This is a sample sip down! YAY! I am not going to criticize this tea because when Harney sold this batch, they advised that the weather conditions had resulted in tea that was not as sweet as prior harvests. Also, this sample is about two years old. With all that in mind, I am enjoying it well enough with my English muffin and Irish cheese, but it doesn’t make my knees quiver with delight.
I was just reflecting on how Steepster has changed my life. I have lots of people whom I consider friends that I have never met. I have tried new foods, and I have learned to experience my food and beverages in a new way, paying close attention. I use spices more than ever.
Right now my teapot is sitting on a coaster from Happy Lucky’s Tea House in Colorado, sent to me by Bonnie. The last time I picked up Asian buffet, there was a car with a vanity plate that read THLLADY. I wondered, could it be possible that TerriHarpLady is traveling and is right here in our town? But I looked at Steepster and she didn’t mention being in North Carolina.
I am so glad to be part of the Steepster community!
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haha awesome on the license plate!
i agree heartily with everything you’ve said… friends, ideas, experiments…. all because i stumbled onto steepster. i have a project coming up in human geography where steepster will be featured!! lol. it and andrew mwenda inspired me to look into fair trade tea farming practices in uganda… my prof is pretty stoked! i even have some ugandan tea coming in for the presentation.
all because of steepster.
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Hey James, funny thing… Happy Luckys is getting in some new Ugandan Tea. I tasted a sample which was really wonderful…rich, complex like my daughters wheat bread (she grinds her own wheat).
Oops…I’m on my mobile and hit enter… but it’s true that the people here are incredible! I was sicker, lonely and numb after my husband dumped me a few years ago. This community has been so kind and supportive, giving me the strength to rise again with a joyful heart. I wish I had more than a coaster to give everyone who’s blessed me over the years. Hugs!
Bonnie- we do the same! We have hard red wheat for cookies, hard white for bread and brownies, soft white for cake, Kamut for waffles, and we roll our own oats! The chickens got super spoiled last spring getting warm slow cooked oats for breakfast every day, but they have adjusted to organic chicken feed very nicely!
I put on the steel cut oats at night before bed in my crockpot with a cut up apple and dry cranberries, a bit of spice and wake up to the fragrance of breakfast! What I don’t eat I freeze in small containers to microwave later. You’re like me, a wholesome and thrifty cook who loves tasty food thats not full of Crap (pardon the directness).
That sounds wonderful! I have a friend who makes hers in a crockpot. I don’t own one, but have considered buying one. When I do a crockpot recipe I just make it on low in my cast iron Dutch oven. It would be so convenient, though!
haha awesome on the license plate!
i agree heartily with everything you’ve said… friends, ideas, experiments…. all because i stumbled onto steepster. i have a project coming up in human geography where steepster will be featured!! lol. it and andrew mwenda inspired me to look into fair trade tea farming practices in uganda… my prof is pretty stoked! i even have some ugandan tea coming in for the presentation.
all because of steepster.
=0)
Hey James, funny thing… Happy Luckys is getting in some new Ugandan Tea. I tasted a sample which was really wonderful…rich, complex like my daughters wheat bread (she grinds her own wheat).
Oops…I’m on my mobile and hit enter… but it’s true that the people here are incredible! I was sicker, lonely and numb after my husband dumped me a few years ago. This community has been so kind and supportive, giving me the strength to rise again with a joyful heart. I wish I had more than a coaster to give everyone who’s blessed me over the years. Hugs!
Bonnie- we do the same! We have hard red wheat for cookies, hard white for bread and brownies, soft white for cake, Kamut for waffles, and we roll our own oats! The chickens got super spoiled last spring getting warm slow cooked oats for breakfast every day, but they have adjusted to organic chicken feed very nicely!
I put on the steel cut oats at night before bed in my crockpot with a cut up apple and dry cranberries, a bit of spice and wake up to the fragrance of breakfast! What I don’t eat I freeze in small containers to microwave later. You’re like me, a wholesome and thrifty cook who loves tasty food thats not full of Crap (pardon the directness).
That sounds wonderful! I have a friend who makes hers in a crockpot. I don’t own one, but have considered buying one. When I do a crockpot recipe I just make it on low in my cast iron Dutch oven. It would be so convenient, though!