The 14th Tea Party

“…and then Verdant Tea walked into the room.” Fresh breeze from an open back door on a beautiful sunny day set the stage for our Sunday morning Tea Party. We had an incredible party: great teas paired with delicious food and wonderful friends both old and new. Featured at this party: Just Add Honey, Rishi Tea, Sonnentor Tea, Dream Tea Boutique and Verdant Tea who stole the spotlight.

1. From Just Add Honey, we had Georgia Peaches. Verdant Tea brought Zhu Rong Chai, Eight Treasures Yabao , Yanxin’s Reserve ’04, Shu Pu-erh Nuggets, Yunnan White Jasmine and Huang Zhi Xiang Phoenix Mountain Dancong. We also tried Rishi Tea’s Vanilla Bean, Sonnentor’s Summer Romance and Dream Boutique’s Dirty Dancing.

2. Round one: Eight Treasures, Summer Romance and Phoenix Mountain go head-to-head. The Eight Treasures is a beautiful looking blend that came picture perfect.

3. As we prepared for the second round there was a lot of interest in Dirty Dancing. Darcy dove into their ingredient list.

4. Round two put Reserve Nugget, White Jasmine and Dirty Dancing to the test. Reserve Nugget and White Jasmine soar on the score cards. And for Dirty Dancing…just dirty!

5. Welcome Michelle, Tea Sparrow Member, joining us for her first Tea Party. Her decisive pallet and calming nature brought a new flavour direction and serenity to the party.

6. Our last round was between Georgia Peaches, Zhu Rong Chai, and Vanilla Bean. It was a battle royal as each tea found advocates at the party arguing for their favourite.

7. We brought our favourite teas back to the table and paired them with our savoury, creamy and salty snack platter. Deliciously fun!