St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favourite days, although my love of the colour green certainly contributes to that! We’ve spent this St. Patrick’s day coming up with some fantastic beverage combinations incorporating Matcha green tea and some of our favourite drinks, creating an even better combination: antioxidants and alcohol! St. Patrick’s day and green beer are synonymous, so we’ve upped the game by using Matcha instead of food colouring to achieve that perfect shade of shamrock!  To do this at home all you need to do is add 1/8th of a teaspoon of Matcha to the bottom of … Read more…

With Spring just around the corner it’s the perfect time to introduce a bright and fun cocktail to get you thinking about all the flowers that will soon be in bloom. This Queen of Tea original cocktail features Creme de Violette, which offers a subtle floral flavour that matches superbly with either black or green tea to produce a sweet and flavourful drink that is the perfect addition to a spring evening on the porch! Violet Queen Cocktail Recipe: Ingredients: 1 oz Creme de Violette 1/4 oz Triple Sec 6 oz cold black or green tea Optional honey to taste … Read more…

Valentine’s Day is one of our favourites, we love any excuse to get some baking in and creatively show friends and family how much they mean. This delicious recipe incorporates one of our most popular teas, Strawberries & Cream, and a lovely naturally coloured pink icing! These cookies are also super quick and easy to make! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Ingredients Cookies: 2 cups flour 2tbsp ground Strawberries & Cream loose leaf tea ¼ tsp salt ½ tsp baking powder 1 cup sugar ¼ lb butter 1 egg 2 tbsp water ½ tsp vanilla … Read more…

I had the privilege of making an appearance on CTV Ottawa today to talk about tea on the News at Noon program! We touched on floral ingredients, a magic trick for kids’ tea parties, tailored blends, tea cups, family tea traditions, tea and chocolate pairings, the Ottawa Tea Guild, and the Tea Association of Canada! Below you’ll find two videos of our lovely chat! Video #1 Video #2 Thanks for watching!

I have to say, I’d heard of Steampunk before but I didn’t really know that much about it. I have a cousin who’s very interested in it, so when I had a chance a few weeks ago to sit in on an “Introduction to Steampunk” lecture at Ottawa Comiccon, I took it! I was inspired by all of the interesting facts and did a little more research over the following weeks. Let me tell you, after what I’ve stumbled across I think I’m definitely going to be heading out to some of the Ottawa Steampunk events. It turns out that … Read more…

Everyone knows that matcha is gaining in popularity, one of the reasons is its unique versatility. I had the pleasure of visiting a few of my favorite local snack shops recently, and matcha was the name of the game! I popped into  Suzy Q, where lo and behold they were serving up some fantastic doughnuts with a lovely matcha and genmaicha icing, which of course, as is their custom, had the best name and label in the display case! They had incorporated the matcha into a delightful icing to top their doughnuts, and then sprinkled some genmaicha on top for … Read more…

I’ve always been sort of obsessed with tea, and learning more about it in any way possible. I also like to combine my interests whenever possible, and of course there are those random conversations with friends that bring up questions that prompt you to go hunting on the internet. Recently I was talking with some friends about  favourite things. Tea parties came up, which led to us discussing one of the best songs ever* Flight of the Conchords Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenoceros. This in turn got me thinking about other songs that feature tea in the lyrics. So I type my … Read more…