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COUNTER INTELLIGENCE People & products SINGLE-ORIGIN CENTENNIAL As part of its efforts to celebrate its 100th birthday this year, New York roaster Dallis Bros. Coffee brought out a new line of single-origin selections. Among the coffees is a naturally processed yellow bourbon variety from Fazenda Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Dallis' proprietary farm in Brazil. The company is also now offering a Brazilian coffee that picked up Cup of Excellence accolades last year, a pair of micro-lot coffees from El Salvador's Finca Buenos Aires, and beans from Honduras and Ethiopia. 718/845-3010. dallisbroscoffee.com STILETTOS AND STEEPING A new tea company called Fashionista is built on the idea of combining stylish looks and whole-leaf tea. The brand was launched by Brenda Dillon Cavette, a former TV producer who focused on covering fashion and merchandising. Not surprisingly, the company puts a premium on elegant packaging and branding elements, as well as on its loose-leaf and sachet offerings, all of which carry organic or fair-trade certification (or both). 888/557-8050. fashionistatea.com PERFECT FOR THE ROAD California-based OGGI Corporation recently unveiled its 2013 sport bottle and double-wall insulated drink-ware collections. The double-wall Chill-To-Go tumbler features a freezer gel core that helps keep cold drinks chilled for longer. Other additions to the line: a borosilicate glass travel mug with silicone top and grip; the Fusion acrylic travel mug with a lock-back top; and the 25-ounce Lustre stainless-steel sport bottle with a flip-up drinking spout and straw. 714/449-0733. oggi.co RTD MEETS DIY Boulder, Colo.-based The Tea Spot recently added a unique iced-tea brewing device to its Steepware product line. The Steep & Go is designed to allow consumers to make iced tea in a disposable water bottle in 10 to 15 minutes. A user screws the device to the top of a plastic bottle after adding loose-leaf tea to the cold water. After a shake and a steep, the beverage can be consumed through the sport-bottle-like cap—the leaves are filtered out of the liquid as the user consumes it. The product has a suggested retail price of $6.95 and is recommended for use with green and white teas and herbal blends. theteaspot.com 60 Fresh Cup Magazine freshcup.com