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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Matcha Lattes - wonder for health or well-designed marketing scam? (Photo by Stefanie Chan)

Superfood or Super Fake?

Are your matcha latte and customized acai bowl saving you from cancer or turning manufacturers into multi-billionaires?
Yaprak Ugurses, Contributing Writer January 29, 2020

Wellness blogs, gourmet grocery stores and health food cafes are abundant with so-called superfoods. Goji berries allegedly protect your body from cancer as well as relieve symptoms...

Staff Rants: Nov. 8-14

Staff Rants: Nov. 8-14

WSN Staff November 15, 2016
These post-election staff rants are guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and shove all of the kale in your house into the garbage.
Coconut oil is a healthy substitution for traditional fats like butter.

Versatile uses for coconut oil

Emily Harris, Staff Writer March 30, 2015
Coconut oil is a trend that offers many health benefits.
Matchabar's specialties, a chocolate cupcake with matcha icing, a matchaccinno, iced matcha and a matcha latte, like almost everything else in the cafe, promote and glorify the incredibly nutritious powder form of the green tea leaf.

Brooklyn cafe specializes in unique ingredient

Lingyi Hou, Contributing Writer October 16, 2014
MatchaBar is the first American restaurant focused entirely on Matcha, opening in Brooklyn.