Wurzelsepp Nurnberger Christmas Market Tea


My friends are currently out of the country.  And over Christmas they were visiting family in Germany.

They went to the Nuremberg Christmas Market and picked me up this tea!




Ingredients

Rose hips, hibiscus, apple pieces, grapes, elderberries, strawberries, raspberries, rooibos tea, almond pieces , cinnamon, vanilla pieces, aroma, natural flavor.


I tried this tea and I thought it was great.  The flavors were refreshing and bright.  The fruit blended well together and were not tart.  If this was a red rooibos it was super subtle, because I did not detect it- I actually thought it was an all herbal tea until I found the English version of the website, lol.


Look at all the fruit in this tea!!!  You can see everything you are getting.

                    

Enjoying a fun lunch!


My friend took this photo of the market.  I said it was like a Hallmark movie!


This is the shop and the lady she bought the tea from.
(bottom two photos are from Facebook)


More photos from my friend....






The Family!!
This is the first Christmas in 2 years we were all together. I have to say it did not disappoint.  It rates up there as one of the best Christmas's...even though I had to work during the day.

In the evenings we filled it with food, laughter, and games.


My niece and nephews!!  They have my heart!!!


The Fab 5 Christmas Eve Day Service.   


My kittens, we celebrated 23 days together at Christmas
Orange Pekoe and Chai are just great.  We are settling into a great routine.


I hope you had a great Christmas.

I also hope you know the real meaning of Christmas.
It is a time that we, as Christians, celebrate Jesus coming to earth to save us.  He was born of a virgin and later died and rose again for our sins.

If you have more questions, message me.  I would love to share Jesus with you!!


I Timothy 2: 4-6  NIV

who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

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Luke 19:10  "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”


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18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Nature's Guru Unsweetened Vanilla Chai

I was at my sisters for lunch and she offered me this unsweetened vanilla chai.

They are running a sale right now (12/18/2023) some of the unsweetened tea is normally $23.99 and is on sale for $6.99- that is for 10 packets of the chai mix.

They have a variety of flavors of chai and tea.



I loved it!!  I love Chai and to have an unsweetened instant chai is a rare find.


This black chai is really tasty and has great vanilla flavor.  It is not overly sweet and it is not spicy, it is a nice blend.  I am a fan!!  I love that there is no sugar in this!  There is also milk powder in it so it has a nice creamy flavor as well.


Joy and Java Market- Honey Bean Coffee, A Rose Pottery, and Eve's Pharmacy Tea

I was so excited to win a $50 gift card for the Joy and Java Market.

Joy and Java Market's are always a fun time.  I have been to several events and they always have wonderful hand made, unique items.



I had a tea party in the morning, but I made it over to Smithville to the Greenhouse where the event was being held.  It was great.  There were vendors set up all over the greenhouse.


But first, I had to snag some tea.  I got the Mistletoe Matcha- which was great!!  I really enjoyed it.  The prices were some of the best I have seen too!  I loved the flavors with the toasted marshmallow and matcha.
The workers were great too and super friendly.  I am sad that they are all the way in Ravena.


Honey Bean Coffee




A Rose Pottery


I used my $50 gift card at A Rose Pottery for some Christmas gifts.

I have one of Abby's mugs and I love it.  I got an ornament for myself and then two mugs to give as Christmas gifts.  They are beautiful.  Abby does a great job and she's so friendly and sweet.


Eve's Pharmacy Tea


I was excited to find some herbal tea too.   Other people must have been happy as well, because she apologized that she was low on items.  I didn't mind, I found two that sounded really fun to try.


She makes all the herbal blends herself.  She sources out the ingredients.




I first tried the Hope Tea.


I have never had a tea with pine needles that I am aware of.  I said I felt like Bear Grylls.  It was a nice light tea nothing over powering, it blended well together.


 This is an herbal tea, so you can have your water temp at over 200 degrees.  You also can steep for 5-6 minutes.  I left the bag in for almost 10 minutes...I was trying to get a stronger pine taste.  I did like that it was not super strong.  It was a nice.


Getting a fun collection of tea items for free...

I had a friend contact me about having some tea items.  She said that she had her mom's items, her aunt's items and even her grandma's items- was I interested?

Well, come on, you know I am!!!

She had several boxes of tea items set aside for me to look through.
I had a lot of fun looking at the tea pots and tea ware.

I tried to remember to only take pieces that I would really use.  Not just take things that were cute and would only sit around.


I try to go for bigger tea pots that will hold more tea for parties...she had some really nice ones!

I came home with 3 big tea pots, one unique orange tea pot that looked fun and reminded me of lusterware .  Then one green one that was just fun that I may pot a plant in.  And then one dainty one with 3D roses that I just thought was sweet.









I got 2 tiny teapots for my Christmas Tea Tree.  Then the square cup my friend said her uncle brought back from Japan- I liked the story behind that one.


I also selected some bowls from Holland that would be great Matcha bowls.  Some little demi cups and saucers that are great for taste testing.


I believe that my 3 bowls are Delftware pottery from Holland.
Delftware has a yellow coloring under the glaze, where porcelain is white all the way through.
Delftware started around 1600 and still being made today.  The most sought after is from the 1600's to 1740's.
Maker: P. Regout & Co. (Dutch, established Maastricht, 1836) ; Date: ca. 1887–1900




I also got a little tea bag holder, that I want to put sugars in.

Then the pinkish or antique red cup is earthenware/stoneware from the 1800's.  I love it.


Not sure the name of this stoneware.  I have google the picture and I just have not found the exact match.


I believe this is a Johnson Brother's Blue Willow Tea pot made in England - possibly around 1800's.
(but no markings)


I love having all these pieces...some day when I have my tea shop I will be all set with the dishes!