I can’t claim that I was born a tea snob, though I do blame my Mere for making me a tea drinker instead of a coffee drinker like my parents. I frequently stayed at my grandparents when Mum and Dad were at work and there was always tea. My Pere was very Irish, he liked […]
The name is a mouthful, but that’s appropriate because so is the tea. Lapsang Souchang is a westerners tea – popular over here, not so much in China which is odd given that it’s an old tea style.
It’s a true black tea, it’s smoked over pinewood fires which gives it a very strong smoke flavour […]
New Tea from Harney
My first tea purchase from Harney arrived back around March 15th. It was an experiment – I was frustrated with not being able to get good tea (I hate teas laden with 60% or more extraneous stuff) […]
It’s Mother’s Day week and given that I work in a family owned floral shop, things can get a tad busy. Dinner needs to be quick, tasty and filling so they use to frequently be what I called Pasta Surprise (it’s pasta again, surprise!).
Having to go gluten free lead long months of no pasta followed […]
I meant to post this yesterday, I wrote a post but I decided not to publish it for the simple reason that I really wasn’t sure how to cast a verdict on this tea. After pondering it a while, I decided to just tell you how I felt about the tea as if I didn’t […]
Indian Spice Tea by Harney and Sons
When I ordered my samples from Harney, I knew it was going to happen. I knew it down deep in my being that it was going to happen. The name of these posts alludes […]
I have a confession to make, I did have a tea that I loved every bit as much as my current addiction. It was a fragrant tea, strong black with a crisp Vanilla flavour. It was called Bourbon Vanilla and it was sold by the now defunct Teaopia. Last year in the summer, Teavana bought […]
Today’s sample is another of the two dollar tea samples from Harney’s. It’s called Hot Cinnamon, I choose this tea to see if it would work as a replacement tea for the Maharaja Chai I like but resent paying big bucks no whammies for.
This is one of the sample teas that I purchased from Harney and Sons – loose tea samples cost $2 and it’s a fantastic idea. I would have saved myself an order worth of tea if chains like Teavana embraced this view. Anyway, that’s a rant for another day.
I’m not a fan of herbal teas, […]
I don’t like almost all the commercially produced gluten free breads on the market, to be fair, I didn’t really like or eat a lot of commercially made bread before I found out I was gluten intolerant. Sandwich bread had two functions as far as I was concerned. I have two all-time pleasures sandwich wise. […]