The Tea Writer over at Tea Pages asks the question:
“So, what is your sick day tea?”
My sick tea (Brandice) is usually a genmai cha, if I have a good one in my giant tea drawer, because of that chicken soup/savory feel that it has. :) What’s yours?
This week, we take a look at two “blueberry” flavored teas, although upon further inspection, it seems that one of our choices didn’t actually have any blueberry in it. Our first tea was a Blueberry-Flavored White from Tea Frog, steeped for 2 minutes with rumbling water, and our second tea was serendipiTea’s Berry Blueberry, steeped for 5 minutes with boiling water. In the past, neither of us have enjoyed a tea or tisane with blueberry flavors, so we thought we’d try a “real” tea with blueberry and a tisane with blueberry, and see if TeaFrog or serendipiTea could change our minds. Watch the episode to see if they did.
Once you’ve seen the episode, don’t forget about the contest!
For more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
Next week is a episode featuring two blueberry teas:
We have a sample of the Blueberry – Flavored White and a 4 oz. package of the Berry Blueberry to give away, and here is what you need to do to win AFTER THE EPISODE IS LIVE ON MONDAY (to be certain after seeing our review that you want the tea):
1. For the Tea Frog Blueberry – Flavored White:
Email brandice [at] steaptv [dot] com with a random steep time between 1 and 7 minutes. (EX: 1 min 30 seconds, 3 minutes, etc.)
2. For the SerenedipiTea Berry Blueberry:
Twitter “@STeaP” with a plea for the tea that includes the word “berry” in a unique way. (EX: @STeaP, I would berry much like a tea sample!)
Winners will be chosen and announced next Friday, March 12th.
Is it just me or does this tea maker, the Krups TeaTime, look a lot like the Adagio TriniTEA?
Very curious. Wonder which came first? I’m guessing Adagio’s machine, which has had a few model upgrades already, but who knows.
*UPDATE: After searching around a bit, I discovered that the Krups machine is no longer available in the US and that, according to at least one review on Adagio, the Krups was the chicken before the egg:
Regardless, I’m a fan of mine. :) I’ll be making a TeaToday with it very soon, to test how the TeaSource Wild Mountain Dragonwell tastes as an iced tea!
Alex over at Another Tea Blog posted a couple weeks ago about The Republic of Tea’s Rose PetalTea, and it made me chuckle when catching up with my tea feeds in Google Reader this afternoon, so I thought I’d pass it along:
It’s time for another battle! This time there is a duke-out between Tea Source’s Earl Grey White Tip (steeped for 4 minutes at boiling) and Upton’s Saint Isaac’s Blend (steeped for 5 minutes at boiling), and it gets quite heated! See these two teas duke it out, and you might see Joe and Brandice duke it out as well. Be sure to check our Twitter feed, because we might be giving something away from this episode. :)
For more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
