Happy Monday! Bring Yuh Owna Tings and Get 10% off Cannonball Cafe!

Cannonball Cafe, Sovereign North.

Cannonball Cafe supports Esirom Foundation’s campaign to generate opportunities around sustainable development.

Help to combat plastic polution and get 10% off your beverage purchase everytime you bring your reusable cup.

What’s in my Cup? A Frappé my way… Coffee with Almond milk, no syrup or whipped cream, 2 splendas, less ice.

Have a Great Monday and do your part to Save the Earth.

By: Gabrielle Burgess (CEO, Suga Lifestyle)

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What’s Cookin’ at Cannonball Cafe for Kingston Kitchen TODAY!

Gabby Burgess, CEO of Suga Lifestyle at Cannonball Cafe, New Kingston yesterday, Friday, June 30, 2023.

Cannonball Cafe (Ig: @cannonballcafe) is pulling out all the stops today for Kingston Kitchen (Ig: @kgnkitchen) in Hope Gardens from 4PM – 11PM to show you they CATER for Corporate functions and other Events!

DID YOU KNOW THEY CATER?!

That’s right! Not just Café food like sandwiches, but Mac and Cheese and a wide selection of items for your theme.

Watch “What’s Cookin’ at Cannonball Cafe for Kingston Kitchen” on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/NTKImdA7UFM

Suga visited their big kitchen, up to date in all certifications at their New Kingston Branch yesterday.

They will be offering us a taste of some of their new menu items like their mini Coffee rubbed Steak and Onion Sandwich and mini Mac and Cheese, where you can add Bacon/Turkey Bacon!

They’ll have Chicken Bake Pockets, Callaloo & Cheese Bake Pockets + their Poppins Chocolate Coffee Boba & Mango Ginger Lemonade to cool you off and wash it all down.

Visit this #SugaEndorsed Cannonball Café Booth at Kingston Kitchen TODAY!

Enjoy!

By: Gabrielle Burgess (CEO, Suga Lifestyle)

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Happy Monday! Are You Caffeinated with Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?

Thanks for my Tote Bag PRESS (Ig: @pressshopco) !

Jamaica Coffee Festival (Ig: @jamaicacoffeefest) last Saturday at Devon House almost got me caffeinated for the entire week! The sun drained it a bit though.

So back to daily morning cups of Healthy Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee to start my day and give me a great kickstart to the week.

Enjoy a cup of Moy Hall Estate Coffee (Ig:@moyhallcoffee), JABLUM Coffee (Ig: @jablumcoffee), Coffee Roasters Jamaica (Ig: @coffeeroastersjamaica), Stoneleigh Coffee (Ig: @stoneleighcoffeeja), you name it!

Picking up? Stop by Cannonball Café (Ig: @cannonballcafe), Cafe Dolce (Ig: @cafedolceja), Café Blue (Ig: @cafeblueja), Ragamuffin Cafe (Ig: @ragamuffincafe), Rituals Coffee House (Ig: @ritualscoffeehouseja), PRESS Café (@pressshopco) or Blue Mahoe Café (Ig: @bluemahoeestatecoffee).

Celebrate Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Everyday!☕️ 💖💙 #SiptheGreatness

By: Gabrielle Burgess (Founder/Owner, Suga Lifestyle)

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TGIF! Remember All Roads Lead to Jamaica Coffee Festival Tomorrow at Devon House!

Do you have your Tickets for the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival (Ig: @jamaicacoffeefest) Festival Marketplace Tomorrow at Devon House yet ?

Gustazos Jamaica (Ig: @gustazos.jamaica) has a special with a goodie bag!

You can also visit Cafe Dolce (Ig: @cafedolceja), Cannonball Café (Ig:@cannonballcafe), Ragamuffin Café (Ig: @ragamuffincafe) & Café Blue (Ig: @cafeblueja) Super Valu & Sovereign to purchase your presold tickets for J$2000.

