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  • Robert how about you write on “The Captain’s Table”

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 8 months ago

    ThumbnailRobert, The Devotea, my partner in chaos, puts out a writing challenge.

    So the shenanigans were to write about butter, no parsnips.

    Luckily it was no parsnips as I can’t recalling having eaten any of those – […]

  • Doctor Who “Tea! That’s all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannins, just the thing for healing the synapses.”

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Cinnamon Pear
    Type: Black Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: Our Tea of the Week for the Week of August 25, 2014
    Sweet, juicy pear paired (pun […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Ginger Pumpkin Cheesecake Honeybush
    Type: Honeybush Tisane (Tea is technically only from the camellia sinensis plant)
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Frankenberry Black Tea
    Type: Black Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: Our Tea of the Week for the Week of October 21, 2013
    If anyone from General […]

  • PS – i think it also drops 1.5 oz of water into the bottom cup there the straw goes? so that might be less insulated? that plus the straw?

  • they mention the straw along with the 140F a lot so i am thinking something about the straw speed cools the water

    yeah thermoses vary on efficacy so that would be interesting to find out

    I do love in the […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Apple Jack’s Apple Harvest Shou Mei
    Type: White Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: Our Tea of the Week for the Week of September 15, 2014
    Dear […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    I have now heard about this tea brewer from trusted tea blogger friends, my mom (she heard from her patients) and online.

    I’m interested and have passed it around to my sister and she passed it to her friends. […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Peppermint Bark
    Type: Black Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: Wow. This week has been insane. I’m busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Tiramisu Oolong
    Type: Oolong Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: This week we have a nice toasty oolong blended with cacao nibs, marshmallow root and […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailI participated in the 52teas 12 teas of Christmas kickstarter

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2045829949/12-teas-of-christmas-gift-sets

    Day 1
    Pumpkin Toffee Dragonwell

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 9 years, 11 months ago

    ThumbnailTea Information:
    Tea: Pumpkin Toffee Dragonwell
    Type: Green Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: This week’s tea of the week tastes like rich pumpkin pie with a crust made […]

  • not yet, i do think i want to though!

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 10 years ago

    Check out this cute adopt a tea plant program from The Great Mississippi Tea Company

    Unlike prior adopt a tea plant programs i have seen this is a pay upfront instead of free now pay later program.

    Check […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 10 years, 1 month ago

    ThumbnailJoin us for #TEAityChat on October 29, 2014! This month, we’re talking Tea Blends – A Burst of Flavor!

    While Fanciest Formosa Oolong or a sweet Japanese Green like Sencha may be your “go-to” on a chilly day, […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 10 years, 4 months ago

    Thumbnail#teakutuesday
    Badamtam First Flush
    fuzzy, floral, i like this
    cup of Darjeeling

    Tea Information:
    Tea: Badamtam First Flush Darjeeling
    Type: Black Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: Golden Moon Tea […]

  • Nicole Schwartz wrote a new post on the site AmazonV 10 years, 5 months ago

    What is Rumchata
    I don’t know but after this
    I don’t want to know
    #TeakuTuesday

    Tea Information:
    Tea: Rumchata Genmaicha
    Type: Green Tea
    Packaging: Loose Leaf
    Company: 52Teas
    Purchase: Here
    Description: Our friend LiberTEAs was a big fan of our Rumchata honeybush, but suggested that a Rumchata genmaicha would be even better. It was one of those head-smacking moments for me when I tried to imagine the toasted rice in the genmaicha with the horchata and rum flavors. Of course it would be awesome.
    So here it is. Thanks to LiberTEAs for the suggestion.
    Incidentally, as I write this, it looks like we have four pouches of the honeybush Rumchata still available. If you haven’t tried that yet, you are missing out.
    Our Tea of the Week for the Week of April 7, 2014

    Ingredients: Genmaicha (green tea, toasted rice, popped sorghum seed), almonds, cinnamon, organic flavors

    Steep Information:
    Amount: 6 tsp
    Water: 1000ml at 175°F
    Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
    Steep Time: 2 minutes
    Served: Hot

    Tasting Notes:
    Dry Leaf Smell: rum, slightly vegetal
    Steeped Tea Smell: vegetal, grassy
    Flavor: grassy, burnt, rice
    Body: Light
    Aftertaste: grassy, astringent, burnt
    Liquor: cloudy light yellow green

    bleh

    Post-Steep Additives:
    sugar
    still too roasted grass for me

    Rating: 1/4 leaves

    Leaf system:
    1=Bleh! not again if it were free
    2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
    3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
    4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

    I purchased this product. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.

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