Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Latest craze has chocolate lovers waiting to inhale

BOSTON -- Who doesn't love a delicious piece of chocolate and a cup of coffee?

Of course there is a price to pay: the calories. However, a new product allows users to taste them and not gain any weight.

"Le Whif is breathable coffee, chocolate and probably other things. It's a new way of eating by breathing and it was invented at Harvard University," said Le Whif inventor Harvard professor David Edwards.

One pack contains about 8 to ten puffs. It costs just $2.50 and is sold only at Cardullo's in Cambridge.

"You open it up and place it in your mouth... and whif. It's a really great taste, this one happens to be a whiffed coffee so it has caffeine in it about the amount of a small espresso. So you can whif again and close it up and whif later," Edwards said.

Le Whif is 100 percent biodegradable. It comes in three different types of organic chocolate.

Professor Edwards said users don't have to worry about the mist going into their lungs. It's designed to fall on the tongue, allowing users to get the taste without actually eating anything.

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