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@itsteababe and @teaandmeblog suggested making a p

@itsteababe and @teaandmeblog suggested making a pot to share for #septembersipdown today. However, while my sister likes the occasional iced/cold brew tea, she is by no means a tea drinker and neither is my brother-in-law. That means I couldn’t convince anyone to share with me which is probably for the best because my pot is only 12 ounces anyways. So I drank a pot of New House Blend by @birdandblendtea on my own since. I picked this tea since it’s sort of an earl grey from an English company and the pot recommends enjoying an English tea in it and this sample seemed close enough.
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#tea #teapotsofinstagram #teapot #birdandblendteaco #instatea #teabloggers #teablog #teapics #teapic #potoftea #teasofinstagram

My day’s worth of tea and meal pairings for toda

My day’s worth of tea and meal pairings for today’s #septembersipdown prompt by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog:

1. I live with my sister and brother-in-law who just had a baby less than three weeks ago. We got lazy this morning and ordered in breakfast. I paired @escarpmentkombucha’s Blueberry Mint Kombucha with my western breakfast sandwich and home fries from @sunsetgrill.
2. For lunch, I made us a whole lot of Cajun cauliflower rice to share (don’t you worry, we had leftovers) and paired the flavourful dish with a tea lemonade using Brisbane Breakfast by @t2tea.
3. My brother-in-law made beef bourginon and mashed potatoes for dinner. I had it with Sangria by @birdandblendtea thinking red wine and beef pair well so why not a tea that is inspired by a drink made with red wine?
4. As an after dinner treat, we tried an Apple Delight from @cobsbread. I coupled it with my last serving of Apple Pie Oolong by @citizenteacompany.

#tea #ilovetea #teaandfoodpairing #teaandfood #pairings #teasofinstagram #teastagram #instatea #tealovers

Today’s #septembersipdown prompt by @itsteababe

Today’s #septembersipdown prompt by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog is all about taking a tea you don’t like and doing something unique with it. I am not someone who loves bergamot but I’ve had some great flavoured earl greys that weren’t bergamot forward. So, when I bought London Calling by @cupofteshop, I unfairly hoped it wouldn’t have a lot of actual bergamot flavour despite it being an earl grey. Luckily, I discovered a recipe by @ohhowcivilized a couple years back that is perfect for using up earl greys as someone who doesn’t love that flavour on its own. That recipe is for a decadent and sophisticated earl grey hot chocolate. This isn’t your kids powder mix!

1. The completed earl grey hot chocolate, with a generous serving of whipped cream for extra decadence. @ohhowcivilized actually has a whipped topping recipe but I’m lazy so I use the canned stuff.
2. The ingredients: Chocolate (I used milk chocolate chips because I didn’t have anything else but it’s best with dark chocolate, per the recipe), milk, heavy cream, earl grey, and tea bags (if the tea is loose leaf)
3. Heat the heavy cream and milk on low until bubbles start forming around the edges of the pot
4. Remove the warmed milk and cream from the heat and steep the tea for 10 minutes
5. While steeping the tea, measure out 5 oz of chocolate chips or finely chop 5 oz of chocolate if using a bar
6. When the tea is done steeping and the bags are removed, return the milk mixture to the low heat
7. Add the chocolate to the milk mixture and stir into melted
8. Pour it all into a large mug for one tasty hot chocolate!

#earlgreyhotchocolate #ohhowcivilized #hotchocolate #teainfused #recipeswithtea #tea #teastagram #instatea #tealovers

So when I saw @teaandmeblog’s post for today’s

So when I saw @teaandmeblog’s post for today’s #septembersipdown prompt of drinking one tea all day, I realized this meant to select a single tea or tea type and only drink that for the day. However, I read it as choosing a tea to drink throughout the day...along with other teas. So I picked a tea I knew I wouldn’t mind drinking a whole lot of: Lemonade, Anyone? by @teapleasetea! I really enjoy this lemon candy deliciousness cold brewed and would definitely recommend it to all. Unfortunately this is actually a #sipdown as this bottle required the last of my “leaf”. Luckily, it’s currently on sale on Tea Please’s website so grab it before it’s gone!

