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Kettle and Cup

August 6th, 2008

Tea & Mystery, Check Out This Site

 
It seems to me that those of us who like to “take tea” also enjoy a good mystery.  I am surprised that no one has yet gotten a half million dollar government grant to research the link between the two but there you go.  It is a strange world in which we live.
Tags: blogs, books, […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Documentary On How Numi Flowering Tea is Made

I have never had much luck with the flowering teas. We bought some for the tea room thinking that it would be an amazing addition to special tea parties. I ended up discontinuing them because I just was not pleased with the consistency of the opening of them.
Tags: , China, flowering teas, […]

By Marye -- 2 comments

July 21st, 2008

Like Coffee? Like Tea? Like a Good Mystery?

 
I love to read. I am so sad that I don’t have the time that I used to to just sit and read a book. Other than when we go to the VA, I am usually reading books ALOUD if at all. And those generally have vocabulary like: One Fish…Two Fish…Red Fish…Blue Fish…
Hardly stimulating for […]

By Marye -- 12 comments

July 17th, 2008

A Very Nearly Tea…

 
I realized the other day that I have not reviewed any artisian loose leaf teas in while.
Alot of the reason for that is that our finances have been tight and grocery store teas are so much easier to come by…Kettle and Cup is not beig enough or well known enough that tea companies offer to […]

By Marye -- 6 comments

July 5th, 2008

Saturday Surfing

Well, have you heard that Starbucks is closing 600 stores? It seems people don’t want to pretend that it is o..k. to pay huge prices for mediocre coffee anymore. The 600 stores closed translates into 12,000 employees losing their jobs and that is sad. The thing is?
Tags: blogs, Coffee, links, Tea

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July 3rd, 2008

A Cool Idea

If you have fresh fruit on hand cube it up and flash freeze it in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Once it is frozen you can put it in storage containers. Rather than reaching for the ice the next time you are making a glass of sweet tea just add a few […]

By Marye -- 6 comments

July 2nd, 2008

Blast from the Past- Long Island Tea

We are doing a blast from the past theme day today on b5.  When I think of the summers of my childhood I think of lots of longs days with nothing but time, hamburgers done on the grill, and this refreshing tea that a neighbor from New New York always made, Long Island Tea.
Now, when […]

By Marye -- 24 comments

July 1st, 2008

Results of the Poll and a Brand New Poll!

 
So the poll for last month was what you would like to see more of on Kettle and Cup.  The numberr one answer was……………………..
Tags: Coffee, New Poll, Tea, x-files news. poll results

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June 30th, 2008

So…Monday. Monday.

Have I mentioned that the most stressful day of the week for me is monday?
Can I say that today is beyond stressful?
Good. Cause I did.
Tags: busy-ness, life, stress, Tea

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June 27th, 2008

Green Tea Mango Ice Cream

This is based on a recipe from Epicurious. I love mango, it is such a sweet fresh flavor and it goes well will all kinds of tea. Green tea, Matcha powder, is THE in ingredient right now, and God forbid that someone would think I was not on the cutting edge here […]

By Marye -- 11 comments