Combining tradition and science to create natural and effective remedies.
Old Eighties Queer started as a short thread on Twitter by one of the authors I follow, shortly after the 2018 US midterm elections. It was a short thread about how there were now queer members of Congress – there were queer governors – and that 30 years ago that Continue Reading →
It is not uncommon for really good ideas to come out of unfortunate circumstances. At least not as far as my life and tea. Recently I’ve had some health issues that led to a sequence of weeks where I didn’t allow myself any caffeine. It didn’t turn out to be Continue Reading →
There are many reasons that I love our Baker Street Blend. It was the first blend of just teas that I attempted. (And it turned out to be one that Mister Tea and I both loved.) It enabled me to recreate a tea for a friend. It was also the Continue Reading →
CW: Disability, Consent, Ableism, PTSD A thread I read yesterday got me to thinking about my interactions with people in the outside world – especially on the bad days. Specifically, to the different ways people respond to various mobility aids and my particular flavour of broken. See, there are good Continue Reading →
One of the frustrating things about chronic life is that it delimits what I can do. Depending on the day it does so rather severely. This means I am cooking far less these days. Most of my time and energy goes into tea. And I love tea, I do. I Continue Reading →
The tale of Watson’s Wit is short and sweet, compared to many. One of the issues Mister Tea and I sometimes face is delays in acquiring some of our ingredients. The largest culprits are turmeric (which, until recently, could be dastardly difficult to acquire organic) and a couple of the Continue Reading →
The original version of this survey was called the “Tea of the Month Club Survey” – and we do prefer to have it filled out by our subscribers. However, I sometimes like to tuck an extra into our orders. A way of saying thank you or perhaps just my inner Continue Reading →
‘First Taste of Home’ was born out of a combination of annoyance and my sometimes oddly applied sense of responsibility. In this particular case, it wasn’t annoyance at a label, or annoyance at an ingredients list – it was due to one of our ingredients having changed texture. I’d received Continue Reading →