First Annual Chicago Tea Festival View this post on Instagram Day 3 and final day of @chiteafest. So far the experience has been positive. Today look out for more story posts of the vendors and a couple of lectures and workshops including the Tea & Bourbon Pairing this afternoon. Both panels I spoke in yesterday were a wonderful success. Thank… Read more →
#NYCTeaTour: Day One First of all, I can’t believe I finally made it to New York with all my tea friends I made through our passion of tea. Some of us met way back on Steepster others later on Instagram but one thing kept us together, our love of tea. For years we met each other at World Tea Expo. … Read more →
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It’s not too late. Buy your tickets, pack your bags, and head to “Hot” Vegas June 11-13th. Along with all the speakers and presentations you will have the opportunity to see and taste first hand many of the finest teas from all over the world. Not to mention the the Tea Bloggers Roundtable is back again. Come visit us and… Read more →
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and as a wife and mother of two and half (dog) it isn’t your typical candlelit dinner celebration with romance afoot anymore. After twenty-two years of marriage Valentine’s Day and our idea of how to celebrate evolves over the years. These days a celebration is showing each family member how valued and loved they are. Sure,… Read more →
First, I’d like to thank everyone for their patience as it as been a while since my last formal entry. As most of my readers know I have been investing in myself over the last two years and am continuing on doing so this year. I am hoping in 2020 I will finally see clearly my path for my future… Read more →
I truly had the highest of hopes for this device. While I could have received a defective item, I am also hearing a lot of feedback from other backers with issues as well. This was a Kickstarter that I was first made aware of back in 2016 World Tea Expo. At the time I met with two of the Qi… Read more →
6th Annual Tea Bloggers Round Table World Tea Expo – Las Vegas 2018 1st WTE Edition In the middle of a Las Vegas heatwave, I find myself within the microcosm of the most influential, industry leading, tea businesses, speakers, educators, bloggers, authors, and origin farmers from far flung places, and the best the world has to offer under one roof. … Read more →
Wow, it has been some time since I have written. I have gone back to school and I am about to graduate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. This July I will be presented a certificate of completion and will officially be an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. It was a yearlong, time consuming, and comprehensive curriculum. Totally worth the… Read more →
NO Gluten NO Dairy NO Eggs NO Soy NO Corn NO Alcohol Why? Determine what possible irritant is causing my perpetual abdominal bloating. All the listed items being eliminated are possible common irritants. The Elimination Diet I will be following is one suggested by Dr. Susan Blum as part of my education at The Institute of Integrative Nutrition. How? After… Read more →
If you have ever seen how Kombucha is made you would have thought it came straight out of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. Kombucha is after all, ALIVE!!! In fact it is one of the healthiest of drinks you can put in your body. What is Kombucha? Kombucha (also tea mushroom, Manchurian mushroom, formal name: Medusomyces gisevii[1]) is a variety of fermented, lightly effervescent sweetened black or green tea drinks commonly intended as functional beverages for… Read more →