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Green Tea Lemon Bundt Cake - Easy! March 22 2016, 0 Comments
This is my cousin Sarah's bundt cake recipe - enhanced with green tea! So moist and sweet!
Mix by hand or with beaters - 1 box yellow cake mix, 1 small box lemon jello, 4 eggs, 3/4 cup oil and 3/4 cup green tea. Mix 5 minutes.
Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake on 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Cool Cake. Mix 1 cup powdered sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice together. Poke holds in the cake with tooth picks, or small straws - and pour the liquid over the cake!
Call your friends over for tea and bundt cake! Enjoy!
Food Critic - Meredith Goad March 10 2016, 0 Comments
Feeling Honored! Meredith Goad is a Food Writer from the Portland Press Herald - Taste testing two teas. She wrote about our Mint to Be Iced Tea (Green tea blended with spearmint) -"The Tempest in a Teapot tea tasted clean and fresh, and felt restorative."
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/07/a-tale-of-two-teas/
Community - Stop Hunger and Violence! February 02 2016, 0 Comments
Three beautiful fund raising events over the weekend - Pies on Parade, Island Institute Downton Abbey Tea and Sparkle Me! We are so grateful to partner with - AIO Food Pantry and New Hope for Women - Stop hunger and violence!
Valentine's Day! February 02 2016, 0 Comments
May love fill the air! Valentine Tea Sampler is ready to order - all herbal teas!Cyber Monday Sale! Enjoy! November 29 2015, 0 Comments
Cyber Monday Sale (starts right now!) - all on line orders! Tea is a wonderful gift for anyone! $2.00 off any bag of Tea (promo code 'Tea'), $4.00 off two bags of tea (promo code 'Tea4') and $6.00 off three bags of Tea (promo code 'Tea6'). We ship in the US. www.tempestinateapot.meIce Tea Adventure! April 29 2015, 1 Comment
It all started a year ago in a few antique / thrift shops with my good friend Dotti, the Goodwill and the Salvation Army. I fell in love with ceramic water pitchers. I kept purchasing them each time I found a new one. All colors and sizes – I bought a short white one, a fourteen inch tall hunter green one that was painted yellow inside (odd!) and a short plump navy blue one (LOVE!). Maybe it was the universe getting me ready for what was to come…my sister, Becca, and I purchasing a tea blending house.
At first, I put the pitchers up in the cupboard. Nope, not good enough, I had to see them. They make my heart sing – they can’t be hidden. I pulled them all back out and displayed them around my kitchen on the shelves and others holding my wooden spoons and utensils.
Our first endeavor owning Tempest in a Teapot – testing iced tea blends. How much tea to a bag? How long too steep before the tea turns bitter? I researched on line. Tannins are released in the process of steeping tea – and if over steeped too many tannins are released and cause the bitterness in tea. A lot of the Southern Ice Tea recipes call for ½ teaspoon of baking soda to take out any bitterness brewing ice tea. It works!
I prepared two test batches of iced tea Mint to Be green tea and Gentleman’s black tea. I put ¼ cup of tea into each bag and tied them off. I decided on the perfect ceramic pitchers for the occasion – The little short plump navy blue one and the taller green with yellow lining. I filled my beautiful pitchers with the tea and boiling water. I steeped them for nine minutes and took the bags out. In the fridge they went overnight. I woke up three times in the night, I was so excited!
Sunday morning, I opened the fridge with such anticipation!! The Mint to Be looked great in color (clear and light green) and in taste (soft and refreshing). A successful test.
The Gentleman’s…….the Gentleman’s…..where the heck was the Gentleman’s tea? The pitcher was empty. Not a single drop. I stood there for a few minutes. Who drank the tea? I have children and grandchildren that are in and out of the house. Where was the tea?
There is my beautiful golden in color tea – my Gentleman’s tea – all over my fruits and vegetables – the beautiful golden liquid is still dripping down to the bottom of the fridge and down under the fridge on the floor. My little beautiful favorite blue ceramic pitcher had a leak in the bottom. I did for a minute think of licking it up!! I still love my navy picture – but it is back to holding wooden spoons. Tammy Smith.
Free shipping weekend! November 02 2014, 1 Comment
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Enter code '20% off' at checkout to receive 20 % off everything! Offer expires October 15th! Use up to four times.We are a Finalist in the 2014 American made awards!!!! September 21 2014, 1 Comment
We are so elated! We are among the the finalists in this years American Made awards! Please helps us out and vote for Tempest in a Teapot!
http://www.marthastewart.com/americanmade/nominee/89778/food/tempest-in-a-teapot