Another thing I’d recommend? The @geeksteep podcast with @ros_strange and @marikadevienne that officially launched today on all tea streaming platforms. There are two episodes available now and they’re just so much fun.
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#sipdownchallenge #coldbrew #coldbrewtea #teastagram #instatea #tisane #teasofinstagram #geeksteep @itsteababe

Second chai latte of the week and I ain’t compla

Second chai latte of the week and I ain’t complaining in the slightest. Today’s #septembersipdown prompt is to make a chai latte so I used the last of this Majestic Chai by @teakruthi. Majestic Chai is a cardamom heavy chai and that makes the cardamom truly the star. Add some warming spices, the latte prep method, and top it with whipped cream and @chaiwalachai chai sprinkles and you have one delicious fall drink!
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#sipdown #sipdownchallenge #majesticchai #chailatte #latte #tealatte #chaistagram #instatea #teasofinstagram #tealovers #chai #teareview @itsteababe @teaandmeblog

Tuesdays are for #teatogethertuesday with a little

Tuesdays are for #teatogethertuesday with a little #septembersipdown twist! This week, @teaisawishblog, @teawithjann, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog, came together again to bring us a prompt by @madhatterteadrunk. This prompt asks what is our favourite music to listen to during tea time? The thing is, I don’t really listen to music during tea time. For one, tea time is all the time, but also it’s so much work to pick a tea that trying to find the perfect music just seems like a lot. What I often do is have tea while watching shows so I guess the music I listen to during tea time is theme songs and scores. Lately I’ve been rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer so today I tried to find a fitting tea to go with it. The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors by @52teas seemed fitting given the premise of Buffy. Plus, it’s a reference to another TV show, Game of Thrones, I’ve enjoyed while enjoying tea! - @rachel12610 aka VariaTEA

As a side note: check out @geeksteep for all your tea and fandom pairings! @ros_strange and @marikadevienne actually talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer on their first episode which is available now on Spotify and will officially be launched on September 24th!

I was never actually a huge fan of chai blends. Si

I was never actually a huge fan of chai blends. Since it’s all about a spice mix, there are so many variants and none really appealed to my tastes. I’d all but given up on them when I ordered an iced chai latte at Starbucks. I enjoyed it the Starbucks drink but knew it’s more sweet than spice, as a chai latte should be. However, it opened my mind to chais again which meant I was willing to try the @chaiwalachai samples at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto last year. Honestly, this is perfect, especially in Autumn! Warming spices just heat you up from the inside out and comforts you like a cozy blanket. Plus, the honey gives it the right amount of sweet. You can’t go wrong with this chai latte...so much so that it’s the only blend I’m actually willing to stand and prepare on the stovetop. It’s a special treat for sure and that’s why it’s my favourite Autumn tea, which is what @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog asked us about for today’s #septembersipdown prompt. It even perked up @lucky_o_pup from her nap!
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#nationalchaiday #masalachai #chailatte #latte #tealatte #chaistagram #instatea #teasofinstagram #tealovers #chai #teareview

Another day, another #sipdown of a tea I’ve been

Another day, another #sipdown of a tea I’ve been putting off thanks to @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog’s #septembersipdown prompts! Today we’ve been told to go herbal and that’s what I did with this tea, Sacred Blend by Boreal Wildcraft Tea Co. It has a whole lot of sage and other herbal flavors which typically is not what I look for in a tea. @ros_strange was kind enough to share a sample with me and it just never called to me. However, with today’s prompt, it seems as good a time as any to finish it!
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#tea #teabloggers #teablog #teabloggersofinstagram #teasofinstagram #instatea #teastagram #herbalinfusion #caffeinefree #sipdownchallenge

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @te

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog is all about teas sourced from India. If I’m being honest, I thought it was going to be so easy to find one in my stash but some of the ones I grabbed first that I figured would be from India were from places like Sri Lanka instead. Then this tea, Taj Mahal by @dollarteaclub, caught my eye. While it doesn’t explicitly say “sourced from India” I feel like based on the name and packaging it’s fair to assume that’s where this tea is from. Funny enough, while looking for this tea in the drawer to make it today, I found several other teas that were also from India. Interesting how it’s so much easier to find something when you’re no longer looking for it. Unfortunately I didn’t love this one. I found it a bit too brisk/metallic for my liking.
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#tea #teafromindia #teasofinstagram #instatea #teastagram #blacktea #tajmahal #dollarteaclub #teasubscription #teareview #teabloggers

In our house, we have all of our alcohol in one pl

In our house, we have all of our alcohol in one place, so of course I added my alcohol inspired tea to the tray. Today I’m drinking Cuban Highball Pu’erh by @corneliabean, which was one of the many samples given to me by @ros_strange. In fact, all the pu’erh samples in my stash were given to me by @ros_strange, who knows I don’t like pu’erh but also knows I’ll try anything once, especially if someone went to the trouble of sending it to me. With that said, it doesn’t mean I don’t avoid these samples most days, so today’s #septembersipdown prompt by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog was perfect for pushing me outside of my comfort zone and forcing me to try a pu’erh. Our instructions were to spin around and pick a tea from our stash. My teas are all jammed into drawers so I didn’t think that would work for me, but I DO have a randomizer set up on my tea spreadsheet that allows me to randomly select teas when I don’t know what I want. The randomizer is how I ended up with this tea and thankfully it’s not too bad as far as pu’erhs go. The mint does a great job of covering up the muddy/mushroom-y dense flavor of pu’erh, which suits my taste preferences.
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#tea #puerh #cubanhighball #alcohol #alcoholinspired #tealovers #teasofinstagram #instatea

