Lainie Sips — A Tea Blog

Black Pumpkin Spice Tea Toddy Recipe from Chicago’s 694 Wine and Spirits

October 24, 2011 Black Teas

Head on over to Examiner.com for a wonderful tea toddy recipe made from the English Tea Store’s Pumpkin Spice Black Tea (which I recently reviewed). This is the sort of hot (alcoholic) drink that makes cold nights bearable! Like this post? Please support LainieSips.com by sharing via one of the bookmarking sites below:

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Naivetea’s Dong Ding Oolong

October 20, 2011 Naivetea

Name: Dong Ding Oolong Brand: Naivetea Type: Oolong Form: Loose leaf Price: $28.00 for 2 ounces (October 2011), quantity discounts are available. Review: After a nice bit of warm weather, things have definitely “turned” here in Chicago, and my radiator is doing its best to pump warm air into my little apartment. This means its [...]

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Pure Heart Alishan Ooling from Asha Tea House

October 17, 2011 Asha Tea House

Name: Pure Heart Alishan Oolong Brand: Asha Tea House Type: Oolong Form: Loose leaf Price: $12.00 for one ounce (October 2011), quantity discounts available. Asha Tea House also wholesales this tea. Review: While I dearly love oolongs, Alishans don’t rank among my favorites: I’ve never had a bad Alishan, mind you, but the best thing [...]

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Refuting Tea Misinformation, Politely: My Latest on The English Tea Store Blog

October 14, 2011 Tea Blogs

Ever hear someone spouting tea misinformation and wondered how to politely correct it? Click here for a few of my best tips on gently addressing this common problem. Like this post? Please support LainieSips.com by sharing via one of the bookmarking sites below:

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Austin Sugarworks Café Sugars

October 7, 2011 Uncategorized

Name: Café Sugars Brand: Austin Sugarworks Product type: Molded, flavored sugar “cubes” Review: While I don’t use sugar in my tea, I know that many people do. For them, Elayne Crain’s Café Sugars are a fun way to sweeten tea, even iced tea, without the risk of sugar “sludge” collecting at the bottom of one’s glass [...]

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Intelligentsia’s Organic English Breakfast Tea + 2 New Tea Coupon Codes!

October 7, 2011 Intelligentsia

Chicago’s Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea does a great Organic English Breakfast Tea (using Yunnan leaves!). Read my review over on Examiner by clicking here. Get 20% off at American Tea Room by using coupon code COLUMBUS20 at checkout.Offer good through October 10th, 2011. Get 10% orders in October from California Tea House by using coupon [...]

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Get 20% Off Teas Etc Teas through Monday, October 10th, 2011

October 6, 2011 Tea Sales and Special Offers

The good folks at Teas Etc are offering 20% Off All Teas and Accessories through Monday, October 10th, 2011. This is a great way to stock up on some of this company’s wonderful teas and teaware. Just enter coupon code FALL2011 at checkout. Here are some of my reviews for Teas Etc teas and teaware: [...]

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Teavivre’s Bailin Gongfu Black Tea

October 6, 2011 Black Teas

Name: Bailin Gongfu Black Tea Brand: Teavivre Type: Black tea, Chinese Form: Loose leaf Price: 3.5 ounces for $6.90, quantity discounts available. (October 2011) Review: Another day, another tea company. When the good folks at Teavivre contacted me about reviewing their teas, I didn’t give it much thought. I get a lot of these requests [...]

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Tea for One Set Article + A Review of The Palmer House Hilton’s Afternoon Tea

October 6, 2011 afternoon tea

I’m working on some new reviews for this blog, but in the meantime, check out my review of the afternoon tea service at Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton on Examiner.com. You can also read my thoughts on tea-for-one sets over at the English Tea Store Blog. Like this post? Please support LainieSips.com by sharing via one [...]

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Adagio’s Vanilla Rooibos

September 26, 2011 Adagio

Name: Vanilla Rooibos Brand: Adagio Type: Herbal tisane, rooibos Form: Pyramid teabag (loose leaf available) Price: $6 for 15 teabags, loose leaf price is $2 for a 10 cup sample, $5 for three ounces, quantity discounts available. (as of September, 2011) Review: Sometimes I know that a review is going to be short, not because [...]

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