Lake-town’s Lament (Lapsang Souchong, There & Back Again)
The origin story for Lake-town’s Lament – a blend of Lapsang Souchong, Ceylon, and Assam Breakfast teas. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Simply Tasty Teas
Ask Not the Sea Her Secrets (Chicory, Cacao Shells, Dulse, Tulsi, Blackberry Leaf, Cinnamon)(11-536)
The origin story for ‘Ask Not the Sea Her Secretsi’ – an organic herbal blend of chicory, cacao shells, dulse, blackberry leaf, tulsi, and cinnamon. Continue Reading →
For the Wounded & the Lost (Baker Street Blend, Elderberries, Vanilla)
The origin story of For the Wounded & the Lost, an organic blend of black teas, elderberries, and vanilla. Continue Reading →
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 →
Court of Dreaming Cats (5-296) (Lapsang Souchong and Jin Xuan)
This post explains the origin story of Court o Dreaming Cats, a lovely blend of Lapsang Souchong and Jin Xuan Oolong – the name a nod to the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →
The Wayward Plane (Orange Smoky Turmeric Chai) and Here Be Dragons (Smoky Orange Safflower Pepper Chai) (8-407 and 8-405)
The Wayward Plane and Here Be Dragons were both born out of one of the enduring friendships I found on the internet. Back before the birdsite became such a stunning example of what happens when the supremacist owns the bar, I stumbled into space twitter while wandering around science 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 →
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 →