A Simple Cup of Tea

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. ~Bernard-Paul Heroux

Thinking about tea these days ... the teapots are ready and waiting, tea infusers are on the shopping list, and an online shopping trip to Mountain Rose Herbs for organic, fair-trade tea is at hand!  

Tea is a wonderful thing, isn't it? 

So many to choose from ... black tea, green tea, white tea, herb tea-

which is your favorite?

Rhonda, at Down to Earth, is also thinking about tea these days.  If you're a tea drinker, do drop by and read her thoughts on a sustainable cup of tea. 

Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea. ~Author Unknown

Quietly Waiting for Tea Time

Wordless Wednesday

The Simple Pleasures of Tea

There are few things as delightful as a freshly brewed pot of tea. 

Cool weather will be arriving soon, and that means time for me to stock up on tea and dried herbs for the teapot.  When restocking the tea chest, I add herbs for medicinal use, especially those that help with the sniffles, coughs and colds so common in the fall and winter; and I also add plenty of herbs and teas purely for enjoyment ... read more here.

T is for ...

tea
thyme
and
time!

Herbs and tea are the perfect match.  There are so many different herbs used to make tea, or tisanes to call them by their proper name, the list is almost endless.  A few favorites of mine are-
Lemon Verbena (the tastiest lemony tea you will ever try)
Lemon Balm (another lemony treat for the tastebuds)
Mint (spearmint, applemint, peppermint ... all terrific)
and
Chamomile (tastes pleasant and good for tummy troubles)

For beautiful and artfully blended teas, try some of the many varieties from Mountain Rose Herbs.  I particularly like the Fairytale Tea and Evening Repose, but some of the others sound wonderful, too.  These days, the Memory Zest tea could be helpful for me!

Thyme is a beautiful herb.  Tasty in many dishes, helpful when you have a cold or flu, and makes a nice addition to the garden.  There are many varieties of thyme- Mother of Thyme, French Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Caraway Thyme, Elfin Thyme to name just a few.  Some grow very flat along the ground with tiny leaves, some are more busy and upright, but all are lovely to see and  smell, and most are tasty, too! 
Click here for lots of recipes featuring thyme. 


Two timely thoughts ...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. ~Carl Sandburg

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr., author of Life's Little Instruction Book



OK, I'm all out of time today, but I hope you enjoyed this week's Alphabe-Thursday topic, and please tell me about your favorite teas and thymes (I love new recipes...)!

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Show & Tell

Here is my very first Show & Tell photo:

This is my favorite teapot, one that my husband bought me for my birthday a few months before we were married. I love it not only because it is beautiful, and is decorated with some of my favorite blossoms- poppies and daisies. I love it most of all because he picked it out just for me, and for a 23 year old young man (my we have aged since those days), who was definitely not into teapots, he chose exactly the right one! I have had this teapot now for just a few weeks shy of 13 years, and though I have since had others added to my little collection, all as gifts from my husband and daughters, this one will always be my most treasured. It makes a delicious cup of tea, too!