There & Back Again (7-335) (Organic Assam Breakfast and Ceylon)
This post tells the story of ‘There & Back Again’ which is a tea containing organic Assam Breakfast and organic Ceylon teas. Continue Reading →
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7-341 (Organic Darjeeling, Heather, and Lavender)
This tea was inspired by some of what occurs in season 4 of The Magicians. That means this tea story comes with a trio of disclaimers. One, it is potentially a bit spoilery, though I will try to keep the exact details to a minimum. Two, for reasons that will Continue Reading →
Fire in the Sky (Organic Smoky Elderberry Herbal Chai)
I love the tea of the month club. This is a thing that is likely painfully clear if you’ve been with me on this tea journey for any length of time. I love curating the selections, I love all the ideas that have been inspired by the surveys, I love Continue Reading →
Sorry I Stabbed You… …Again (Organic Earl Grey, Red Rooibos, Lavender, and Hibiscus) (3-150a)
The story of Sorry I Stabbed You… …Again is deeply connected to the stories of Sorry I Stabbed You and Rise Up. In fact, much of its story has already been told as a part of the explanation for Rise Up. Tea Naming conversations, wherever they end up happening, often Continue Reading →
Lost in the Mists (Chocolate Lavender Earl Grey)
May was a hectic month. The first week of it was the last one leading up to the soft reopen, and I realized, as I was coming down to the wire, that I had greatly underestimated how long it would take to get that first short list of teas Continue Reading →
Shipping, Packaging, Suggestions, and Angst
I’ve been trying to approach this post since I re-revamped the Tea of the Month Club. It was sparked, in part, by the things I discovered about domestic shipping costs and weight sets – a term I am coining because I am not sure what else to call it. Continue Reading →
Missing Piece (7-310) (Organic Decaffeinated Genmaicha)
The tale of the tea known as Missing Piece is almost too short to tell. However, I have made a habit of these tea introduction posts, and it would feel wrong to leave one out. The need for Missing Piece was an outgrowth of my desire to make a decaffeinated Continue Reading →
Face the Day (Green Grey Ginger Jasmine) (8-390)
My notes for where this tea came from are irritatingly sparse. I know it happened in late 2020 – which, admittedly, makes it at least a little understandable that the details may have gotten lost in the ether. I have the name of a tea person. A suggested name for Continue Reading →