Hazelnut Vanilla, Ohio Tea Company

Enjoying some tea at work along with some delicious homemade pumpkin bread. 

This is a black tea, so you want to have your water over 200 degrees.  You will want 1 tsp per 8 oz of water. You will want to steep your tea for 4-5 minutes. 

The aroma of this tea is so good.   I can smell the almonds and hazelnut as soon as I open the canister.  It smells so yummy.

This Hazelnut Vanilla is so wonderful! I am big fan. I like this best with milk, but it is really good without too.   Being at work  I did not have milk to add, but it is still super good.  

I gave this tea 4 tea cups.  It is like fall in a cup- but I do drink it year round. The flavor is rich and deep.  I love it

I love love love the colors of fall.

Enjoying the fall around my town. 

I love fall!!  I found out after I took this photo that I was leaning up against poison ivy.  I was really glad when did wake up with a swollen face.

This fall my roses bloomed longer than normal.  This rose bush was given to me by my niece and nephew about 10 years ago.  It has survived being replanted twice.  I love seeing it.  It reminds me of my niece and nephew every time I see it.  

 

Underground Cafe, White Chocolate Apple Chai Latte

I am a fan of the Underground Cafe in Wooster.  I love all the unique flavors that this cafe always has on hand.  Most coffee places have only one or two tea drinks, but this cafe always has lots of choices, and they are always good.  The staff is always super friendly and helpful too.

I decided on the a white chocolate apple chai latte.  It was a tough choice since there were so many options. 

https://undergrounds.cafe/

The flavors were really great and on point.  It was really different to have white chocolate and apple together with chai, but it worked.  The flavors really blended and were fun.

I gave this latte 4 tea cups.  I would have given it 5 stars, but I don't believe any real tea was used.... it was all syrups.  Flavors are still really, really good and their prices aren't bad either.  I recommend this place.

My friend and I ate at Salsaroja Bar and Grill in Wooster.  It was a fun and unique Mexican restaurant.  It is a build  your own dish.  We are given a piece of paper with all the choices on it and then you pick what you want on it.  Kind of like Chipotle.   I thought was really good.

https://www.facebook.com/salsarojabar150/?ref=br_rs

After we ate and got something to drink we went and practiced at the Board of Elections.  We both then worked the elections in our town.  I hope you vote. It is so important to be able make a difference with your voice.  Let your decisions be heard through your vote. Be a part of the process.

Trick or Treat and My Tea Cup Costume

I had some adorable trick or treaters stop by my house on Halloween.  These are some of my favorites.

This is my little cousin in her real ballerina custom.  She looked beautiful!

It was a great night to have kids stop in for candy.  I even dressed for the occasion.

We had a custom contest at work. I did not win, but I still got a gift card.  Even as an adult I will take a "Participation Award", lol!!

See other blog posts if you want to see how I made this costume.

 

cat cup

How cute is this mug?  It was a gift from a co-worker.

How adorable. It does remind me of Earl Grey.

How cute is this mug?  SO cute!

 

Remedy Kombucha

https://www.remedydrinks.com/

I wanted to try some different kombucha.   I saw that this kombucha was all natural, no sugar.   Even though I make kombucha, I love to try other peoples brew. It can inspire me to try new flavors and add different things into my brew.

I love that the calorie count is so low. 

I first tried the raspberry lemonade.  I have to say I was not a fan.  It was really sweet, which I think was the lemonade.  Also I could really taste the stevia.  I was super disappointed.

I had to give all the cans away, I could not get past the stevia. This gets 2 out 5 tea cups for me.

I almost did not even try the Ginger Lemon Kombucha since I disliked the raspberry lemonade.  But, I thought since I had it I would try it.

I have to say I liked it.  I could barely taste the stevia.   The lemon and ginger flavors blend well together.  I like the light fizzy flavor.

I would give this kombucha 4 out of 5 teacups.

                                   
 

Davids Tea Cold Defence- Organic Cold 911 made in a french press

I am not feeling sick or suffering from a cold, but I do love these flavors.  I figured it can't hurt to have these healthy herbs in me right now either.

I tried Davids Tea a few weeks ago when they were running a sale.  So far I have enjoyed all the they teas I have tried from them.

 

https://www.davidstea.com/us_en/tea/wellness-teas/cold-and-defence/organic-cold-911/10757US01VAR0055646.html?cgid=cold-and-defence#start=1

Organic peppermint, Organic apple, Organic eucalyptus, Organic juniper berries, Organic natural orange oil, Natural flavouring, Natural peppermint oil.

I am using the new cup from my friend, Jody.  She is am amazing potter.  I have been giving her mugs as gifts, but this is the first one I have purchased for myself....and I love it!  It holds so much tea and the shape is beautiful.

https://www.facebook.com/RudyWhistlePotteryStudio/

I have found that I enjoying using a french press for making a large amount tea.  When you make coffee you put the grounds at the bottom and press on it.  But, when you make tea you don't want to press the tea, just like  you don't want to squeeze a tea bag (unless it's an herbal tea).  Also, you don't want to over steep your tea.

Put the loose leaf tea on the top of the plunger and then add the water.  Since this makes 34 ounces of tea, I added 4 teaspoons of tea instead of 1.

This is an herbal tea, so you want your water over 200 degrees and you want to steep the tea for around 5 minutes.  The nice thing about the french press is that when it is done steeping you pull the plunger up.

I purchased a large french press, so that I can get a little over two cups of tea out of one serving. It is like using a tea pot- but the thing I like is that I don't have to remove the bag of loose leaf tea or the strainer from the tea pot.  The drawback is the glass may not keep the tea as warm as a tea pot might.

This is really great tea.  I love the mints and eucalyptus in the tea.  I feel like it I had been stuffed up I no longer would be.  If you take a deep breath is is cleansing.  I love the aroma with this tea too. This tea tasted great now and I almost want to save it for when I do have a cold, but it is really good anytime.

Here you can see the plunger raised so that the tea does not over steep.  I was able to get two pots of tea from this one serving.

I took my Davidst Tea capsule and added it to my tea cup tree on my table.

I gave this tea 4 and not a 5 only because it said it had apple pieces and orange in it and I did not taste them at all.  I was a bit disappointed that those flavors did not come through, I think it would have been a nice addition to have some fruit or citrus taste.  Otherwise I thought it was a great tea.