See you Tomorrow as we Celebrate Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee☕️ 💖💙

Follow @sugalifestyle and @jamaicacoffeefest on Instagram or visit the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival (https://bluemountaincoffeefest.com/) to keep up!

By: Gabrielle Burgess (Founder/Owner, Suga Lifestyle)

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#tbt to Cannonball Café Serving Up My Frappé at Jamaica Coffee Festival!

Did you know Cannonball Café (Ig: @cannonballcafe) uses JABLUM Coffee (Ig: @jablumcoffee)?

Do you have your Tickets for the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival (Ig: @jamaicacoffeefest) Festival Marketplace this SATURDAY, APRIL 2 at Devon House ?

See you this Saturday as we Celebrate Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee☕️ 💖💙

Follow @sugalifestyle and @jamaicacoffeefest on Instagram or visit the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival (https://bluemountaincoffeefest.com/) to keep up!

By: Gabrielle Burgess (Founder/Owner, Suga Lifestyle)

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Happy Monday! Where are You having Breakfast?

Suga’s getting an early and healthy morning in to set the tone for the week at Cannonball Café (Ig: @cannonballcafe) by Sovereign North, Barbican.

A cozy spot indeed with 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and a Callaloo Omelette, no cheese.

Let’s get you to a Happier, Fitter and Healthier YOU for 2022! 💪🏾

I don’t only tell you What to Eat, but I can tell you Where to Eat.

Sign up for a Nutrition Consultation with ME, Suga Lifestyle’s Certified Personal Trainer & Sports Nutritionist, Gabby today using LINK Below:

https://sugalifestyle.com/personal-training/

Fitness Sessions are available too, both Virtual and Face to Face.

***Certified for over a Decade***

By: Gabrielle Burgess (Founder/Owner, Suga Lifestyle; Certified Personal Trainer & Sports Nutritionist)

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#tbt to the 1st Jamaica Coffee Festival with the Family!

The Burgess Family at the first Jamaica Coffee Festival in March 2018 by Newcastle, St. Andrew

Great day out tasting Coffee from Farm to Cup and Plate from so many different local entities in the midst of a few artisans and added entertainment.

What’s in my cup?! A Jablum Coffee Frappé from Cannonball Café !

I have faith the next one will not be virtual and we’ll be outside!

Check out this fun Health Fact!

Drink Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee! #SiptheGreatness ☕ #FortheLoveofCoffee

By: Gabrielle Burgess (Founder/Owner, Suga Lifestyle)

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Suga’s Highlights from International Women’s Day at CWC’s Wine Pairing Soirée

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Sunday’s cool, breezy afternoon was perfect for savoury bites and bubbly to celebrate International Women’s Day and contribute to the Canadian Women’s Club of Jamaica’s outreach projects.

Harbour Wines and Spirits and Select Brands provided ideal pairings for offerings from EITS Café, Tea Tree Creperie, Raffaele’s Gourmet Pizzeria, Fromage, Chez Maria, Uncorked, Cannonball Café and Chocolate Dreams.

Everything was delightful but of course there were a few standouts. 

EITS Café

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Robyn Fox of EITS Café and her team for the day, along with a representative from Select Brands.

It’s always a pleasure to be around Robyn Fox and her hospitable team from EITS Café. Their Black Olive Bammy Bruschetta with Feta Cheese, Red Onion and Caramelized Onions was quite appetizing while paired with one of my fave’s, the Kung Fu Girl Riesling provided by Select Brands. Its apricot, white peach, honeysuckle aromas balanced out the sharpness of the Feta.

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Black Olive Bammy Bruschetta with Feta Cheese, Red Onion and Caramelized Onions from EITS Café.

Fromage

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Fromage’s Oxtail Arancini Balls.

Fromage’s Oxtail Arancini Balls were divine with Harbour Wines’ Ménage à Trois Bourbon Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon. That wine was unforgettable from the Table Talk Observer Food Awards last year.

