Bearded Buch Spiced Elderberries

 

Kombucha is a beverage produced by fermenting sweet tea with a culture of yeast and bacteria.  I discovered I liked some of the flavors of Kombucha when I was in the Portland/Vancouver area with my sister a few years ago.  I actually had a case of it shipped to my house (Wonder Drink).  I was excited to see my local grocery store starting to carry flavors of Kumbucha.  I tried the Bearded Buch.  Let's just say the moment I opened it smelled of alcohol.  It was WAY to strong for me. I had about 3 sips and I knew that was it for me.  I have friends who make it, so I look forward to trying their recipes and maybe one day making my own.

 

http://beardedbuch.com/

 

 

 

 

 

This is the one I found I like http://www.wonderdrink.com/know-wonder/

 

 

Teavana Citrus Lavender Sage

Happy 44th to me!!!  Enjoying a day with my cat and doing nothing!!!!

Using my fun mug that my friend, Melanie, gave me for Christmas

I have my diffuser going (a mix of lavender and peppermint), a new book, my favorite chocolates, and tea!!

I love this tea.  It's great mix of lemon and lavender.

 

http://www.teavana.com/us/en/tea/herbal-tea/citrus-lavender-sage-herbal-tea-30467.html?cm_mmc=Bing-_-Tea-_-MS_Brand_Tea_Names-_-teavana%20citrus%20lavender%20sage_e

from the website-  Zesty sea buckthorn, pineapple and orange with lavender and sage.

Citrusy orange, sweet pineapple and delicious apples complement and soften to a smooth perfection with luscious lavender,sage and sea buckthorn.

 

I got these sweet cards from my nephews ages 10 and 7!!

 And lovely text for my 14 year old niece!!!

Snapfish 50x60 blanket sale - all about tea!!!

I love my $27.00 fleece blanket from Snapfish!!!  It has all my fun tea experiences on it.  It's super soft and great to wrap up in.

 

If you ever happen to see the sale again, you should jump on the deal! It's normally around $74.99

Plush Fleece Blanket

Tealightful summer berries

 

This tea is super tart, but good on occasion.  You can get about 4 cups out of one serving.

I have put this tea in an airtight container.  I took a glass jar and sprayed painted it black on the outside.  It is great to store tea in, because no air and no light get in and your tea will last longer.

 

http://www.tealightfultreasures.com/

 

 

Looks and smells great!  You can see all the berries in the tea

You don't really need to steep this more then 4 minutes, at least I found that to be the case.  It is really tart.  The longer you steep, the more tart it becomes.

Shutterfly free glass

Enjoying some passion iced tea in my new free Shutterfly glass.  All I did was pay the $6.00 shipping.  It is fun to have it engraved with my name on it.

Traveling tea- give me a call!!!

I'm hoping to take my tea on the road!!!!  Electricity not needed!!!

I have my own burner to heat the water.....

a tea pot that can sit on the heat.  And the tea pot folds down to lay almost completely flat.

How cool is that!!!  Pretty compact.

Has a metal bottom.

I've got my matching plastic cups

When I was in Africa in 2006 we were given tea - ceremonial tea style.  It was really neat.  Then when I was in Thailand in 2016 I met a missionary/International Worker, who said that her daughter did these teas with friends and also shared the gospel.  I LOVED THE IDEA!!!!

 

You first have Tea is as bitter as death, then strong as love, then sweet as life

It makes a great connection to life with out God is bitter as death, then God loved us so much he died for us, and now we have life in him and it is sweet

 

I hope to take this to my Sunday School class, show my friends, maybe my ESL class.  It is a neat ceremony, plus the illustration with the tea is memorable.

Tea ceremony in Africa

 

I also figure I can take the tea pot (with electricity- because I have a travel electircal burner too) to friends houses and teach them about tea.  I could bring over black tea, green tea, white tea, herbal tea, Oolong tea, etc and show the difference between the teas and how the water temperature and steeping times do matter!  Excited about traveling with my tea!

Honk Kong Airport Iced Milk Tea

Traveling home from a mission trip to Thailand we stopped off in the Hong Kong Airport.

Wish I had more time to explore outside!!!

 

Iced Milk Tea in Hong Kong, I had no idea what $38.00 was in Hong Kong, but I was hungry/thirsty.  I think it figured out to around $6.00.  I bought a black tea ice drink and a green tea smoothie and my credit card bill when I got home was $15.93- YIKES!!!  That is crazy, had I known the exchange rate I would have never bought it! Oh well, live and learn and enjoy the $6.00 drink!!!

Thai massage with tea

http://springfieldresort.com/village/facilities.html

While in Thailand I had a free morning.  I had won $100.00 at work for my 12 year anniversary.  I decided to splurge and have a massage!!!!!!

When I got there, they gave me a cold cloth and some really yummy tea!!!  I tried to figure out what tea it was but I did not understand what they were saying. It was so good and refreshing!!

After my massage they brought me another tea.  This was a ginger tea with fresh pineapple in it.  As I drank the tea I could use the tooth pick and eat the fresh pineapple. It was really a neat way to have the tea. It was a little gingery for me, but I liked it.

They let me walk to the top of the building to enjoy my tea and the view.  I took my tea and sat up there and soaked in the surroundings.

Hot and cold!!! Thai tea in Thailand

 Making Thai Tea in Thailand....

They pour condensed milk in the glass, then the tea, and then more condensed milk.  It is sweet, but good first thing in the morning!  The warm tea  was so pretty before you mixed it, the way it separated.

 

http://springfieldresort.com/village/facilities.html

I loved my tea with Bao Dumplings.  One was sweet and one was savory.  I think I had them every morning!!!

While in Thailand I enjoyed Thai Tea every morning.  Some mornings cold tea and some mornings hot tea  and some morning one of each!!!  This morning I had both cold/hot Thai tea. 
(There is a video on my Facebook Page of him making this tea.)