St. Patrick's Day Tea

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Sipping Fortnum and Mason's Irish Breakfast black tea from a charming clover vintage teacup by Queen Anne.

 

 Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.

Alice in Bloomland

Last month, I visited the "Alice in Bloomland" exhibit at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

 

  

Let's go down the rabbit hole together!

  

 

Curiouser and curiouser

 

 

  

 

 

 "If you knew Time as well as I do," said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it..."

 

 

Chess or Croquet?

 

 

Card Soldiers

Painting the roses red

 

Queen of Hearts' Court

 

 

 

 Flamingos and Cards

 

 

The White Rabbit's Cottage surrounded by gorgeous orchids.

The Mad Hatter's Tea Party

 

 

 

 

 

It's always tea time here! 

Spring decor at HomeSense and Michael's

We're still covered in snow here, but the stores are filled with early spring vibes.

 

 

Floral and fruit-themed teawares at HomeSense (aka HomeGoods in the U.S.).

 

 

There were also some cute bunnies at HomeSense.

 

 

Michael's also had this sweet bunny in a pink teacup...

 

 

...as well as charming tea-themed spring decor!

 

 

The adorable ceramic bunny in a floral teacup came home with me!

 

 

February tea empties

 

What I have already restocked:
1) DavidsTea's Pistachio Matcha
2) Dessert by Deb's Strawberry Oat Milk herbal tea
3) Dessert by Deb's Triple Berry Maple French Toast black tea
4) Geek+Tea's As You Wish black tea

What I may repurchase in the future:
1) Celestial Seasonings' Country Peach herbal tea
2) Celestial Seasonings' Raspberry Zinger herbal tea
3) Steve's Tea's Vanilla Honeybush

Five Things in February

 We made it to the last week of February!

 

 

1. Winter really hit us hard this month. Back-to-back winter storms buried us in almost 60 cm (23 inches) of snow--the biggest snowfall that we've seen in years. I drank Murchie's Snowflake black tea in between all the shovelling!

 

 

2. Valentine cards and sweets from work and tea friends.

3. I found this sweet velvet plush blanket at HomeSense (aka HomeGoods in the U.S.). I was sold as soon as I spotted the cute teacups and teabags!

 

 

4. A virtual tea to celebrate a friend's birthday: Chocolate Truffle Cake and Caramel Custard Flan Rooibos (Dessert by Deb)

5. My parents gave me this adorable purple pin. I will strive to "Hold Onto Positivitea" during these tumultuous times. 

I Heart Handmade Mugs

For Valentine's Day, my parents gave me a pair of charming pottery mugs that were handmade by Studio C Ceramics.

 

 

The first mug has a teabag inside with a cute tag hanging on the outside.

  

 

The second mug features a teabag with a rose on it.

 

 

 

The first tea that I enjoyed in the mug was Plum Deluxe's Decaf Toasted Marshmallow latte.

Thank you, Kitty, for sharing this delicious decaf black tea blend with me!

Rose Teas for Valentine's Week

 Everything's coming up roses for Valentine's Week!

 

I found this stunning rose teacup from a church rummage sale a few years ago.

 

This vintage bone china teacup was made in England by Collingwood.

 

Rose Tea #1: M21 Luxury Rose black tea tasted delicious in this beautiful teacup.

Thank you, Brenda from It's a Beautiful Life, for sharing this lovely rose tea blend with me!

 

Rose Tea #2: Cupid's Breakfast black tea by DavidsTea

 

 

Rose Tea #3: Vanilla Cinnamon  Rose Sugar Shortbread black and rooibos tea by Dessert by Deb

 

Rose Tea #4: Sakura Milk Panna Cotta oolong, green, and rooibos tea by Dessert by Deb

 

 

Rose Tea #5: As You Wish black tea by Geek+Tea

 

 

Rose Tea #6: Cactus Rose green tea by DavidsTea

 

 

Rose Tea #7: Rose London Fog latte by Blume 

 

Happy Valentine's Week! 

Cu-teas Plushies

I'm too old for stuffed toys, but when I saw these adorable tea-themed plushies at Dollarama for only $5CAD each, I just had to have them!

Teapot Plushie: Tea-Amo

"Ti Amo" is "I Love You" in Italian.

Teacup Plushie #1: I love you a latte

Teacup Plushie #2: You mocha me happy

Yes, I know mocha is a coffee beverage, but I love the purple colour.

Teacup Plushies #3 & 4: You're my sweet-tea

January tea empties

What I have already restocked:
1) Celestial Seasonings' Candy Cane Lane decaf green tea
2) Stash's Christmas in Paris herbal tea

What I may repurchase in the future:
1) DavidsTea's English Toffee pu-erh