Author Archives: DesertSage
Patron and Tea of the Month Benefits
If you are a Tea of the Month subscriber or a Patron (this applies to both the standard and curated Tea of the Month Clubs as well as to regular support whether it come through Patreon or through Ko-fi) there are a couple of benefits you receive. The first is Continue Reading →
Protected: Letters to the Tea of the Month Club
Protected: January 2025 Tea of the Month Club Letter
January 2025 Tea of the Month Club Selections
The standard tea of the month selection for January 2025 was threefold. The first two choices centered around my thought that we’d need something with a little kick for the aftermath of it. The third was chosen because I realized that not all of my Continue Reading →
Pillow Fort (8-410) (Smoked Barley, Lemon, Cinnamon)
Pillow Fort was born in frustration, but its creation was the salve to that frustration. Everyone who creates, whether it be tea or physical art or digital art or worlds or poetry or… has had the experience, probably more than once, of someone acting as if they, the creator, has Continue Reading →
Monster Slayer: Purple Worm (Guarana, Alfalfa, Elderberry, Eleuthro)
Some tea series have specific (and often long) stories for each of the teas made with the initial foundational blend. So far, the Monster Slayer series does not function like that. The primary reason for this is that so many flavour options spun out of the initial conversations that they Continue Reading →
Only the Anacrusis (10-487) (2nd Flush Darjeeling and Earl Grey)
This tea’s story starts, as so many do, with a tea preferences survey. That single survey spawned many tea ideas, quite a few of them foundational blends. The timing was perfect, as the survey appeared shortly before I started work on figuring out what the tea for July 2023’s Tea Continue Reading →
365 Inks – Jinhao 1.5 stub – Diamine’s Alpine
Joy to the World (Gnomevember Edition)
Joy to the world The gnomes have come And they will bring you tea Let every hearth Prepare them room Let kettle and teapot sing Let kettle and teapot sing Let kettle, let kettle and teapot sing Joy to the earth The gnomes remain Let their tales resound While fields Continue Reading →