The Wayward Plane (Orange Smoky Turmeric Chai) and Here Be Dragons (Smoky Orange Safflower Pepper Chai) (8-407 and 8-405)

A small white bowl full of a blend of chai spices, curls of turmeric, bright blue cornflower petals, and golden and black teas.

  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 →

February 2025 Tea of the Month Club Selection

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This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series TotMC (Standard) Chosen Teas

For February 2025’s tea of the month I selected The Rose Road – a blend of Lapsang Souchong, Rose Petals, and Rosemary. It was chosen because I wanted to share something that had brought me joy that also felt like it fit the way in which February had felt. The 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 →

Alderaan’s General (Corvid’s Caravan and Cinnamon)

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Star Wars Beverages

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 →

Gnomevember 2024

The seeds for the concept of Gnomevember were found within the creativity and heart of a friend. She sent me gnomes. Which led to sudden world-building thoughts on my side, and sparked a micro-fiction, which I shared in return. The next thing I knew, she was asking me if I Continue Reading →