Monthly Archives: January 2009

Teatulia Black Tea: Last to Review for Now :(

31 January 2009

Seriously sad news.

Anyway.  Teatulia is an amazing company.  I know, you get that.  What you can’t possibly understand is how really, really good these teas are.

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Iyemon Cha Roasted Green Tea

29 January 2009

Say it.  Go ahead.  You know you want to. Iye-Mon Cha……..

Fun, isn’t it?  You can almost hear the gong in the background.

Iyemon Cha is an imported Japanese green tea.  It comes in two varieties, green tea and roasted green tea.  I tried the roasted green tea first.  It just sounded intriguing.  Roasted green tea?  Roasted?

I had never heard of such a thing.

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Teatulia Organic Tea Gift Box Giveaway

27 January 2009

If you remember the reviews I did on Teatulia Tea you will be very excited about this giveaway.  You will get a beautiful wooden gift box like the one pictured filled with a variety of Teatulia Organic Teas.

These teas are some of the best I have ever had.  I am not kidding or exaggerating, they are amazingly clean and crisp tasting.  The ethics of the company are top notch, and they are involved in building community in the areas that the tea is grown.

Here’s how you enter to win.  Each thing you do is one entry.

  • Leave a comment
  • Blog about this contest and leave a comment telling me that you did (with the address)
  • Subscribe to the RSS feed and leave a comment telling me you did.
  • Go to Teatulia and read the About page.  Leave a comment naming one thing that teatulia is doing to improve the lives of those in the Tea Cooperative.
  • Go to Teatulia Flavors page and name one flavor you would LOVE to try

Ships to US and Canada

You may enter until February 1, 11:59 P.M.

There you go, five ways to win.  Good luck!

image: courtesy of Teatulia Tea

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Kusmi Detox Tea Giveaway

26 January 2009

Kusmi Tea sent me two large (and I mean large) tins of tea to review and give away.  The review is still to come but I am giving away the tin of the Detox Tea.

In this day of pollutants, toxins, chemicals, and personal stress detox tea can help keep your system clean and running efficiently.  This means that your metabolism will also be working more efficiently and, hopefully, burning more calories.

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Sampling Panera Bakery's New Coffees

26 January 2009

I know, it’s a hard job but someone has to do it right?

I was up dark and early this morning.  Here, not only was it 3:30 a.m. but it was dark, coldish, and drizzling.  Not the morning you want to crawl out of bed and head anywhere. Since I was up so early Marc hadn’t gotten up before me to start the fire in the kitchen or make coffee.  Say it with me…”Awwwwwwww”

But I had a purpose.  I was headed over to Panera to meet with Marketing Manager -Krista Moberg,  The General Manager Jason Russell, and Stan Sears, Panera’s Bakery Training Specialist in this area.  And they promised me coffee.

You guys know that coffee will lure me out of almost anywhere.  Even at 0 dark thirty, even on a drizzly, chilly day.

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Panera Bread Giving Away Coffee and Samples on 1/28

24 January 2009

And I will be there, at Panera Bread, live blogging all the action, just for you.  But that isn’t all.  Because, you , my readers, will have the unique experience of a behind the scenes look at Panera.

Why? Because your favorite tea and coffee blogger (that is me, by the way) is headed to Panera Bread at 4:30 a.m. on MONDAY morning to talk to the General Manager, the Head of Baking, and the PR Rep in charge of this area.

We will be chatting about Panera, where they are going, their coffee, and their new breakfast menu.   And maybe some other cool surprises.

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Nonni's Biscotti Chocolate Mint

24 January 2009

If you like the chocolate mint girl scout cookies you are sure to like the Nonni’s Mint biscotti.  The texture is the same crispy texture of the other biscotti in this line but there is a nice bittersweet chocolate flavor that turns into that “York Peppermint Patty” experience.

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Lavazza Coffee, The Landmark Restaurant, and Me

23 January 2009

I have made Lavazza at home but the coffee I had yesterday at the Landmark Restaurant in Dallas was amazing.   I like amazing coffee, don’t you?

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Teatulia Green Tea

21 January 2009

Teatulia Green tea was a nice surprise for me because….ummm..I don’t care for green tea. Well, o…I haven’t in the past.

I may have changed my mind.

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Nonni's Cioccolati Biscotti

21 January 2009

I love biscotti.  Can I just say that I have been having a blast reviewing this biscotti?

The cioccolati are the basic biscotti with a nice, thick layer of bittersweet chocolate.

Look,  See it?

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