On the heels of the vacation tea prompt, @itsteaba

On the heels of the vacation tea prompt, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog now want to know about the teabags we stole from a hotel for #septembersipdown. I’ve actually never even had tea in a hotel, I don’t think, so I’m throwing it back to the teabag I unintentionally stole from my office last summer. I intended to make a tea at work using one of the @numiorganictea teabags supplied by the company since I hadn’t tried a lot of Numi teas before. I was debating between two flavors - this one and Ginger Lemon - when I had to run back to my desk to do actual work. I ended up bringing the teabags with me to my desk. When I still hadn’t gotten a chance to make one of them by the end of the day, I took them home with me.
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#tea #sororiteasisters #orangespice #orange #spice #organic #numi #teasofinstagram #instatea #teablog #tbt #teareviewer #teareview

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @te

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog is about a tea you got on vacation. At first, I was thinking that I haven’t actually been on vacation anywhere in years and any teas I would have bought on vacation are long gone. So, my original plan was to share a tea my sister brought back for me from HER vacation in Copenhagen. Then it dawned on me that I travelled to Montreal in December, which is where I used to live so it doesn’t stand out as a vacation, but I suppose it was. One of the best parts of this trip was getting to finally meet @ros_strange in person. Of course we exchanged teas, and since @ros_strange is super generous, I came home with an insane amount. This tea, Menta by @yerbamateina, was among the many samples she shared with me. I’m sipping it now in my pajamas while trying to shake off a case of the yawns. Personally I don’t love the petrichor quality of mate so my hope was the mint would cover it up. It did not so I’m not loving this one but it is perking me up.
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#tea #sororiteasisters #menta #mint #mate #yerbamaté #mateina #teasofinstagram #instatea #teablog #sipdown #sipdownchallenge #teareviewer #teareview

The #teatogethertuesday and #septembersipdown col

The #teatogethertuesday and #septembersipdown collaborations continue today between @teaisawishblog, @teawithjann, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog. Today the prompt comes from none other than @itsteababe who wants to know if there are teas/tisanes that we drink according to our moods? I have a huge sweet tooth so I almost always want dessert/fruity teas. With that said, I find that when Autumn approaches or it’s raining or I’m feeling a bit down, I usually turn to something spiced as a latte to provide some comfort. There’s just something calming about a tea with heavy spices, such as a good chai, made as a latte and sipped on under a blanket as the rain pours outside. Sometimes that latte can be made with a dessert-like chai, like @dessertbydeb’s Coconut Cream Pie Chai, which is even better! The cherry on top? Whipped cream and @chaiwalachai’s chai sprinkles! - @rachel12610 aka VariaTEA

@itsteababe and @teaandmeblog want to know a tea t

@itsteababe and @teaandmeblog want to know a tea that matches our personality for today’s #septembersipdown. That’s not really my thing so instead I went looking for an older blend that could say something. Viking Moxie by Moxtea is a blend that’s been in my cupboard forever. I’ve been putting it off because it uses a lot of herbs/leaves that don’t appeal to me but it’s supposed to reduce stress and with a newborn in the house and school starting all in the same week stress is high. I also looked into Vikings a bit and saw they worshipped Odin, the God of Wisdom (among many other things) and are fearless in their pursuit of knowledge...travelling the globe and exploring the world. Now I haven’t travelled the globe for my schooling but I have moved to unknown cities in the pursuit of higher education. So I’m going to say it sort of works for today’s prompt...plus it’s a #sipdown!
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#tea #sororiteasisters #vikingmoxie #viking #moxie #moxtea #sipsby #teasofinstagram #instatea #subscriptionbox #teasubscription #sipdownchallenge #teareviewer #teareview #tealovers

Today is all about blending for #septembersipdown.

