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White August's Summer Picnic Review
Type: BlackOrigin: Not StatedPrice: Free sample (regular price – 9.95 for 50g)Vendor:White August Tea CompanyBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to...
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White August's Mango Away Review
Type: BlackOrigin: IndiaPrice: Free sample (regular price – 7.95 for 50g)Vendor: White August Tea CompanyBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to 206°F,...
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Reflecting with Gongfu Cha
The past six months of my life have been one hell of a ride for my normally quaint and boring life.I bought a brand new car, the boyfriend and I both landed steadier and better paying jobs, we both...
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Making tea with a Keurig
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend invested in a Keurig (the Special Edition Brewing System) for a couple of good reasons. One, his love for coffee eclipses his love for tea and two, he noticed that the...
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Charleston Tea Plantation
On Sunday, May 15th I had the opportunity to visit the only tea plantation in the continental US which is located on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina near Charleston. This was also the day in which the...
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Intact and Complete
Most of the moving and settling in the new place is done. Moving is always a lot of work, but I found this particular experience to be a lot of fun amongst the blood (damn cardboard cuts!), sweat (90...
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Your Opinion on Polls | Weekly Poll #1: Handles?
I have wanted to have a weekly feature on my blog for quite some time, but couldn’t put my finger on exactly what I wanted to do… until now.Every Sunday night I will post a new poll that will be...
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White August's Camellia Sin (My Happy Place) Review
Type: HerbalOrigin: Not StatedPrice: Free sample (regular price – 16.95 for 50g)Vendor: White August Tea CompanyBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to...
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Poll #2: How Many Brewing Vessels?
I would like to thank everyone who participated in the first poll on MySI! This gave me a lot of insight to several things...First, it let me know more about my readers. Thanks to all who took the time...
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"Facepalm" Moments With Tea
Over the past four years that I have been studying, experimenting with, writing about, talking about, and drinking tea there have been some rather humorous moments regarding the discussion of tea with...
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White August's The Girl Next Door Review
Type: GreenOrigin: Not StatedPrice: Free sample (regular price – 7.95 for 50g)Vendor:White August Tea CompanyBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to...
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Butiki's Pumpkin Creme Brulee Review
Type: BlackOrigin: CeylonPrice: Free sample (regular price – $8.50 for 2oz)Vendor:Butiki TeaBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to 210°F, steeped for...
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Sue and Esther's Tea Room
Last weekend I had to travel six hours north for a corporate party in Michigan. Whilst there, my mother and I decided to make a weekend out of it by visiting the nearby city of Frankenmuth.The holiday...
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The First Casualty
After four years of studying, writing about and drinking tea, the unthinkable happened… for the first time I broke a piece of my teaware.Gasp.I feel ashamed and remorseful. It was eight o’clock on...
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Not-So-Good Tea Pairings
I have read many books and blogs about pairing tea with other things to make a great combo – tea and chocolate, tea and almonds, tea and oatmeal, etc. However, what about things that should be avoided...
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Happy New Year... Hello?
Is anyone there?Oh wait... is six months a little too late to be fashionably late?When I got engaged on August 31st, 2011, I didn't realize my life would be consumed by a gigantic wedding planning...
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Soon To Be Tea-Themed Wedding
I am sure you can figure out from the title of this post where all my free time has gone. I still love tea (a lot) and think about tea (a lot), but, after getting engaged in August of 2011, wedding...
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I’m Back… No, Really!
Seriously! Yes, I know, there have been several gaps of silence followed up with I-apologize-for-not-writing-more-posts posts and the I-am-back-and-starting-to-write-again posts. A lot of crying wolf,...
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Tea-Themed Bridal Shower
Amongst planning the layout of the reception tables, the order of the processional, my overall survival of the wedding day, etc., there was one wedding related event that I didn't have to plan – my...
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My Tea-Themed Wedding
The hours and hours (and oh my goodness the hours!) of preparation paid off. Everything went smoothly. Despite all of the fun this past year, I am glad it is over.The “Soon-To-Be Tea-Themed Wedding”...
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Tea During Disney Honeymoon
I planned the wedding while the husband had the fun job of planning the honeymoon. However, we both helped each other out at times as we are both organized people who love making plans and schedules...
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Butiki's Raspberry Truffle Review
Type: BlackOrigin: IndiaPrice: Free sample (regular price – $5.00 for 1oz)Vendor: Butiki TeaBrewing Method: Per Instructed - 1.5 teaspoon of leaves, 1 cup of filtered water, heated to 210°F,...
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New Tea Review Method
It has been a long time since I have sat down to do a tea review... and there is a reason for that. I have finally changed a significant part of this blog that I have wanted to change for a while: my...
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New Tea Tray Magic
My husband bought me this beautiful new tea tray for Christmas. I loved my old tea tray, but it had one ultimately fatal flaw: a wooden base. I didn’t realize this would be an issue until the day I...
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Home Coffee and Tea Bar
After seeing a picture of an adorable coffee bar set up on The Vintage Wren (which I found via Pinterest), I wanted one for my kitchen. Our coffee maker, tea kettle, and their accessories were taking...
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