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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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Rishi China Breakfast Tea

September 22, 2011 Black Teas

Name: China Breakfast Brand: Rishi Tea Type: Black tea, Chinese, Organic Form: Loose leaf Price: $3 for one ounce, quantity discounts available (September 22, 2011) Review: Unlike many breakfast tea offerings, this is a Chinese tea (Dian Hong/Yunnan Red), rather than the more common Indian or African blends. As such, it is a bit less [...]

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Chocolate Pu’erh by Teas Etc

September 17, 2011 Chocolate Tea

Name: Chocolate Pu’erh Brand: Teas Etc Type: Pu’erh, flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: Mmm. Chocolate tea. Price: $5.95 for a 1 ounce tin (September 2011), quantity discounts are available Teas Etc’s Chocolate pu’erh is a rich blend of cooked (shu) pu’erh , chocolate curls and chocolate flavor. Cooked pu’erh’s earthy quality meshes well with chocolate, [...]

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Peach Oolong by Adagio

September 13, 2011 Adagio

Name: Peach Oolong Brand: Adagio Teas Type: Oolong, flavored Form: Pyramid silky teabag (loose leaf available) Review: Adagio’s Peach Oolong is a straightforward blend of dark Formosa oolong with peach flavor and fruits (apple and apricot). The result is a tasty, sweet and slightly nutty oolong that is likely to please peach lovers. If you [...]

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Review of Rose Violet Calendula by Naivetea

September 12, 2011 Naivetea

Name: Rose Violet Calendula Brand: Naivetea Type: Oolong, flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: Flavored oolongs are often a hit-or-miss proposition: I love a good, pure oolong and think that many flavored oolongs exist primarily as a way of using up lesser quality oolong leaves. But I must say that I find Naivetea’s Rose Violet Calendula [...]

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