I Want to Believe (8-412)(The Smoking Gun, Hawthorn Berries, Cardamom)
The origin story for I Want to Believe – an organic blend of The Smoking Gun, Hawthorn Berries, and Cardamom. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Green Tea
The Light of Pixies is Their Own (Long Distance Stabbing, Orange Peel, Rose Petals, Vanilla)(8-390-2)
The origin story for “The Light of Pixies is Their Own” – a tasty tea blend comprised of Long Distance Stabbing, Orange Peel, Rose Petals, and Vanilla. The name is a salute to the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →
Acacia’s Grief (Into the Dark Woods, Rose Petals, Rosemary) and The Rose Road (Lapsang Souchong, Rose Petals, Rosemary) (10-520 A&B)
For most of my life one of the constants about me has been my capacity and desire to read. Over the final few years with THFKAMT my speed at doing so slowed to a trickle, and the pressure cooker of covid, grief, and the things that occurred during those final Continue Reading →
Meditation Mint (Green Tea, Lemongrass, Peppermint)
Tea was a regular part of my life long before I started making it, and there had been a handful of regulars stocked in the pantry. Once I started making my own tea, I created more personalized versions of the things that had been standard. Meditation Mint was a special Continue Reading →
Believe Impossible Things (Organic Genmaicha with Cinnamon and Nutmeg)
Believe Impossible Things started with giving myself a work-present. Every so often when doing supply restocks, I will get myself something new to test and potentially play with. Sometimes this is a new type of tea, sometimes it is a fruit I am curious about, sometimes it is an herb 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 →
Green Standard (Organic Jasmine Green Tea)
The story of Green Standard is short and sweet, though that sweet has a touch of bitter these days. You can train yourself (or be trained) to expect certain tastes with certain meals. This could be a spice combination, a particular set of side dishes, or a beverage you prefer Continue Reading →
Gift of the Gloaming (Organic Roasted Kukicha, Lapasang Souchong, Lavender)
Gift of the Gloaming’s story began, as many of the tales of my teas do, with a combination of desire and need. I wanted a comforting tea taste, in this case one specifically involving smoke – but I also very desperately needed to relax. As Into the Dark Woods combined Continue Reading →
(Named)Journal 2, Page 121, Teas in Progress
“A long, long time ago…” Nevermind, this isn’t actually a song parody post, it is a tea naming post. However, it been many years since the tale of this tea began. A blogger reached out to me, asking if I would be willing to donate a few teas for Continue Reading →