Then their Chèvre Canapés with fig glazed walnuts paired with Rosé was such a treat. The light, fluffy texture with the touch of sweet was perfection.

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Fromage’s Chèvre Canapés with fig glazed walnuts.

Kudos to Lisa Chin and her team. #SugaSnaps

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Fromage’s Lisa Chin with her delish Chèvre Canapés at CWC’S Wine Pairing Soirée last Sunday.

Chez Maria

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Chez Maria’s Vegetarian Pumpkin Kibbeh Cups.

Chez Maria’s Vegetarian Pumpkin Kibbeh Cups with hummus on top was both healthy and scrumptious. The winner for seconds if watching your calories. They were paired with Select Brands’ Primal Roots California Red.

Guess who’s going into Catering? – Cannonball Café

Cannonball’s Antipasto Skewer with Lomo, Olive, Tomato, Mozzarella and Mushroom Tortelini was a myriad of flavours that balanced each other well and even further with Harbour Wines’ Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Suga’s husband, Randy Burgess about to enjoy the Lomo & Mozzarrella Skewer along with the Sliced New York Strip Steak with Caramel Onions and Tomato Jam.

Chocolate Dreams

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Pistacio Chocolate Bites from Chocolate Dreams.

You have to top off the evening with some sweet! I didn’t mind the spicy either. Chocolate Dreams outdid themselves with their Scotch Bonnet Caramel Fudge and Pistacio Chocolate Bites. Their entire spread was worth the calories. If you like sweet wines, the Roscato Sweet Red courtesy of Harbour Wines was a great choice.

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Sweet Red Wine Pairings courtesy of Harbour Wines with Chocolate Dreams’ Scotch Bonnet Caramel Fudge

Great evening filled with Vino, Savoury bites and Beautiful Women. Value for money with Proceeds to a great cause. Well done Canadian Women’s Club of Jamaica. #SugaEndorsed

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Suga Tasters and cousins, Gabrielle Burgess and Kimberly Nesbeth enjoyed celebrating International Women’s Day together and all things good that paired with wine last Sunday, March 8, 2020 at The Matalon House in Long Lane, St. Andrew.

By: Gabrielle Burgess

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#tbt to Eating Good at Kingston Kitchen!

Happy Tuesday Suga Bears, Suga Babies and Suga Daddies! If you missed Suga Lifestyle’s Instastories from Kingston Kitchen, you missed all the good stuff! Not to worry, I will be highlighting a few this week.

Suga is proud to say her Hit List was on point! Well done to all who participated and kudos to Leisha Wong and her Kingston Kitchen team for another fantastic staging of Kingston Kitchen. Great event for family and friends to come together.

#tbt to the crackling, juicy Pork Belly from Fromage Gourmet Market and the tender Steak Bruschetta from Cannonball Café!

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Fromage Gourmet Market’s Pork Belly at Kingston Kitchen last Saturday.

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Cannonball Café’s Steak Bruschetta

Fromage were also winners with their Curried Goat Empanadas and Cannonball’s Hard (Rum) Lemonade wss a hit too!

Stay tuned his week for more Suga highlights from Kingston Kitchen.

#FortheLoveofFood #EatGood

By: Gabrielle Burgess

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Fulfilling experience for Suga at the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival

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Overlooking the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival’s Marketplace in Newcastle last Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Instagram Photo: Blue Ridge Restaurant and Cottages)

Coffee producers and baristas were out in their numbers last Saturday at the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Marketplace in Newcastle, St. Andrew.

Many booths had hot coffee to keep patrons warm in the fog, such as Cafe Blue, Stoneleigh (Mavis Bank 100% Blue Mountain Coffee), Toyota Coffee House, Starbucks, Perk Up and Country Traders Limited (Coffee Roasters Blue Mountain Coffee).

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Cafe Blue also had their Milk and White Chocolate covered Coffee beans that I enjoy.

