Archive for January, 2010
Tea Thoughts – Seeking Tea
I have always been on the lookout for local tea shops and know of a precious few, but I kept feeling there had to be more. Every so often I would turn to the internet to search for tea shops that I didn’t know about only to have my search turn up nothing new. However, [...]
Tea Forté Friday – English Breakfast
Name: English Breakfast Company: Tea Forté Type: Black Cost: $24 for 20 infusers or $15 for canister (35 servings) Tea Notes: Tried twice using boiling water with steep times of 3 minutes and then 1 minute. Aroma of liquor is typical English Breakfast with a hint of green bean. Color was dark brown with red [...]
Copco’s Total Tea – Snap Open Tea Infuser
Name: Snap Open Tea Infuser Company: Copco Cost: $9.99 Thoughts: I have a couple of infusers lying around that I do occasionally use when I want a quick cup of tea. Infusers themselves aren’t bad but I much prefer to use something where the tea leaves have lots of room to move and dance. That [...]
Copco’s Total Tea – Stainless Tea Thermal
Name: Stainless Tea Thermal Company: Copco Cost: $14.99 Thoughts: I am always on the look out for ways to enjoy tea outside of my home so I was really excited to receive this travel thermos from Copco. They have come out with a line of teaware called Total Tea that is “a collection of solution-based [...]
Tea Forté Friday – Chamomile Tisane
Name: Chamomile Tisane Company: Tea Forté Type: Herbal Cost: available in the Tea Chest Tea Notes: Steeped for 5 minutes in boiling water. Has whole pieces of chamomile and little bit of orange peel inside the pyramid infuser. Taste is sweet and obviously chamomile, but a little on the light side. Thoughts: I really love [...]
Steepster Love
One thing that makes me really sad is that I don’t have a lot of people in my life that share my love of tea so when I found Steepster last year I couldn’t wait to see it develop into a great online community of tea lovers. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you [...]
Tea Forté Friday – Coco Truffle
Name: Coco Truffle Company: Tea Forté Type: Herbal Cost: $24 for 20 infusers or $15 for canister Tea Notes: Steeped in boiling water for 5 minutes. Aroma reminds me of a spicy hot chocolate. Color of the liquor is a nice creamy medium brown. Flavor of the infusion is an obvious chocolate taste with spice [...]
Introducing Tea Forté Fridays
Tea Forté was kind enough to send me their gorgeous tea chest filled with 40 teas in 20 blends along with a café cup that works especially well with their tea pyramids. Their signature handmade pyramid infusers are unlike any I have seen on the market and are quite fun to use. They look very [...]
Golden Moon – Tippy Earl Grey
Name of Tea: Tippy Earl Grey Company: Golden Moon Type: Black, loose Cost: $12.99 for a 4oz tin Tea Notes: Water used was boiling. Steep time of 3 minutes. Any longer and I found it too strong for my tastes. Dry leaves are a mix of golden tips and dark brown leaves. Aroma of dry [...]
Thistledown HOB
If you have read some of my past posts you may know that I am on a mission to find ways to keep my tea warm. I like to take my time enjoying my tea but I often find that if I make a big pot, it gets too cold to drink towards the end. [...]
