Metro Kitchen Duo: Vanilla + Joco

Elevate your kitchen with these two best-in-category items that prove how old-school craftsmanship results in a better product:

JOCO glass cups make the world better by replacing your paper or plastic version, and they’re made to last. You only need one, and they’re artfully designed for a lifetime of use. Visit JOCOcups.com, and see that they’re available in a range of styles and sizes to suit all thirsts (4oz, 6 oz, 8ox, 12oz, 16oz), and can come with a healthy silicone sip top and warmth band in a variety of colors, too. Joco lets you save the planet while you sip your favorite brew. Cheers to that!

What’s a kitchen without vanilla? This essential extract for baking (and for improving everything from waffles to pancakes to ice cream) is a kitchen staple, so you might as well have the best on the planet: Nielsen-Massey. Neilsen-Massey’s Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract is the finest quality possible, short of extracting your own pods. And since this is a beauty magazine, we might as well tell you to put a little bit of this behind each ear and at pulse points for an olfactory delight. 1 teaspoon of this vanilla extract = 1 Vanilla bean. Sweet! Find it at your favorite gourmet shop and at Williams-Sonoma.com.

Why not add a hint of vanilla to that brew in your Joco cup? Start each day off right.