{"id":105,"date":"2011-11-24T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-11-24T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:04:00","slug":"dedicated-tea-drinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Tea Drinker"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suggest you get a cup of tea and pull yourself, and it, up to this here computer and then read on!\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong I like my coffee, and espresso especially, a lot but it is a heavy duty drink and I have got myself used to just a cup a day and anymore really does seem HEAVY to me. Tea, on the other hand, is available for every ordinary and extra ordinary occasion in my days. It is a comfort drink to me where coffee is kinda get pumped up and go for it drink. Tea is cozy, coffee is intense.
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I wake to my black tea each morning with breakfast. I find it slows me down in a lovely way by being an excuse for couch time; ‘I could use a sit down and a cup of rooibos<\/span>‘. When my tummy is upset, even just from nerves, then my mint green or mint chamomile are a good friend and confidant. Wrap my hands around a cup of it and breath…drink… think… breath… When I feel like rewarding myself, usually with a side of chocolate, the double chai<\/span> is there to make me feel like I am having a hurrah<\/span> moment or a personal little party (any reason will do, did the dishes really fast LETS CELEBRATE, pass me the chocolate and tea).
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Ah yes, tis<\/span> a grand thing to drink tea and to think I used to wonder at the amount my great great aunt Ruth could drink in a day and the amount of times she would break out the tea pot and cups to sit with… I am just as bad if not worse. When I am home for the day I stare down a full cup of tea over and over and over and over and…<\/span><\/h6>\n

Here’s a little facebook<\/span> post I put up to get some fresh ideas for tea types. And after my post are some of the responses.
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Asking all dedicated tea drinkers to share their top 5 favourite teas with me:<\/p>\n

Here are the four teas I count as favourites as I go to them through out each and every day… (the teas I own and enjoy are a much longer list for sure)
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  1. Rooibos<\/span> (plain)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Stash’s<\/span> Double Spice Chai<\/span> (gotta have my chai<\/span> SPICY)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Stash’s<\/span> Mojito<\/span> Mint Green (the only green I can really enjoy)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Twinnings<\/span> Earl Grey (my faithful morning friend)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Peppermint Camomile<\/span> (when I wanna calm right down)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


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    One pal was all about loose leaf tea and a company called ‘Steeped’ in particular, here are her picks:<\/span>
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    <\/span> 1. Machiatto<\/span> dreram<\/span> (roobios<\/span>)<\/span>
    <\/span> 2. Dark chocolate Chai<\/span><\/span>
    <\/span> 3. Earl grey de<\/span> la creme<\/span>
    <\/span> 4. Toffee crunch (roobios<\/span>)<\/span>
    <\/span> 5. Eggnoggin<\/span> (green tea\/black tea mix)<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span>My second friend to share had three and I have to say, knowing she ADORES pomegranates and introduced me to pomegranate tea, I wasn’t surprised by her choices:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    i like chai<\/span>, peppermint, or pomegranate (green tea)<\/span>
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    <\/span>Third response was this:<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span>Rooibos<\/span> Caramello<\/span>. It’s from my favourite tea store called The Blue Teapot in North Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span>Fourth response:<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span>I like Cherrybana by Paper Street Teas. Fruit combo, great warm, amazing chilled.<\/p>\n

    Fifth response:<\/p>\n

    <\/span><\/span>Blooming teas in a glass teapot are my fav… Then a good authentic chai.<\/p>\n

    The Sixth response was my husband, he needed to put his two cents in:<\/span><\/p>\n

    1) Rooibos Provence is pretty amazing.
    2) I also enjoy Mulberry Leaf tea from time to time.
    But watch out for<\/span> teas by a company named BIJA, yes they are healthy, but you might<\/span> have a nicer drink by simply filling your tea cup with dirt and weeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Seventh response:<\/span><\/p>\n

    I have a fav ginger tea….can’t remember who makes it though.<\/p>\n

    Eighth response was from one of my sisters:<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span>My favourite is Lime Gelato from David’s Tea, it is amazing. My next favourite from there is Buttercream. They are both pricey , but I am always glad I splurged when I have them.<\/p>\n

    Ninth response:<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span> I love Chai! Twinnings Earl Grey, then Ginger Peach, good ol’ Orange Pekoe, and Lemon zinger for when I’m sick.<\/p>\n

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    TTFN<\/span>
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    I suggest you get a cup of tea and pull yourself, and it, up to this here computer and then read on! Don’t get me wrong I like my coffee, and espresso especially, a lot but it is a heavy duty drink and I have got myself used to just a cup a day and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}