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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Here’s to a tea-rrific 2010
“Are you a resolution guy?” I asked Richard the other day in the office. “No,” he said. “Do you make resolutions?” “Well,” I started, and gave him this long answer about breaking the year into quarters, and creating quarterly goals for myself. About the time his eyes glazed over, I asked Richard about any goals he might have for two leaves and a bud in 2010. He stood there for a minute, and then nodded. “I want to make each one of our teas the best it can be,” he said. Maybe you don’t know this, because you never thought about it, but our tea is always changing. New tea is picked by hand every year around the world, and put into sachets for us to enjoy. When it comes to the fruit and flower blends in our herbal teas, … Continue reading
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The art of gift giving
The gift-giving season isn’t the easiest time of year for many of us. It’s not full of “I found the perfect gift that will tell you just how much I love you” moments. Often times you experience more “I’m so stressed out; I hope you forgive me for this less than perfect gift” moments. (Unless you count the time I designed a beer stein for my dad’s homecrafted brew. That was perfect.) Richard, founder and owner of two leaves and a bud tea. co., passed out some small gifts to those of us who work in the office. We each got a tea sachet-holder, for lack of a better term, made by a local potter. Maybe Richard is sick of watching us over-steeping our tea at our desks, because we don’t have good places to put a used sachet that … Continue reading
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Tagged brew basket, christmas, electric kettle, gifts, holiday gift, honey spoon, loose leaf tea, loose tea, mugs, tea, tea gift, tea gifts
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Party like it’s 1773
I hate to start a blog post with “No taxation without representation,” but no matter how long ago your last American history class was, you know what event that phrase evokes, right? Yeah. The Boston Tea Party — which happened 237 years ago on Dec. 16. And because we like to celebrate all things tea-related at two leaves and a bud, we’re having a today-only sale. It’s a good thing, because once you read these facts I’ve compiled about the Boston Tea Party, all that talk of throwing tea in water will make you thirsty for your own freshly-steeped mug of two leaves and a bud. Here goes: The Boston Tea Party occurred on Thursday, December 16, 1773, and took three hours, between 7 and 10 p.m. The tea, delivered by the East India Tea company, may have been a … Continue reading
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From Sri Lanka with love
Last week we discussed what makes tea sachets so much better than tea bags. You ended up with a bunch of tea on your kitchen counter, but also a head full of knowledge about the full flavor you can get from whole leaf tea like ours. Isn’t reading a tea blog rewarding? So this time around we wanted to show you a couple of photos from one of the spots where our tea is put into those sachets. We like to pack the tea as close to the source as possible, and since a number of our teas are grown in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), that’s where this particular factory is. Thanks to you, our business is growing (cheers!) and so we need more machines to pack our tea. Last week this particular factory sent us photos from the inauguration … Continue reading
Time to bag the tea bags
I’m not going to name names here, but you know that bag of tea you’ve had in the pantry for a couple of months? The one you bought because Blue Raspberry Delight tea sounded fantastic as you cruised the grocery store aisles? Take it out, cut it open, and dump it on your kitchen counter. Let me tell you what you’re looking at: tea dust. At least, that’s what we call those miniscule particles of tea that came out of the bag. Now grab the nearest sachet of tea you have — you know what I mean by “sachet,” right? Like a bag, but really more of a pyramid-shaped pouch, that probably cost you a bit more. Rip it open at the seam and dump the contents on the counter (you don’t want to, but this is a learning opportunity.) … Continue reading
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