Today is all about blending for #septembersipdown. @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog asked us to blend two teas together which I almost never do. If I’m being honest, I was at a loss for what to do. However, inspiration came in the form of @ros_strange who has been exploring a lapsang box by @white2tea. Normally I’m not that into lapsangs but she posted about a strawberry lapsang and a fruit bomb lapsang and the combination of fruity/sweet and smokey had me intrigued. Today I decided to follow that lead and, with toasted marshmallows in mind, paired cotton candy by @davidstea with lapsang souchong by @camellia.sinensis. I am not sure what I hoped for but the end result is a lapsang that someone put sugar in...which I guess could accurately describe a lapsang that someone put cotton candy in so success? 🧐 Either way, it’s the drink that’s accompanying me while I listen to a lecture in bed.
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#tea #sororiteasisters #teaandwork #teaandschool #cottoncandy #lapsangsouchong #blending #teasofinstagram #instatea #teareviewer #teareview #lawschool #remotelearning #camelliasinensis #tealovers #davidstea

Today, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog challenged us

Today, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog challenged us to find a unique use for our spent leaves for #septembersipdown. However, I’m the type of person who steeps (occasionally but rarely repeats) and then dumps the used leaves into the compost (or the green bin for those of us in Ontario, Canada). Unfortunately that’s what I did with today’s spent leaves and it’s not very unique. It is a sipdown though! Today, on #subscriptionboxsaturday, I finished off a sample from my July @myteabox.ca subscription box. I enjoyed the juicy notes of ripe mango and the hint of pineapple tang from this Lazy Mango tea while definitely NOT being lazy and listening to a law school lecture. It was a pleasant accompaniment and a lovely mango green tea.
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#tea #sororiteasisters #teaandwork #teaandschool #lazymango #sipdown #mango #greentea #teasofinstagram #instatea #subscriptionbox #teasubscription #sipdownchallenge #teareviewer #teareview #lawschool #remotelearning #myteabox #tealovers

Drinking my most recently purchased tea for today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog. I am not a huge kombucha fan but I was intrigued by this local company, @escarpmentkombucha, that does deliveries. This is one of their seasonal blends, Haskap Honey, and it’s delicious! They’ve definitely won me over since all their kombuchas that I have tried have been awesome!
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#tea #teasofinstagram #instatea #sipdown #sipdownchallenge #kombucha #kombuchatea #teastagram #teaenthusiast #teareviewer #teabloggers #teablog #sororiteasisters #buylocal #shoplocal

#septembersipdown continues today with @itsteababe

#septembersipdown continues today with @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog asking about a tea we ALWAYS keep stocked. Since I am among the many who aspire to “try all the teas!”, I hardly stock any because I buy tons of sample sizes (when I can). Of course I have favourites that I repurchase or like to keep around but none came to mind that I always need stocked. Instead, I tried to think is there something I always have and flavoured matchas is what came to mind. I like to add matcha to my breakfast smoothies and since I don’t actually love plain matcha, I always have a flavoured variety lying around. Today I’m enjoying a Wild Honey Matcha by @davidstea in a banana and spinach smoothie. This particular matcha has become a favourite to have around since the flavour goes so well in all different smoothies.
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#tea #matcha #wildhoneymatcha #matchasmoothie #matchagram #instatea #teasofinstagram #matchaofinstagram #sipdown #sipdownchallenge #teabloggers #tealoversunite

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @te

Today’s #septembersipdown by @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog was probably the easiest to plan for. Today we were prompted to cold brew a tea in milk and there is one tea I have always loved cold brewing in milk, Gingerbread Brulee Black Tea by @52teas. I discovered this when making a recipe for tea-infused hot chocolate that required cold brewing the tea in milk. It was amazing so I did it again and again and one time I got lazy and didn’t want to go through the whole process of making the hot chocolate but I’d already done the cold brew. I tried the milk and realized that was the source of the hot chocolate’s awesomeness. It’s like Christmas in a glass - creamy from the milk but with great gingerbread flavor! 10/10!
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#tea #teasofinstagram #instatea #sipdown #sipdownchallenge #coldbrewtea #coldbrew #teastagram #teaenthusiast #teareviewer #teabloggers #teablog #sororiteasisters

Week two of the #teatogethertuesday and #septembe

Week two of the #teatogethertuesday and #septembersipdown collaboration between @teaisawishblog, @teawithjann, @itsteababe and @teaandmeblog. Today our prompt is by @erickhaydenactor who asks what is your favourite fruity tea or tisane? For me, I got a sweet tooth so the most appealing teas are always either dessert-inspired or fruity. My favourites change almost constantly though. This summer I was loving the banana-focused teas, Monkey Chops by @birdandblendtea and Hummingbird by @aquartertotea, as iced lattes; @teapleasetea has some awesome fruit tisanes for cold brewing, specifically Lemonade, Anyone?; and @davidstea brought back an old fruity favourite, Fantasy Island. Needless to say, there was a lot of options for this prompt but one fruity tea I’ve been enjoying lately has been Melon Oolong by Lupicia. Melon teas are hard to get right because of melon’s subtle flavour but this tea nails it and pairs it perfectly with a floral oolong base. This is definitely a favourite! - @rachel12610 aka VariaTEA

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