) tree. It's easy to miss this thin evergreen tree in the dense vegetation of its natural habitat. Although indigenous people in South America had long known of its usefulness against various fevers, no one quite knows exactly how its ability to cure malaria was discovered. The story, most believe, goes back to the 15th century when Spanish colonisers and their slaves first arrived in South America, bearing the malaria-causing parasite in their bodies. Soon, bloodthirsty mosquitoes were spreading the disease and scores of people began dying of it. Respite Quinine, a chemical compound found in the bark of the Cinchona, offered a treatment and the indigenous people, who had long used it to treat various ailments, most likely passed on this remedy to the Christian missionaries or Jesuits, who had followed the colonisers into South America. Not surprisingly, Jesuit physicians pioneered the use of the Cinchona bark as a cure for malaria in Western medicine. In time, stories of the miracle cure began doing the rounds. In fact, the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus named the tree after a story of the Count of Chinchón — the Spanish Viceroy in Lima, Peru — who had been cured of malaria by it. By the end of the 16th century, this little South American tree was being mercilessly axed and transported to Europe in Spanish ships. Demand for quinine had soared, as European colonisers had spread their tentacles into mosquito-ridden tropical lands around the world. By the beginning of the 19th century, South American countries had banned the export of Cinchona seeds and saplings to maintain its monopoly over this priceless cure for malaria. However, importing quinine from South America was proving to be far too expensive for the other European empires. So, in a secret operation, plant hunters smuggled the seeds out of Peru and Bolivia and took them to British botanical gardens in England and India. Meanwhile, the Dutch began growing Cinchona plantations in Indonesia. For centuries, Cinchona remained the only source of quinine. It made it possible for Europeans to establish thriving tropical empires. Technological advances in the 20th century, however, allowed humans to produce artificial quinine and also uncover other cures for malaria. Finally, Cinchona could go back to being just a tree and was spared from the greed that had nearly decimated it.
New Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Rain likely in Ghats on May 16, no respite for Chennai
CHENNAI: The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecasted heavy rain in Ghat areas of Coimbatore, Nilgiris and a few interior districts till May 16, while other districts will continue to witness sizzling heat. On Tuesday, seven stations in Madurai, Vellore, Erode, Karur, Palayamkottai and Tiruchy clocked temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius. Madurai airport station for the second consecutive day recorded the highest maximum temperature of 41 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, the Met office said conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over some parts of south Arabian Sea, Maldives and Comorin area, some parts of south Bay of Bengal during next three-four days. The India Meteorological Department had announced that the monsoon onset is expected over Kerala on May 27. In the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Tuesday, Sholayar in Coimbatore received the highest rainfall of 7 cm followed by Cinchona, 6 cm. While thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) is likely to occur at a few places, a heavy rainfall warning is issued for Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Erode, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Tirupattur, Vellore, Namakkal, Karur on May 15. On May 16, the forecast says, Ranipet, Tiruvanamalai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai districts and Karaikal area will receive heavy showers. In Chennai, sky condition will be partly cloudy. The temperature will be around 38-39°C.
