Chinese Huangshan Maofeng tea Photo taking during the Asia Tea Tour Green tea is diverse!  From sweet to tart, mellow to brisk, nu...

This is a sweet for the Japanese Tea Ceremony.  Sweets have poetic names, I love that!  Sweets for usucha (thin tea) are often named with ...

Blame it on the train... I'd just missed it and had another 20 minutes to wait.  I was near the mall and so I popped into Eddie Baue...

I received this vintage embroidered tea tablecloth as a Christmas gift.  I love it!  There is a vignette on each corner, with crocheted...

Frosted Rose 1/20/13 You seek no audience As you turn imperceptibly toward the sun Lifting your face Melting the crystals Frozen ...

Hishaku, water ladle   I made tea for a number of guests last night using one of the Japanese Tea Ceremony procedures I'm learning....

Yin Zhen and Bai Mei, both white teas Delicate is the best word I can find to explain the experience of white tea.  The aroma, liquor,...

Yuzu is a citrus prized in Japanese and Korean cooking. It's a special citrus because it's tolerant of cool temperatures as it...

The DH found hazenlut milk (non-dairy) at the grocery recently, and it makes THE BEST hot cocoa!  The hazelnut milk lends that wonder...

Congratulations to Loralie and Lillian !  You've won my blog giveaway.  Yippee!  I'll be in touch.  Loralie wrote:  "I share ...

Top row, left to right:  White tea, Green tea, Yellow tea Bottom row, left to right:  Oolong tea, Black tea, Pu-erh tea For the first...

I've been blogging for over seven and a half years, and some of you have been reading all that time.  I want to say THANK YOU for st...

Happy New Year and Happy National Hot Tea Month! To celebrate, I'm hosting a giveaway to include:  three tea samples, a homemade t...

I've been making these fabulous fabric rings for gifts (and a few for myself!).  Thanks to the tutorial from V & Company.  I fo...

A jumper dress for the niece, dress for Kanani (the doll) and skirt for me!  :-)  This fabulous fabric came from my tea friend in Hawaii...

May you enjoy true riches: Love, family and friends, quiet peace and good tea! Stephanie

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. ~Arlo Guthrie Today is the Winter Solstice, a day that I like to acknowledge....

At my chanoyou tea lesson last week, I was given a very special gift!  My sensei dressed me in one of her kimono and obi so that I could pr...

Joy comes in simple things, like chocolate chip pancakes It's not the holiday hoopla that I long for this season.  It's the mu...

New Stash Tea store in Portland Along a pretty tree-lined street in Portland OR,   Stash Tea has opened a tea bar and retail store. ...