After more than 42 weeks of non-stop action, we’re going to have to take a week off. With Brandice’s wedding and PodcampOhio organizing, we just won’t be able to bring you a quality show. We will be back next week with an Iced Tea episode and hopefully won’t have to skip again for another 42 weeks.

Until then, Drink More Tea!

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Brandice is back from her wedding and we’re trying two new flavored Green teas; serendipiTea Fiji (3 minutes, rumbling water) and Tea Frog Kiyoto Lemon Flavored Green (3 minutes, rumbling water). Joe also nearly chokes to death, but whatever.

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Today, we’re having two Caffeine-free, fruit-based Rooibos teas from Dragonwater. The first is Dragonwater’s Green Rooibos Strawberry Peach (7 minutes, boiling water) and the second is Dragonwater’s Rooibos Apple Cinnamon (7 minutes, boiling water). Will we finally like a fruit-based tea on the show?

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We once again have two Earl Grey’s duking it out for our affections. Can one of them pull ahead of the other? The first contender is TeaFrog Earl Grey Special Flavored Black (4 minutes, boiling water). And in the silver shorts is Dragonwater Earl Grey de la Creme (4 minutes boiling water). Who will win the battle of the Greys? Let’s watch.

For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.

Brandice is now a happily married woman! Be sure to congratulate Brandice and Jim on their marriedness in the comments.

We’re revisiting Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse a second time, with two more of their teas: Silver Dragon Green (no link) (3 minutes, rumbling temp) and Jasmine Silver Needle White (4 minutes, rumbling temp). As usual, Joe and Brandice spend most of this episode in complete and utter disagreement with one other, perhaps even more so than the average episode.

For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.

Summer, custom tea blender of Felicitea (friend: Felicitea), is currently looking for tea-drinking contestants for Phase One of her Coffee to Tea Convert Contest. All you have to do is create a video about why you drink tea instead of coffee, and then add the video to the Felicitea’s CTC Contest group. Phase Two of the contest will involve converting a lucky coffee drinker with lots of tea-related prizes!

The winner with the best tea video will have their video used to promote tea drinking for Phase Two of the contest, they will get free tea, and they will also get a special piece of free personalized teaware, so hop over to the group and submit your video. Tea is always a good reason to make a video!

Check out the community thread linked in the image above to see what viewers (and your show hosts) are offering up for grabs… teas we tried but didn’t like, extra tea we’ll never drink before it goes to waste, any tea we have that is worth offering up to someone else instead of pitching in the trash. Leave a list of teas you’ve got sitting around if you’d like to contribute to the STeaP-encouraged tea exchange!

This episode features two teas with similar flavors: Adagio’s Foxtrot (boiling, 7 minute steep) and Felicitea’s Sloth Tea (3 minutes, rumbling). This is Felciitea’s first time on STeaP, so give Summer (the masterful tea blender behind the Felicitea name) a friendly welcome. You can also add both Summer and Ilya to your friends list over at our community.

For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.