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Tea & Chocolate Wedding Favors

teablogger — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:01:53 +0000

One of the reasons I haven’t posted in ages is because recently I got married. w00t! When my fiance and I were thinking about what to give out as favors, we naturally settled on each of our favorite things: tea and chocolate! We wanted a favor that:

Most people would like at least part of
People could enjoy during the event or shortly after
They wouldn’t need to take home and give to GoodWill
Was easy to assemble and acquire

We bought about a gazillion Ferrero Roches at Sam’s Club (gold was one of our colors – yeah!) and also tons of Andes candies at Wal-Mart. (We’re still eating them.) But how to pick just one tea? And what kind? Black, green, white, oolong? Loose or bagged? I toyed with the idea of getting a custom blend and putting it in little custom tea tins – but really that was way too much work!

To meet our requirements of things that most people would like and were easy to acquire we decided on a mix of:

Twinings Earl Grey
Stash Chai
Stash Pomegranate Green

All lovely teas. A little variety so folks could trade if they wanted. Easy to acquire at our local Giant Eagle Market District. AND best of all — in our colors of gold and wine! ;-] Add a cute tag, some ribbon, and simple favor bags from Joann’s and viola! I loved them.

Tea and Chocolate favors (Image by Joanna Fassinger)

happy valentine’s day, everyone!

teablogger — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:06:29 +0000

As quoted at the Tea Stop:

tea leaves
tea loves
loves tea
lives tea
leaves tea?
never.
~ Uniek Swain

Byoo-tea-ful! Hurray for Valentine’s Day!

Some interesting teas for Valentine’s Day, by the tone of the event :

Lemon Ginger Tea – For an independent Valentine, celebrating singledom! Invigorating as well as exciting.
Twinings English Breakfast – Warm, comforting… classic. For well-established romances.
Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Gardens – Green tea that’s both mellow and tart… for those bittersweet situations.
A nice, steamy Oregon Chai – For creamy, dreamy love, and cuddling on the couch.

Also, some Valentine’s history, as well as a recipe for Love Potion Tea. Cheers, to all! Tip back a good cup of tea in honor of the wonders of love!

flowers & chocolate for lovers… of tea

teablogger — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:12:16 +0000

There’s nothing so classic for Valentine’s Day as flowers and candy, preferably chocolate. But sometimes classic can be boring, whether it’s a dozen roses or your millionth cup of Earl Grey. With that in mind, here’s a few interesting-looking twists on the traditional old Valentine’s Day gifts, especially suited to tea lovers and those who adore them:

Green Tea Dark Chocolate – If the chocolate is as nice as the packaging, I’ll love it. Seems like a reasonable price too!
Torn Ranch also has Tea Infused Chocolate Indulgences, with flavors like Masala Chai and Jasmine Green… Intriguing!

Flowering teas! I don’t know whether these various videos makes flowering teas look awesome or terrifying, but some flowering teas can be truly lovely.
This beauty from Adagio (who refers to them as ‘display teas’) looks gorgeous!
And there’s also quite a selection at Mountain Rose Herbs.

Besides their beauty, the nicest thing about flowering teas is that they are really easy to try. Steeping is nearly the same to any other tea, and all you need is a glass teapot so you can watch the magic. Numi has some instructions for brewing teas, including flowering teas, but all you really need to know is:

Without a strainer, place your tea flower in your glass teapot.
Boil water. Pour over.
Watch & Enjoy.

Like many teas, many flowering teas have a brewing time of 2 – 3 minutes, but they can also be reused. Can silly old roses work magic like this?

tea haiku #3

teablogger — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:06:24 +0000

Romantically inspired haikus and poems leading up to Valentine’s Day….

pure is my love of
you. pure as the elixir
that your sweet lips sip.