I’ve fallen down a bit on my Friday Fives because the last few weeks have been busy with travel and more. So here’s a Friday Five that covers what I’ve been up to! 1. London. Wes’s company asked him to travel to London for work for a few weeks in January and I took the… Continue reading Friday Five: Travels & Knits Oh My!
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
Often I get asked why I don’t review more unflavored teas. The simple answer is that I’m always interested in the flavored teas, but I will try and make more of an effort to review unflavored teas in the future. To that end, in my order from Simpson & Vail, I selected their Ceylon Orange… Continue reading Drink Me: Simpson & Vail, Ceylon Orange Pekoe
Last week when we were in Garden of the Gods, I found a package of Colorado Prickly Pear Tea and picked it up to try. The package is scant on details – there are no ingredients and I can’t figure out who the manufacturer of the tea is because it’s all under the Garden of… Continue reading Drink Me: Colorado Prickly Pear Tea
This week I went into my wonderful local tea shop, Tea Market. I was interested to see the summer seasonal flavors and see if they had anything particularly geared towards preparing iced tea. I ended up getting a seasonal sampler with 5 teas intended to be served iced. I’ll review them in the coming weeks.… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Market, Iced Tea Blend
Another flavor I picked up in my last order from Mrs. Kelly’s Tea was her Celebration blend. From the label, this blend contains Ceylon tea with cranberry, vanilla, cinnamon and orange peels. Celebration is available in a 3oz bag for $8.50 and an 8oz bag for $12.50. When I first opened the package I smelled the… Continue reading Drink Me: Mrs. Kelly’s Tea, Celebration Tea
A few weeks ago I posted about a beautiful necklace that I wanted to purchase from Churchmouse Yarn & Teas. As long as I was placing an order I had to try some of their tea. I ordered a package of Blend No. 512, Churchmouse Winter. Per the site, Winter is a blend of Assam,… Continue reading Drink Me: Churchmouse Yarn & Teas, No. 512 Winter
The third tea from Tea Emporium that I was intrigued enough to order was Royal Benghal Tiger. From the website this is a blend of Ceylon and Assam teas with mango, cinnamon and passionfruit. It is available in a variety of sizes: 50g for $5.25, 100g for $$10.50 and 250g for $23.63. When I first opened the… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Emporium, Royal Benghal Tiger
Another sample I received from a friend is Adagio Teas Decaf Orange. From the website, the blend contains decaf ceylon tea and orange peels. Decaf Orange is available in the following sizes: sample for $2, 3oz for $8, 16oz for $29 and a set of 15 teabags for $8. When I first opened… Continue reading Drink Me: Adagio Teas, Decaf Orange
