Wheatgrass Hopper

Green goddess

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Wheatgrass is a thick-bladed grass that's high in mineral and vitamin content. Rabbits probably appreciate it, and the juice craze has meant that humans do, too. Just one thing -- it usually tastes awful. Hence my fondness for the Wheatgrass Hopper ($3.50 at Trident Booksellers and CafÈ). It's a juicy mix of wheatgrass, pineapple, and mint. Colored a love-it-or-hate-it shade of astroturf, it tempers the grass's earthy taste with tropical sweetness and a high note of herbaceous mint. The result is more than drinkable: it borders on the addictive. Trident Booksellers and CafÈ, 338 Newbury Street, Boston, (617) 267-8688.

-- Rob McKeown

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