As you might know, on the 5th and 6th of October we will take part in the amazing VegFest London (at Kensington Olympia).
To celebrate this fantastic event and to help you kick start a new lifestyle with less meat and more healthy products, we have teamed up with Hannah Banana Bakery,  TeenVgn and OrganiCulture to bring you a lovely vegan hamper to enjoy!
We have 3 vegan hampers to give away to three lucky people who enter the raffle-copter competition below.  

So, I hear you ask, what's in the hamper?

A pair of tickets that gives you free entry to VegFest London on either the 5th of 6th of October 2013.
The tickets will be posted to you in September and you will be able to collect all the prize from the OrzoCoffee stand at Vegfest

A OrzoCoffee goodies bag, including a eco-friendly jute bag, a full-size bag of ground roasted organic OrzoCoffee (and food clip) , Keep calm bookmark. 

One carton of organic Almond milk from the Organic and dairy free cereal drinks range of Isolabio promoted in the UK by the lovely OrganiCulture
Perfect to prepare your Vegan OrzoLatte or OrzoCappucino

A selection of vegan cakes made with love by the amazing Hannah Banana Bakery including: a cookies and cream loaf, some chocolate brownies (with or without pecans) and some rocky road

A lovely 'fuelled by compassion' wristband designed by the amazing TeenVgn a social Network for young activists (ages 12-19) to come together to chat about their Vegetarian and Vegan lifestyles!

Winning all of this, is very simple, How to enter:

• Complete the Rafflecopter form below to confirm your entries made via Twitter or Facebook
• Winners are announced on the Rafflecopter form after the prize has been claimed by the winner.
• First timers: Please watch how Rafflecopter works (video) ! It is 46 seconds long and explains everything.
• Terms & Conditions apply, please read below

Terms & Conditions

• Only open to UK participants over the age of 18. Sorry to anyone from further afield.
• There is no cash alternative to the prize and the prize is not transferable. No part or parts of the prize may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
• Instructions form part of the terms and conditions. Entries using any software or automated process to make bulk entries will obviously be disqualified. 
• The winner will be picked at random using software and then contacted by email. If you win then you need respond to communication email by Friday 6th of September or then another winner will be picked so check your emails and your spam! 
• The hamper will NOT be delivered to the winner, it needs to be collected during the London VegFest (5th-6th October 2013)

Happy to let you all know that our award-winning  Orzo♥Coffee has now reached also Leicestershire!
You can now find 'Italy's favourite alternative to coffee' at the lovely Thorpes Health Foods in Melton Mowbray.


Support this amazing independent health food shop and enjoy some relaxing time with a cup of our orzo!

Thorpes Health Shop
25 Burton St, 
Melton Mowbray, 
Leicestershire LE13 1AE
Tel. 01664 562727

Join Bare Health for their 
LADIES EVENINGS on  Wednesday 4th September 2013 (7- 9 pm) and you will be able to try our Orzo♥Coffee and WIN some Orzo♥Coffee prizes ;-) 

Why not bring along your friends and join Bare Health team for a fun and relaxed evening. Talks by guest speakers on Health, Skincare/ Therapy demonstrations, buffet & a glass of wine. In your goodie bag you will find a free sample of Orzo♥Coffee  and five lucky ladies will win one of our eco-friendly jute bags and a free bag of instant Orzo♥Coffee!

Tickets £10
Location : Bare Health 34 High Street, Congleton
To reserve your place, please call Bare Health on 01260 408413
More information: http://www.barehealth.co.uk/news

Yes in this blog post our usual Orzo♥Coffee has become Orzo★Coffee! that's because we have been awarded a GOLD star at this year Great Taste Awards! 

Entering the award was quite a challenge for us, as we do not want to be judged against coffee (as we are not coffee) but we cannot even be considered a tea. So we entered the category "Any other hot drink inc. chocolate" which was definitely a very tough one (being compared to hot chocolate is quite tough as everyone loves hot chocolate). 
In this category there were no three stars winner and naturally a hot chocolate won two stars ;-) but we are so pleased to simply be recognised with one star for the flavour and taste of our organic orzo.
The Great Taste Awards is the world’s largest and most rigorous food awards scheme involving over 400 judges and thousands of hours of blind tasting! 

This is what the judges have commented on our Orzo★Coffee:

Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe we are the ONLY coffee alternative to have been awarded a GOLD star by the Great Taste Award which make us even more special & unique ;-)

thanks everyone for your continuous support!

And for a bit of fun ... why don't you play spot the difference here below ;-)

Are you trapped in the caffeine cycle? It is easy, we have all been there.
In busy periods or when we are under stress we all rely on caffeine to get us to the next deadline.
What we do not realise is that slowly you get trapped into the caffeine cycle.
Caffeine allow us to focus and stretch our mental capacity but also inhibits those healthy signals of our bodies that let us know when it gets a bit too much. It means that we might be running on energy that we do not actually have in store and that's when caffeine becomes addictive and we feel we cannot run without it.  

As this clear video explains, it is not very easy to get out of the caffeine cycle (you cannot just jump of the bike!). If you feel you are trapped into it, all you need to know is slowly reduce your caffeine intake (do not stop suddenly has this can result in bad headaches and worse conditions). And this is when Orzo♥Coffee can help you! 
Why not cheat your brain and substitute slowly some of your coffee cups with Orzo♥Coffee? You will still enjoy a lovely hot drink, boosting your energy level, but without the caffeine (and without any other nasty chemical!).  
Sometimes caffeine makes us forget we are only human and get go limits; with Orzo♥Coffee instead you will simply learn to enjoy your natural energy and rhythm in life!