Tag: tea

The Pause That Refreshes

Okay, so I totally stole that title from Coca-Cola, but it pretty much sums up the most important characteristic of my summer beverage choices.  Where wintertime beverages are meant to comfort, warm and soothe, summer drinks should fizz, cool and energize.  They provide a needed respite from the heat and outside activities warmer weather brings.

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12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Tea

I’m a sucker for a traditional English tea.  Maybe it’s all of those classic novels I was forced, (yet now read by choice) to analyze in high school.  Maybe it’s the fact that my mom – although born in California – exhibits oddly English behavior.  (Although to be fair, she’s read the same novels I

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