While browsing the supermarket isles I came across this odd little bottle of soda. Ginger ale to be exact and it caught my eye as it was in a glass bottle with a unique picture on the label. Upon closer inspection I discovered that it was a concoction …
A Long Brewed Update
Hello to all of you fans of tea. I realize it has been a good while since I’ve posted anything. My excuse… life has been busy. I know, it’s weak, but at least I’m still drinking tea. That’s what’s really important here right?Speaking of drinking tea,…
Posting Hiatus
As I’m sure many of you have noticed I haven’t posted for a good while. This has been mostly due to…A trip to Las Vegas (NAB show)Final papers dueHelping the editing of a music video for a band called Left AloneEditing a video for the BFA English dep…
The Yerba Buzz
There’s a new drink on the market and it’s known as Yerba Mate. A respected site, Tea Guy Speaks, recently announced the rising popularity of this drink and how people are treating it like the next new thing, as they thought green tea was. Even though …
Your Weekend Poem
I think I have a poem that actually fits the theme of the week for once. I wrote it a long time ago and I recently revised it to an acceptable reading level. I’ve kept the original rhyme pattern; however, I forgot what I originally wrote it about so it…
Sugar Fiend
I’ll admit, this post is more about tea sweeteners than it is about tools, but in my world sugar is just another tool in the process. I say this because like the Humming bird, I need sugar. If it’s not sweet I usually don’t enjoy it. I only use straigh…
Measuring Apparatus
Today is the post with gadgets that involve numbers. A very vital part of proper tea making. So let’s not waste time and get right on into it.Thermometer Not so much important for black tea or rooibos, but essential in order to make green, white, and o…
Tools of the Trade
April is finally here and the spring semester is coming closer to an end. This means that I will be extremely busy with oodles of assignments and large papers to write. Yeah for me. The consequence of these recent events is prompting me to keep this we…
A Tea Poet for your Teapot
So it’s that time of the week again when I post a poem. I figure if you’ve enjoyed this week’s teapot theme, then you should enjoy a poem, as both are considered art.The piece I chose is really on the arty side of poetry. It is one poem constructed out…
Scouring for Savory Articles
I’ve been searching the web for articles about tea ceremonies involving teapots recently and found this site. It has very little about ceremony practices, but it is a great introduction and history on how teapots came about. What prompted me to go sear…