One of the great discoveries on this past trip to Brazil was Açai (pronounced AH-SAW-EEE). I'd been hearing about it for a long time now. It has arrived with a vengeance in the US (via email spam mostly) as a supplement touting all sorts of positive health affects: energy, weight-loss, blah, blah, blah. Who knows if the claims are true. What is true is that açai is delicious. Served cold and mixed with guarana syrup, it tastes something like a mixed berry sorbet. Add in banana and granola and have a superbly tasty treat. I'm going to have to find a place in Oakland, or more likely Berkeley, that sells good açai. If I can't I'm going to start importing the pulp and open up a shop in the Bay Area to sell it to the masses.
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