Emma’s Tea Room

Emma’s Tea Room in the Huntsville, AL is an excellent place for tea. They have all the elements in place:  an extensive selection of tea, excellent food, and a relaxing atmosphere in a pretty little house located in the trendy Five Points historic district. They have over 60 teas on the menu including black, green,…

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Rainy days…

“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” ― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

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Funky Fairy update

I popped in the new Funky Fairy shop at Lowe Mill.  They’re still on the second floor but they’ve moved into a larger spot across the hallway.  Best of all they now have a much larger stock of loose leaf teas to choose from.  It’ll take awhile to taste them all but I’m the person for the…

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A Beautiful Morning

I just have to share my morning with you.  Get ready for lots of adjectives! It was a beautiful morning on the back patio.  I had a pot of Apple Crumble Tea from Steeped Teas.  It’s a nice, strong tea with real dried apple pieces and cinnamon.  Good for the morning. We had an unusual…

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SororiTea Sisters

There is a great blog (another great blog?) I’m happy to refer you to called “SororiTea Sisters, a sorority of sisters who love tea,” at http://sororiteasisters.com/.  I’ve been visiting their site off and on for some time.  They have tons and tons of posts reviewing teas from all over.  I particularly appreciate the list of on-line…

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Mother’s Day 2014

We continued our afternoon tea tradition for Mother’s Day. Our theme this year was locally-made food! Up front on the left are the requisite crumpets served with toppings of lemon curd and locally-made Queen Bee Blueberry Lemon Jam. My sister made beautiful open-face cucumber sandwiches (front right, bottom tier) and olive nut sandwiches (front right, top tier).…

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Tea’s Popularity Growing

I thought you might enjoy this article about the growing popularity of tea.  I did! Tea may surpass coffee in popularity and health benefits

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Mother’s Day Tea 2013

For the last few years we’ve had afternoon tea on Mother’s Day. Last year’s menu included: Savories:  Pimento cheese sandwiches, chicken salad in mini phyllo cups, cucumber sandwiches, olive and nut sandwiches. Crumpets with lemon curd and strawberry jam. Sweets:  Petit fours, Nutella and raspberry jam sandwiches (a refined version of peanut butter and jelly),…

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Funky Fairy Tea

The Funky Fairy’s original location is in Killen, AL but they also have a location in Lowe Mill where I picked up some Cranberry Orange and Irish Breakfast teas. The Cranberry Orange was nice and strong but still smooth and not bitter.  The orange and cranberry were more like supporting characters, not overpowering.  It was…

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World Tea Expo

For the tea fanatic, the World Tea Expo will be held May 29 – 31, 2014 in Long Beach, CA.  The leading conference and trade show for tea, World Tea Expo is solely focused on premium teas and tea-related products.

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