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Tasty TEas

  • Butterscotch Chai from DAVIDSTEA

    Butterscotch Chai from DAVIDSTEA

    Following my Celebration of Autumn with DAVIDsTEA YouTube series, I couldn’t resist placing another order with the company to buy more of their Pumpkin Chai and Salted Caramel Oolong. Then, I found myself tempted by several new and re-released chai blends because who doesn’t like warming up with a spicy chai latte when the temperatures… Read more

  • Armchair Travel And Rooibos Cinnamon Apple from Adagio Teas

    Armchair Travel And Rooibos Cinnamon Apple from Adagio Teas

    Love it or hate it, 2020 has been a year of armchair travel. When everyone was stuck at home due to shelter-in-place orders, many turned to sharing old vacation photos as a way to feel a little less cooped up. I have managed to avoid that trend until now, thanks to the Rooibos Cinnamon Apple… Read more

  • Oh My Darjeeling

    Oh My Darjeeling

    I am unkempt hair and peanut butter jeans. Crayon scribbles on the walls and desk and couch. Teetering piles of work and dishes that still need to be put away. Oversteeped breakfast blends tamed with honey and milk are much better suited for me. But, once in a while, I make time to indulge in… Read more

  • Alone Time and Yan Shan Mu Dan

    Alone Time and Yan Shan Mu Dan

    Alone time is fleeting these days. I have been trying to find the time to write about a tea I tasted last Sunday morning, and I finally found it on a Thursday night after everyone else went to bed. I penned this post by cellphone light– the candlelight of 2020. Oliver snored beside me, raindrops… Read more

  • I Failed Adagio’s communiTEA

    I Failed Adagio’s communiTEA

    While re-organizing my tea cabinet last week, I discovered a bag of communiTEA teas from Adagio Teas. It was dated the week of March 8th through March 14th, and each single-serving packet within was still sealed shut. I remembered I kept putting it aside with the intent to film YouTube videos or take Instagram glamour… Read more

  • Ancient Tree Green Puerh from Masters Teas

    Ancient Tree Green Puerh from Masters Teas

    The one thing I know about Puerh tea is I don’t know much about Puerh tea. So, I made it one of my resolutions to learn about it, taste it, explore it, and see if I could acquire a taste for it. My first experience with puerh was a flavored one, and it didn’t go… Read more

About BGO

Hello, my name is Jackie. I’m a thirty-something mother of a rambunctious toddler from a small town in Michigan. When I’m not toddler-wrangling, I’m often seeking refuge from life’s most chaotic moments in a cup of hot tea. I also love getting lost in stories—both in books and virtually. I enjoy speculative fiction the most, and I am especially eager to read fantasy novels and horror novels. When I’m feeling especially indulgent (usually after everyone in the house has gone to sleep), I like to dive into video games and explore the sprawling worlds in Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect.

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Lately on IG

Sipping the Rohini First Flush Darjeeling from @mastersteas (gifted). It’s as gorgeous as the springtime sunshine 😌 #tea #instatea #teastagram #teasofinstagram #teablogger #teagram #teapet #gaiwan #gongfucha #totoro #adagioteas #darjeelingtea May was mostly for coffee, but occasionally tea. Like today’s River Red from West China Tea, which reminds me of the way my mom’s purse smelled when I was a kid— like leather and tobacco.⁣ Here is the latest stack of library loot. (Paired with some rather old long jing). Aside from Monsters by Claire Dederer, I’m not ~*excited*~ about anything I picked out 😅. I went in totally unprepared, not thinking my kiddo could keep himself entertained long enough for me to peruse the book stacks. I found myself almost overwhelmed by choices. I think what I want (but didn’t not pick out) is something Summery but NOT something that is romance or a heartfelt contemporary. Or literary fiction because I don’t want to think too hard 😆. I don’t know what that leaves me with though. If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them! #tea #teastagram #teasofinstagram #teablogger #booksandtea #gaiwan #greentea #bookstagram #library #librarybooks #bookcommunity Jazzing up some matcha that’s been sitting in my fridge since mid-2020 with some white chocolate raspberry coffee creamer. *chef’s kiss* #tea #instatea #teastagram #teasofinstagram #teablogger #matcha #matchalatte And We Rise⁣ I’ve had the pleasure to taste the Rohini First Flush Darjeeling the past few years, and once more, @mastersteas so graciously sent a free sample my way. It’s always a lovely treat to mark the changing of the seasons.⁣ #currentlyreading | This weekend, I’ve mostly been bouncing back and forth between the House in the Cerulean Sea and the Geography of Nowhere (non-fiction critique of the American suburbs). Also, currently sipping River Red from West China tea, which tastes a bit like the burnt topping on crème brûlée. #teastagram #teasofinstagram #bookstagram #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #librarybooks It’s blue skies for days! Actually, it’s blue skies just for today followed by six days of rain, but I’m okay with that. We are finally seeing signs of Spring in the village like clusters of tulips in flower beds and pink blossoms on trees. I’ve started to shift away from cozy spiced chai or malty Assam teas and toward anything that begs to be cold brewed— Darjeeling black teas especially. Like this Risheehat Summer Black tea, which is crisp and refreshing and tastes like it’s dripping with honey and fruit 🍯 #tea #instatea #teasofinstagram #darjeelingtea 80 degrees and clear skies beg for jade snail and messy gaiwan pours on the back porch because I suck at brewing up green teas today, and the drama makes it taste better 🙃 #tea #teatime #instatea #teastagram #teasofinstagram #teablogger #teadrinker #teaphotography #teagram #gongfucha #teaoutdoors #greentea

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