
When you walk into a cafe on a hot day to buy a refreshing smoothie the last thing you want to see is a menu with foreign ingredients as optional add-ins. Spirulina, wheatgrass, lucuma, guarana, mesquite, maca root…where’s the translator when you need one? Don’t let these words send you running to the nearest vending machine for familiarity’s sake – they’re really not that scary once you get to know them.