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Tag: Phoenix Tea

  • Mortimer and the Malawi Dark Tea

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 13: “Mortimer and the Malawi Dark Tea” Everybody, meet Mortimer . . . He’s a tea pet – specifically, a tea slug. On a visit to Phoenix Tea yesterday, co-owner “Cinnabar Gongfu” talked me into adopting him. She said he had “little anime eyes”, and the next thing I knew, I was reaching…

  • Golden Fleece Feast Fest, A Taste of Eugene, and Tea from Neighbors

    I might sound like a broken record here, but the last couple of weeks or so have been insane. Moments of import at casa de chaos are innumerable and frustrating…and totally not worth reflecting upon. Instead, I want to pay homage to the good things – the tea trifecta, if you will – that have…

  • My First Tea Fest

    I hemmed and hawed for weeks about whether or not I would actually go to the Northwest Tea Festival this year. Thankfully, my poor impulse control got the better of me, and – boy! – am I glad it did. To miss this tea-binge-o’-thon would’ve been act of idiocy. I present to you – fine…