1. NaKniSweMo: Do you NaKniSweMo? I’ve talked about this madness in years past where I try and knit a sweater of 50,000 stitches (or more!) in the month of November. This year I’m no less mad than before, so I’m going to be knitting the Waits by Bristol Ivy in my yummy Lamby Toes Sweet… Continue reading Friday Five.
Many, many months ago (I’m ashamed to count how many) my friend Ana brought me a few bags of Tea-Historic tea that she had picked up at a local festival. I pulled them out for sampling in the next few weeks and went to the website to do more research and learned that Tea-Historic is… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea-Historic, Cretaceous Cinnamon
My husband knows me so well. He wanted to buy me some tea for Christmas so he checked out Adagio Teas where he found a whole sampler set of 12-teas for fans of Critical Roll. I photographed them all for fun, and I’ll be sampling a few over the next few weeks on the blog.… Continue reading Drink Me: Adagio Teas, Cri-Tea-Cal Role
Every year I eagerly await the holiday season and holiday spice teas. This year I placed a small order with Adagio Teas for some samples. One of those is Gingerbread. Adagio’s Gingerbread blend includes black tea, gingerbread flavor, cinnamon bark, orange peel and ginger root. Gingerbread is available in a variety of sizes: sample for… Continue reading Drink Me: Adagio Teas, Gingerbread
A friend recently placed an order with David’s Tea and I couldn’t resist getting a few more to try. I’m always asked about unflavored teas, so I decided to try David’s Breakfast Tea. From the ingredients list, David’s Breakfast Tea contains organic black tea from India and Nepal. It comes in multiple increments of 2… Continue reading Drink Me: David’s Breakfast Tea
When I placed my last order with Tea Embassy, I decided to order some unflavored black tea to review. I settled for the Capital Blend. From the website, the Capital Blend is a blend of Assam, Kenyan and Ceylon teas. They consider it a Scottish Breakfast Blend. Capital Blend is available in 1oz increments for… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Embassy, Capital Blend
The second tea I ordered in my recent order from T2 was their Chai. From the website, T2 Chai includes black tea, cloves, cardamon, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, natural and artificial flavor. Chai comes in two sizes: a 100g cube for $13.00 or 250g for $31.00. When I opened the package I was quite impressed… Continue reading Drink Me: T2, Chai
About a month ago I read Stefanie’s post about T2 and decided that I needed to give it a try. For my first order, I selected two teas to try. Today’s tea is Creme Brulee. From the website, Creme Brulee contains Black tea, natural and artificial flavor, and hazelnut praline (sugar, hazelnuts). It is available in a variety… Continue reading Drink Me: T2, Creme Brulee
I’ve been falling down on the tea reviews, but my collection of tea just keeps growing! One of the selections from my Tea Runners club from a few months back is Kenyan Black Tea from Ajiri Teas. Kenyan Black Tea is black tea grown in Kenya. Kenyan Black Tea is available for $10.00 for 3.5oz/100g… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Runners, Ajiri Tea, Kenyan Black
Another tea I picked up in my last Tea Embassy order was their Secret Garden blend. From the website, Secret Garden contains Pai Mu Tan, Darjeeling and Chinese green teas, sencha, dragonwell, gunpowder, jasmine jade pearls, candied mango bits, candied pineapple bits, orange peels, strawberry bits, red currants, sour cherry bits and apricot bits. Secret… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Embassy, Secret Garden
