Vicariously Caffeinated

Poking through friends' online vacation pics is one of my favorite things to do. Especially when they travel to interesting places with quality cameras in tow! A colleague of mine who fits that bill perfectly just came back from New Zealand and was kind enough to share some of the amazing shots she took during a food tour. You can check them out on our Bon Vivant Facebook Fan Page.


The photo that caught my eye was one of a frothy cup of caffeinated delight that she labelled "Mojo's Medicine", which turns out to be the house blend found at Mojo Coffee locations in Wellington. I find myself making puppy dog eyes at my monitor as I read the description on Mojo's site: "Dr Mojo's Medicine offers you good aroma, hints of nut and chocolate, and a spicy toffee finish." Nuts... Chocolate... Toffee... Hello Wellington? I've heard you are the new heaven for coffee lovers? I've been a really good girl you know...

Not sure that my good deeds will get me all the way to New Zealand, I decided to check out the tour that included this gem of a cafe on the itinerary. Zest Food Tours can hook you up with the area's culinary wonders, and it appears that they can even one-up my caffeinated idea of heaven with their Chocolate Espresso tour. That's right - not just chocolate flavored coffee. But both chocolate and coffee.

And of course Zest has a variety of other tours - you know, for those of us that can get beyond the chocolate and coffee. So if you're a well-rounded culinary connoisseur, it might be worth a call to your travel agent to see what kind of an adventure they can cook up for you in New Zealand. And if you happen to have a good camera - you know who wants to see those photos!