Tag Archives: tea

Like a barbarian

The other day I went rogue and just threw tea leaves in the pot. After it finished brewing, I did strain it through a fine mesh than drank it from a china teacup. It was nice to change things up, … Continue reading

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Happy birthday to me

For my birthday, I wanted to do something different. Something special with my family. And what could be more special than celebrating Christmas in July with a tea designed around Christmas dinner. So we went to the Spicery in downtown … Continue reading

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Finished

Last night, I was very happy to use up one of my least favorite flavors of hibiscus teas. It was nice to see it go because I had others to take its place and now I had room for one … Continue reading

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Friday Fun Fact

Sometimes I add caramel ice cream topping to my tea.

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Adaption

I enjoy 2 cups of tea every morning. And I am a tea connoisseur and love to try new flavors and blends. I am also cheap and heavily influence by the lure of free shipping, so I order enough to … Continue reading

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Mugged

I drink tea in the morning. One cup herbal and one cup black tea, mostly because I like to screw with my mind and body, confuse it as to whether or not this is healthy. But I digress. I have … Continue reading

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Friday Fun Fact

I wish I could read tea leaves so I would know what kind of day I was about to have after my morning cuppa.

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Friday Fun Fact

The Western World’s Age of Enlightenment coincides with the introduction of coffee and tea into the west.

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By Gum

I used a real teaspoon today.  Not for measuring an ingredient in a recipe, but for actually making tea. With looseleaf tea. The others I had used were so old, I usually ended up more enough tealeaves in the bottom … Continue reading

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Collections, Part 3

And then there are the items that we deliberately collect. I’m not sad to say that I have many such collections, mostly related to crafts like scrapbooking, jewelry making, and quilting. There’s my book collection which now spans 3 rooms … Continue reading

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