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: Smoky
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 →
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 →
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 →
Fire in the Sky (Organic Smoky Elderberry Herbal Chai)
I love the tea of the month club. This is a thing that is likely painfully clear if you’ve been with me on this tea journey for any length of time. I love curating the selections, I love all the ideas that have been inspired by the surveys, I love Continue Reading →
Baker Street Blend (Organic Black Tea Blend)
Baker Street was the first tea that I blended because I needed it to blend another tea. A friend and tea human sent me a sample of a tea that she wanted to see if I could create a “my way” version of. The theory being that if the original Continue Reading →
Sorry I Stabbed You (3-150) (Organic Lapsang, Hibiscus, Lavender Tea)
There were a lot of truly amazing names suggested for this tea when I put up the naming post for it. Sorry I Stabbed You was offered with the statement that it was a terrible name, but the concept of flowers as an apology combined with how hibiscus tasted for 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 →