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Kettle and Cup

Archive for November 2007

November 30th, 2007

Ultimate Gift For the Coffee Lover In Your Life

I ask you, if you can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, why wouldn’t you buy him a coffee plant so he could drink coffee for a lifetime?

image: Gurney’s  Seed & Nursery
I think this is cool, being the green-eco-freak-sustainable-living-homesteader-coffee-addict-Donna-Reed-wanna-be that I am I am trying to figure out if I […]

By Marye -- 2 comments

November 29th, 2007

Hosting A Red Hat Christmas Tea: Part 3 The Tea

Image: Courtesy Stash Tea, Christmas Eve
There are so many amazing holiday teas out there, and so many special-TEAS this time of year :) that it is impossible for me to try everything I would like. Here are just some suggestions to choose from for unusual and/or holiday themed tea. Each of them […]

By Marye -- 5 comments

November 29th, 2007

Hosting A Red Hat Christmas Tea: Part 2 The Menu

It is easy to plan a themed menu for the Red Hat Christmas Tea. If you have vintage tiered trays use them because they really look beautiful but use what you have if you don’t. You can place plates on top of an overturned stemmed glass if you want to add height […]

By Marye -- 0 comments

November 28th, 2007

Hosting A Red Hat Christmas Tea: Part 1 Decorating

 
Image: 20th Century Fox
I had the absolute fun of creating a Red Hat tea in my tearoom a few years ago.  These ladies are always such a fun bunch!
Anyway, since Red Hatters span the globe but really good tea rooms are not always available I thought I would share some ideas on hosting a special […]

By Marye -- 1 comment

November 26th, 2007

Homemade Egg Nog

 
Yeah yeah, I know, egg nog is not coffee OR tea.
But it IS yummy, you have to admit. We are lucky in that we have chickens and so we have eggs. Lots of eggs. HUGE amounts of organic, free range eggs. For free. Not that I am rubbing it in or gloating..but…I […]

By Marye -- 1 comment

November 23rd, 2007

Numi White Rose Tea

I was not real sure what to expect with this tea. I just happened to see it at the grocers and snagged it because it sounded sort of romantic and victorian. I like Numi teas because they are Fair Trade and Organic,  and I have always been pleased with them.  Standing right there […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

November 21st, 2007

Thanksgiving Coffee Company

 
Thanksgiving Coffee Company  is distributing alot of coffees of note, in my opinion. One that I am the most amazed at is Mirembe Kawomera. In Ugandan this means, a delicious peace.
This coffee is raised by a cooperative of Jews, Muslims, and Christain coffee farmers. No worries about slave labor or child labor […]

By Marye -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

Free Green Tea Sample

 
Green Breeze, organic green tea powder is a certified organic instant green tea drink.  If you go to the link and scroll down to where it says, “New to Green Tea?” you will find a link to a page where you can get a free sample.
I am always skeptical of instant tea or coffee of […]

By Marye -- 1 comment

November 19th, 2007

Pumpkin Spice Latte Just Like You Know Whose

I love the pumpkin spice lattes. I honestly liked the maple macchiatos better but Starbucks discontinued it, at least in our area, and I turned my attention to the pumpkin spice lattes.
I get them with extra whipped cream. Yep. Extra. I only have one a week and I want it to be over -the-top…and it […]

By Marye -- 8 comments

November 17th, 2007

I’ll Have A McLatte with Extra Whipped Cream…

cLatte, please. McSkinny, to McGo.

Well, they Mcdid it. McDonalds is planning on taking on Starbucks.
I’d like to say it was like David and Goliath but I am afraid it is more like the local catering truck trying for a Michelin star. McDonalds has announced that they will be adding a full coffee bar […]

By Marye -- 2 comments