Over the summer, tea time often looked like this: I discovered cold brewed tea and had a fun time experimenting with different types of tea and infusions. The benefit of cold brewing is that, rather than quickly forcing the flavor out of the tea leaves like hot brewing does, the cool water slowly pulls the flavor out. This brings out different aspects of...
A few weeks ago, I found a Scoutmob deal for Zen Tea, a local Atlanta tea shop. I'd heard a lot about the shop so I was pretty excited to have an excuse to go. Here are a few photos from when my Mama and I drove over to check it out: Almond scones, jam, and lemon curd Yerba Mate & Peach Black Tea The shop...
Recently, I read this post from Teaspoons & Petals about a marshmallow tea latte. Say what?! Marshmallows in your tea? I was intrigued and, since I've been looking for a reason to make homemade marshmallows, I decided to try it. Making the marshmallows was super easy and they turned out pretty well. They taste great and were perfectly frothy in the tea! I'll...
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine introduced me to Thai Iced Tea and, I have to admit, I'm a little bit obsessed with it. Since it has recently been rather toasty in Atlanta, this has been the perfect afternoon refreshment and the added tapioca pearls make it more like a yummy snack than a drink! All of the ingredients for this...
Last month, some friends and I took a day trip up to Chattanooga to have a tea party at one of my favorite tea shops. Four of us came up from Atlanta and met up with two more friends from Nashville. A few of the girls hadn't experienced a full sit down tea before so it was fun introducing them to it. We...
Yesterday I got to spend the afternoon with my sister-in-law at a tea shop in Roswell. She found a coupon online for half off of afternoon tea, complete with bottomless tea and a giant tray of goodies! It was pretty fantastic. My favorite part was that they let you switch tea flavors a few times so I got to try a couple of...
