Teas for International Women's Day

I celebrated International Women's Day (March 8) by drinking teas from women-owned tea companies. The mugs were also handcrafted by local women potters.

 

 Tea #1: Monarch Tea Co.'s She Believed in Herself black tea

Mug by Genie Kim

 

Tea #2: Geek+Tea's Dark Side oolong 

Mug by Paula Caltagirone 

 

 Tea #3: Momo Tea's Budo (Grape) Sencha green tea

 Mug by Jacpottery

 

 Tea #4: Dessert by Deb's Blushing Fairytale Apple rooibos

Mug by Black Cat Pottery

 

October is National Apple Month

 Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends!

I'm also celebrating National Apple Month by trying different apple teas.

 

Apple Tea #1: Apple Vanilla Cardamom Tarte Tatin black tea by Dessert by Deb

 

Apple Tea #2: Apple Cider black tea by Steve's Teas

 

 

Apple Tea #3: Ringo (Apple) Sencha green tea by Momo Tea

 

 

Apple Tea #4: Apple Crumble honeybush by Three 6 Tea

 

How do you like them apples?

1st Annual Milton Tea Fest

At the beginning of the month, I attended the 1st Annual Tea Fest held in Milton.

 

 

There were over 30 vendors offering tea samples and other goodies.

 

 

Top: Chai Affair

Bottom: Amani Tea

 

 

Tea Samples (left to right): white tea, rooibos, chai, Korean tea

 

 

 

I also enjoyed sampling Momo Tea's different flavoured sencha green teas (left to right): sakura, ringo (apple), melon, and badu (grape).

 

 

 

More tea samples: turmeric chai and Tao Tea Leaf's ready to drink iced teas/lattes.

 

 

 

I had a nice chat with Andrea from Tea & Toasts...

 

 

 

...and Katie from Monarch Tea Co.

  

 

 

My haul from the Tea Fest

3 Momo Teas (the apple, melon, and grape blends). 

Taniya Gupta's book of poetry and the Monarch Tea Co. custom blend, "She Believed In Herself", that was inspired by the author!

Momo Sencha

Raise your hands if you've been drinking copious amounts of teas to cope with the stress of the coronavirus crisis.

Over the weekend, I finally tried the Momo Sencha that I purchased at the 2018 (!) RBG Tea Festival. This Japanese green tea is a special blend of peach and rhubarb by Momo Tea. I enjoyed the light peach flavour, but couldn't detect the rhubarb.

My March tea empties

I'm really making a dent in my tea stash in these trying times.

And Week 3 of physical/social distancing begins...