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: Black Tea
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 →
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 →
Alderaan’s General (Corvid’s Caravan and Cinnamon)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (or so it feels now) – someone I cared deeply for asked me for a tea that had smoke and cinnamon, but not vanilla. I jury-rigged a test, which went into a fascinating tea object that stayed at the old Continue Reading →
Wednesday’s Child (Organic Coconut Elderberry Black Tea)
The story of Wednesday’s Child begins with a mood board. A friend has been on a stash-busting kick, and said over-arching project has produced many awesome things. The gnomes that are heading out over the of the week are one, and the scarf that the mood board was created for Continue Reading →
Ealing’s Ladies (Baker Street Blend and Lavender)
There are times when the story of a tea is long and involved and other times when it is short, sweet, and mostly about a flavour idea popping into my mind basically fully formed. When Baker Street Blend was first named and the concept of the Tea Series first appeared, Continue Reading →