Our First Giveaway!! (CLOSED)

 Hello Friends,

Today is an exciting day because we get a announce our very first giveaway on our blog! The first item in the giveaway is a box of Clover Valley 100% Natural Green Tea. The second item in the giveaway is a brown teapot we picked up in Amish Country antique shopping. The final item is my favorite, a Alfred Meakin Fair Winds teacup and saucer made in Staffordshire, England. The print on the teacup is brown and shows an 1830 New York Harbor.

 

There are three steps to entering the giveaway:

1. Subscribe to our email updates on the side bar.

2. Share this post on Facebook.

3. Comment on ANY post on our blog (we can see all the comments). To comment, the blog will ask you to log in with an account. If you do not have an account, select Anonymous and type your name after your comment. An example will be commented on this post by me. Every comment will be counted as an entry as long as 1 and 2 are completed, so comment as many times as you like!

Entries will be accepted now through 12:00 PM December 24, 2015. The winner will be chosen randomly and we will contact and announce the winner on Christmas Eve. If you have any trouble please contact myself or my mother!

Good luck,
Tilly

Chinese Flower Tea

Hello Friends,

Today we'll be talking about teas infused with leaves, flowers, and berries. In China, it is popular practice to place these items in tea to not only flavor the tea, but to make it more pleasing to the eye. In fact, teas that are aesthetic in appearance are more expensive than teas that actually taste good. The more the items dance in the teapot and/or stay parallel to the pot during infusion, the more expensive the tea is even if it tastes bad. The same goes for visually pleasing colors and shapes the tea transforms into. What buyers are purchasing is not just a tea to drink, but a visual show.

We purchased several floral teas and decided to try the Green Tea with Acai Berry first. The tea came in the form of a little pod tied up. The packaging shows what each tea pod is suppose to look like when finished.

We placed the pod in a clear teapot so we could see the flower bloom. Hot water was added and the tea pod slowly began to open and float to the bottom.

It took the pod about 10 minutes to turn the water a nice amber color and to fully open up. It stayed in the center for the most part and lowered in the teapot as it opened. Much like the practice in China, the tea did not taste that great, but it sure did look pretty. It was fun to watch too!

 

Hope you enjoyed,

Tilly