A few weeks ago, my sister Alex and I had lunch at Essencha. Essencha is a wonderful tea house where one can have lunch, on Sunday’s breakfast, tea and an overall good time. Alex was in town for an extended weekend – I had been looking forward to taking her to lunch for the last [...]
Just in case you don’t read the Tea Escapade monthly newsletter, I thought I would share the results of the World Tea Expo: World Tea Championship. There were three major categories: Cold Tea, Hot Tea, and RTDS as well as multiple subcategories. This years entrants and supporters of the World Tea Championship are viewed as [...]
You may remember a previous tea review from me detailing my experience with Dragonwater’s Honeybush Vanilla. Upon brewing and tasting, not only did I fall in love with this tea, my husband (the non hot tea drinker) also really enjoyed it. So I thought, perhaps I should make a big pitcher of Iced Honeybush Vanilla Tea. [...]
Simply bound and determined to make a tea lover out of my husband – I am excited to report a small victory. Anytime, I make a fresh cuppa tea, I offer a fresh brewed cup to my husband. To wit his customary response is no. After gushing about the delicious flavor, I beg him to [...]
As I am always looking to try a new tea, I was excited to experiment with one of the samples I received from Stash Tea. Breaking out of the traditional hot tea mold, I selected the Pom Raspberry Iced Tea Powder. This would give me an opportunity to experiment with an iced tea. It is my customary fashion to [...]