Not sure about everyone else but the days of proper tea seem more a luxury than a common place occurrence anymore. Growing up I remember sitting around the table with my parents enjoying a cup of chai and traditional sweet, salty, and savory snacks from India. We talked, but most of all we took our time to savor the moment.… Read more →
Yikes! 2017 just got started and it already feels like the longest year ever. With planning my daughter’s tenth birthday party and my twentieth wedding anniversary I think I am finally starting to lose it. Both of the parties are so big and elaborate that I actually have contracts for each. Yes a contract for a future ten year olds… Read more →
Best Teas of 2016 Yes, there were good times. However, for me the bad outweighed the good in 2016. I am truly hoping 2017 has some good news for us. I for one, plan on helping to make sure 2017 will far exceed 2016. Nevertheless, the one thing that has remained vigilant is tea. This year I shifted my focus… Read more →
My Life Steeped In Tea Week: July 11-17 2016 Pokèmon & Puerh It’s true I have jumped on the Pokèmon Go band wagon. Naturally I needed to find a way to get my Pokèmon to share a cup of tea with me. Here I have a Weedle joining me for a little Puerh . The puerh and Pokèmon pairing is essentially… Read more →
Micro-Blogging with Tea Photography If you are at all familiar with my work you know that I love tea and using tea in both traditional yet more often nontraditional ways. As much as I enjoy writing and sharing content with you I don’t always have the time to dedicate the amount of time I really need. My primary function is “full… Read more →
Life Wrapped In A Velvet Matcha Blanket Let me first start by saying “thank you” Geoffrey Norman (@lazyliteratus) of Steep Stories for allowing me to sample this amazing matcha from Mizuba Tea Co for whom I am also grateful. Most months myself and various other tea compatriots gather via the Internet and join in a virtual tea tasting. We call these… Read more →
Tea With Yoda May The 4th Be With You Mini-Series Note: This series is pure fantasy and for entertainment purposes only. In this series I’ll take you on a brief journey to a galaxy far far away in search of a cup of tea with some pretty influential characters of Star Wars. Today’s cup of tea comes straight from the… Read more →
*Image from The Daily Tea Back in 2013 The Daily Tea approached me about writing an article and offering up a couple DIY beauty recipes using tea as a main ingredient. Of course I didn’t want to miss an opportunity like that. If you would like to check out my recipes and the article I wrote visit The Daily Tea.… Read more →
First, thank you so much for being patient with me. It has been a crazy end to 2015 and even crazier beginning to 2016. All good but still time consuming. In the mean time I have gathered quite the list of blog posts I need to jump on. This was a request from my Facebook Page. I made these… Read more →
Recently I was fortunate to have been invited to a exclusive tea tasting of some new Taiwanese teas that were just recently released on The Devotea USA website. Before the official unveiling Nicole Schwartz the proprietor of the US branch and tea blender asked a select few tea bloggers such as Geoffrey Norman (@lazyliteratus) and Jo Johnson (@jopj) were in… Read more →
My house guest has officially departed. Which means back to normal life for us. Which also means more “me” time. For me that includes not just drinking tea but writing about tea too. It also means creating with tea and believe it or not activities unrelated to tea. I am certain there were a gasp or two when reading that. Let… Read more →
I don’t know about you but when the weather starts to heat up I start to find myself looking for cold treats. I have never really enjoyed super heavy desserts. I tend to gravitate towards cold refreshing treats with a water base or at the very least a light cream base. Sometimes I do splurge and in this case it… Read more →