Sales of coffee blend named after Alito are steaming

AP New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. -- When it comes to the brew of choice for Samuel A. Alito Jr., the jury is in. And it likes caffeine.

When Alito was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in November, reporters and customers flocked to a Broad Street coffee store that sells a potent blend named after the judge.

Two months later, sales of "Judge Alito's Bold Justice" are still going strong.

"We've been selling a lot more ever since he got nominated," said Vera Barbosa, a clerk at T.M. Ward Coffee Co. who has been serving as the blend's unofficial spokeswoman ever since Alito's nomination put their small storefront on the map.

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