
When my sister was graduating with her undergraduate degree in English last May, I had to show up to the ceremony with a little treat for her to eat afterwards.
This tart is incredibly easy to put together and is …
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Check out my other post about Lychee Burst & Jasmine Passion from The Persimmon Tree® Tea Company to learn more about the company and their teas.
You can head on over to their Facebook or website to learn more about …
Recipes Secret Recipe Club Sweet
I finally got to knock something off of my bucket list! My fiancé and I have been wanting to make caramels for a while, especially after we used our candy thermometor to make some crunchy toffee this past winter.
For …
Recipes Secret Recipe Club Sweet
For this month’s Secret Recipe Club, I had the pleasure of being assigned Ros’ blog, The More Than Occasional Baker. Now, this is my kind of blog! I have a major sweet tooth and prefer baking over cooking. Unfortunately, …
This past weekend I went to the New York City Coffee & Tea Festival with my friend Stephanie. We were given press passes from Starfish Junction Productions and booked our transportation.
Fellow tea-lover Stephanie was travelling over 8 hours from …


One of the great things about the Steepster community is not only keeping tracking of the teas I have in my cupboard but also finding out about new teas and tea companies.
One of the new companies I’ve discovered is …

The first round of the tea swap I organized in January was a great success! I was paired up with Suzie, who asked if I could procure some limited edition Spice & Tea Exchange Chocolate Candy Cane tea for …
Recipes Savory Secret Recipe Club


For this month’s Secret Recipe Club, I was paired up with Karen from Karen’s Kitchen Stories. It was incredibly hard to decide what to pick from her wonderful assortment of recipes. I had “narrowed” it down to sixteen …