Did you know that The New York Times has topic pages? On these pages you can see all of the articles written by the times on a topic. You can sort by newest or oldest articles and even search just tea articles for other keywords. A tea nerd’s dream resource for sure, enjoy!
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Saw this on Design Sponge. What a cool teapot from CB2!
On a day where marriage equality is everywhere in the news it seems appropriate to share that Brisbane-based tea brand Slurp has launched a campaign titled “EqualiTEA.” 100% of the profits will be donated to the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (www.qahc.org.au) and to the Marriage Equality documentary “Love Like Yours.”
DR MATTHEW HYND, Chief Tea Guru at SLURP, said the idea was to help raise his company’s profile while promoting the issue of Marriage Equality.
The EqualiTEAs have awesome names like: Uncle Gertrude, Haus of Fierce, Unleash Me, Love Box, No Tea No Shade, Queen Bea and Love Like Yours.
Check out www.slurptea.com.au for announcements on the EqualiTEA campaign.
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Teacups are in! Just take a look at these cute shirts from The Gap. They’ve been everywhere! Abby told me she saw it. Then, I saw the teacup dress on the NYCRecessionista blog.
And, then it showed up in my mailbox!! Happy Birthday to me, thanks mom & dad! 
I thought you fellow tea-lovers needed to know about this cute tea fashion.
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Dear friends, Are you really prepared for Blizzard Nemo? Abby is in the 18″+ inch zone and I’m in the 24″+ area. Oh my! I’ve seen a lot of preparedness posts on social media, so I thought I’d add one of my own. Don’t forget to make TEA! (or coffee, if that’s your thing) Heat up the kettle now or start our cold-brew method.
You’ll likely enjoy some pre-made tea in the fridge should the power go out. Unless you have a gas stove. I’m wishing I had a gas stove about now! Just remember: to keep your food fresh and cold in a power outage try to limit the number of times you open the fridge door.
It is also a good day for baking/cooking. Looking for a good recipe? Try Abby’s lemon tea squares. YUM! Most of all, stay safe & warm!
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Today Design Sponge is featuring some very cool tea things, including this owl tea set. Love!
Check out their post, and these cute owls from Pearl River!
January tends to be a time of both reflecting on the past year and planning for the year ahead. In this spirit Abby & I thought we’d take a look at our most popular posts as part of planning for our the future or our blog. You liked a mix of our tea reviews and other tea-themed posts. We’ll keep both coming. Please take a look at our most popular posts below and check back for more to come!
Review: Trader Joe’s Organic Mint Melange
Cupan Tae: a tea room in Galway, Ireland
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What a cute story from a tea room & british imports store in Woodstck, CT. They anticipate that news of the royal baby will be good for business since memorabilia from the royal wedding flew off the shelves!
Congratulations to Will and Kate!
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Overall Rating:
Taste: 4.75 of 5 leaves: Quite a good cuppa!
Steepability: 5 of 5 — this tea is easy to make!
Abby says:
Temperature: @212 (boiling point)
Steeped: 3-4 minutes, then left in mug for the second steep
Served: Nothing added
Tazo Awake is a wonderfully strong black tea with full flavor and no bitterness. As you can guess by the name, Awake is what it promises and and awake you will be after just one cup. Not only does the caffeine work its magic to get you going, the complexity of flavor keeps it interesting. Mixed with the intense black tea taste is a bit of malty cocoa flavor that adds richness. Though I’m not much of a coffee drinker, the robust nature of this tea give me that sense.
Katie has been telling me about this tea for awhile now and I am happy to have finally tried it. Awake will clearly be a go-to for me from here on out! If you are looking for a strong, tasty tea – give this one a try.
Taste: 4.5 of 5 leaves: Quite a good cuppa!
Steepability: 5 of 5 — this tea is easy to make!
Katie says:
Temperature: @212 (boiling point)
Steeped: 3 (med) – 5 (strong) minutes
Served: Milk & honey
This is one of my favorite morning teas. Awake is a strong and flavorful black tea. Steep 3 minutes if you like a medium strength tea and 5 if you like it strong. Some days require stronger tea! The best thing about this tea is this that it can be made quite strong without getting bitter. I like a good strong tea so that it can stand up to a good amount of cream & sugar. See the photo above for how much half & half I like in this tea. I know, have a little tea with my cream, right? It’s like my Grammie says, a tea is good when it’s “strong enough to float a horseshoe.”
This rich and flavorful tea certainly passes the horseshoe test! Because it is strong it also makes a great tea to brew in the summer and then pour over ice with lemon. This is an Indian Assam style tea. I find Assam to have particularly nice flavor and this one has a rich and malty taste. I don’t drink morning coffee but this is my tea of choice for a morning pick-me-up.
Taste: 5 of 5 leaves: Outstanding, a must try!
Steepability: 5 of 5 — this tea is easy to make!
How will you vote? Tapioca or lycee? I’m talking about delicious bubble tea of course. Comment to cast your vote!
Tapioca Pearl
A vote for tapioca pearl bubble tea means you love chewy caramel bubbles in your tea. Here they are shown in sweetened black milk bubble tea. Tapioca pearls with their sweet caramel flavor have an almost coffee-like richness. Yum! This particular tea is from the espresso cart at my office, but you can also get tasty tapioca bubble tea at Tealuxe.
Lycee Fruit
A vote for lycee fruit means you love a lightly sweetened fresh taste. Here the lycee jelly is in a light caffiene-free honey lycee tea. (It’s hard to see because it is translucent like ice.) Lycee “bubbles” have a clean and fresh taste just like you’d expect from peices of fresh fruit in your tea. Perfect for a hot day, like the day I tried this at the Thirstea booth at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg.
Please comment to cast your vote!
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