http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog life with tea Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:39:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Amy Sims Traditions. I love traditions. There is a safety and comfort that comes from knowing what to expect at certain times, but also an excitement in the anticipation and waiting. Ever since Jonathan and I got married, we have been very intentional about establishing traditions in our new (not ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/12/traditions/ Coffee lovers and soda drinkers may wonder why tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, second to water. So why should everyone consider drinking tea as part of a healthy lifestyle? Let's give seven reasons to drink tea. 1. Tea tastes great! With thousands of varieties of tea on ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/10/top-7-reasons-to-drink-tea/ My wife and I have had an amazing five years together and just celebrated our anniversary a week ago! While washing dishes a few days before, I dropped the lid to our favorite teapot and it shattered! It was pretty disappointing. I thought that maybe I could find a replacement, ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/07/shattered/ It's almost officially Summer! Time for grilling out on the back patio, taking a dip in the pool and sipping on a refreshing iced tea to keep you cool in the hot sun. I had the pleasure of seeing my four-year-old son start his first enterprise this past weekend, a Tea ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/06/iced-cold-tea/ Have you ever heard of a milk oolong? It doesn't have real milk in it, it's corn milk. When the tea leaves are rolled in the processing of this oolong, they add corn to them and the essence of the corn is infused into the tea leaves. The corn milk ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/05/got-milk-oolong/ Do you remember that game from grade school, called Mother May I? I don't even know if kids still play that?! "Mother may I take two steps forward towards your cookie jar?" Mother: "No, you may not. But you may wiggle your bottom three times and give ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/05/mother-may-i/ I feel like there have been mistakes all around me for the past couple of weeks. Some of them have been mine. I made a really large error that could have been really damaging to my company. Other mistakes were made by those I do business with, while others were ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/04/mistakes/ [caption id="attachment_636" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Matcha Made Easy with Milk Frother"][/caption] I'm a fairly idealistic person. Pretty optimistic. I also appreciate beauty, art, ritual. But, I also love efficiency. Being a father of three children under the age of four motivates me to look for ways I can accomplish things quicker and ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/03/matcha-quick-dirty/ It's not always easy to meet friends or make friends. Can you think of how you've met your closest friends? Was it the kid on the school bus when you were in second grade that you've remained BFF? Or did you meet your best friend through a friend of a ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/03/friends/ [caption id="attachment_621" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Drum Mountain Clouds and Mist Green Tea"][/caption] The winds have picked up now that it's the beginning of March. If I look up in the sky there is almost no trace of blue today, just a big gray covering of clouds and mist. Normally, I'd be put ... http://www.teaembassy.com/teablog/2012/03/its-a-drum-mountain-clouds-and-mist-kind-of-day/