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Cafe Blue’s Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate covered Coffee beans (Photo: Suga Bear, Stephen Greig)

My husband enjoyed the smooth, hot brew offered by Perk up, from Flamstead Estate. Perk Up had a soft launch at the Coffee Festival, as they are planning to enter the market more competitively. They are currently at a few cafe outlets, including Shelly’s Cafe at U.T.E.C.H.

Deaf Can Coffee Baristas were there, brewing at 3 different tents including Cannonball Cafe and Jamaica Toyota Coffee House.

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Deaf Can Baristas at the Country Traders Ltd. booth (Instagram Photo: @deafcancoffee)

I was impressed with Cannonball Cafe that uses Jablum Coffee. They were the only ones I saw that offered Frappes and Coffee Martinis. I had the Caramel Crunch Cafe Frappe for just $300JMD. They had Paint and Sip for $1500JMD along with a free Espresso Martini overseeing a picturesque view too! There were cold brews from Cafe Blue and Stoneleigh, but I prefer Frappes.  Even though it was a cool atmosphere being up so high, the sun was still fully out and I warmed up after walking around the venue.

Cannonball’s coffee infused desserts were a treat too! My nieces and I enjoyed their Coffee and Chocolate Brownies for a steal of $100JMD, Mini Eclairs with Coffee infused cream ($300JMD) and Coffee Bread Pudding with Coffee glaze ($300JMD).

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Cannonball Cafe can be found in Barbican (Loshusan Centre), New Kingston (Barbados Ave.), Manor Park (Lower Manor Park Plaza) and Sovereign North Plaza.

Restaurants other than Cafe Blue that are on the Blue Mountain Culinary trail were out, such as Belcour Lodge with their line of Preserves and Blue Ridge Restaurant and Cottages. Blue Ridge had a tasty Coffee Cake for $300JMD.

The experienced and poised hostess, Emprezz kept the patrons well-informed throughout the day and presented prizes and surprises, hosted short interviews and more.

The suits of Tourism came out, shook hands and spoke to the patrons. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlet along with his entourage, as well as Adam Stewart, Chairman of The Tourism Linkages Council were there. The council has been making great strides, developing projects to increase our influx of visitors to Jamaica via the Gastronomy network, Shopping, Health and Wellness, Sports and Entertainment and Knowledge. The Jamaica Coffee Festival Marketplace branched out across all these networks, with major focus on the Gastronomic Network. Key initiatives and Projects such as development of a Blue Mountain Coffee experience, strategic partnerships with other networks and the promotion of food festivals were all achieved. Kudos to them and the great turn out of patrons to support such an important initiative. Tickets were sold out!

If the endless amount of coffee wasn’t enough, Tarrus Riley entertained the crowd for over an hour!

CB Chicken, Copperwood Pork and Best Dressed Chicken were out to feed the masses. The Best Dressed Booth was quite popular with their Gourmet Hot dogs, loaded fries and more. I enjoyed their Jerked Chicken.

Island Blue, which you normally see in our hotels, displayed and sold their Jamaica Coffee Liqueurs from Baronhall Estate, Coffee Beans, Branded mugs and more.

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Farm to table Coffee Beans from Island Blue!

Kande’s Delights had long lines for ice cream including coffee flavours of course.

Various Arts & Crafts exhibitors were about, but one of the Skin Care exhibitors, I Love Sweetness Coffee Scrubs grabbed my attention with their body scrubs, scented soaps and skin tonics. Their representatives were quite knowledgeable about their products and marketed them well.

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There were representatives and Informative pamphlets from Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) on the story of Jamaican Coffee. Jamaican Coffee Recipes were available too.

Hollywell provided information on tours and events, signing persons up to receive information on events in the future too. They also had persons chatting up a storm about their Coffee Rice and Peas cooked by ‘Natural by Nature’ in their community.

Congratulations to the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Team. Great initiative, efficient use of space and well executed event. #SugaEndorsed

By: Gabrielle Burgess

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