Tea Tuesday #2

***Today we'll be enjoying our cup of tea along with some very fine art. First lets get to the tea shall we? Today's special brew is: Yogi Tea Classic Cinnamon Spice

This tea is one of my all time favorite flavors from my all time favorite brand. It's a herbal tea with cinnamon (obviously), cardemom, ginger, cloves and even a bit of black pepper. Inside the box you won't only find tea, but also some simple yoga excercises for some extra relaxation. I've never tried them before, so I can't tell you anything about that. It also comes with short wisdoms written on the labels, but I'm sure I've mentioned those a couple of times before. The other thing you'll discover when opening it is the wonderful smell! Unless you hate cinnamon, then it's better to just keep it wrapped in foil on your shelf until you do have some cinnamon loving tea drinking visitors.
This tea has to brew for 7 minutes, but it sure is worth the wait. I love the fact that it's really spicy. It's the perfect tea for a cold rainy or snowy day or when you wake up in the middle of the night and don't feel like warm milk & honey.
And now that we've got our tea, I'd like to introduce you to an artists I had come across plenty of times before but never really took the time to check out: Femke Hiemstra

Beside the fact that I'm in love with her style, characters, themes, attention to detail etc. I'm also inspired by the fact that she uses old objects (like books) to paint on. This really makes me want to go and see if I can find some potential canvases in the attic.
xoxo

Tea Tuesday #1

***Welcome to the first edition of...Tea Tuesday!
Starting this week, I'm going to look at, smell and of course taste new (or old favorite) tea! I'm a true tea addict and am always looking for new interesting ones (or just tasty ones, obviously) and so I thought it would be fun to share all my tea adventures (those are so exciting) with you and maybe even get others to drink more tea (if you don't already). 
Today's guest is... Lipton Infusion-Herbal Temptation Summer Fruits.

I picked this tea up because I'm not a big fan of black tea (with a few exceptions), but still wanted something with strawberries and such. And the packaging just looked very... tempting. Ha. It's a shame though that it's wrapped up so tightly that you can't smell anything at all. If you could I'm sure they'd be sold a lot more as the smell is absolutely mouthwatering. Bubblegum, strawberry ice cream, Campino's. The color the tea gives off it amazing too! As soon as the bag hit the water I suddenly had a cup filled with magical red and pink swirls. Omnomnom I couldn't wait to take my first sip!

Damn was I disappointed. I'm not saying it's all that bad but I feel like they put more effort into making it smell and looks great and got lazy once it came to the actual taste. It tastes like Bubblicious bubblegum you've been chewing on for too long and then decided to brew a tea out of it. Or boiled raspberry lemonade. I guess it's alright for a hot summer's day and you want something light yet fruity, maybe drink it with some real strawberries. Or just eat the strawberries and skip the tea.