How to Measure Your Tea

This may seem a strange, or perhaps a boring, topic, but to me it is essential to making the perfect cup of tea. 

Those of you who buy loose leaf tea, and I dearly hope that includes EVERYONE, will notice you purchase your tea not by volume, but by weight. In the US you purchase by ounce (oz) and in Canada by gram (g). 

Any credible source on tea will tell you that to make a great cup of tea you should be WEIGHING your tea for your cup or pot, not scooping it by volume, ie; using a spoon for every type of tea equally. A good rule of thumb is 2-5 g of tea per cup. 

But seriously, who wants to get out a tiny, precise kitchen scale and weigh out their tea every time they want to steep a cup. I sure don't. A spoon is a lot easier, even though it measures volume. So here are my tricks!

Firstly, see how big your bag of tea is compared to other bags by the same mass. Some weightier teas hardly take up any room at all! See below. Pineapple Orange Cooler, a Fruit Tea, is much smaller at 100g than Fine and Dandy, an Herbal Infusion of the same mass. 

So what?

Plainly, this means you should not be scooping so much of the weightier tea into your cup as you should the tea that takes up more room. 

Therefore, using your spoon, scoop out LESS of the weightier/denser teas for a cup; scoop out MORE of the puffier, less dense teas. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY COMPARE BY EQUAL WEIGHT. 

So unless you want to weigh your teas, or unless you want to measure by volume, this is a great and easy shortcut. It will also help you get the most bang for your buck, and those denser teas will last longer. 

Happy Sipping!!

Steeped Tea Serendipity Set

Okay, I admit it, I freaked out when I found out that Steeped Tea was selling FINE BONE CHINA!!!! and immediately I had to find out what it would look like and how I could get my hands on it. 

It was a motivating factor in me signing up, to be honest. 

I ordered my Serendipity teapot and teacup last week and have them to show off for you...but first, here's the promotion:

If you host a party (even your own catalogue or Facebook party) and it ends up over $300, you can choose either the set of SIX teacups and saucers OR the teapot to purchase at a vastly discounted price. 

If your party if over $500, you can purchase BOTH!!! (Plus you get to enjoy all your hostess dollars, half price items and free shipping!)

I was THRILLED at the quality of these china pieces. And I'm hard to impress. 

Here are mine!

The first thing you need to do is condition your teapot. Make a big pot of strong black tea and let it sit for several hours. After that, you're ready to go!

I was pleased to discover that the infuser basket for the Mod Pot (that comes in the Starter Kit) fits perfectly in the beautiful teapot. (Sans Lid)

My first cuppa was Bluest Blueberry Black tea! And it was DELICIOUS in this beautiful fine china tea cup!

Contact me for details if you would like to get your hands on this lovely set. 

http://www.mysteepedtea.com/teawithbecci/

Happy Sipping!

Steeped Tea Launch Party #1!

In case you missed it, I made the announcement in my last blog post that I recently joined Steeped Tea Inc. as a Consultant! I had my first launch party and decided to share the experience with all of you!

I recently inherited a full set of Old Country Roses china by Royal Albert and decided this was a perfect opportunity to show off my china and all my beautiful new teas. I bought two dozen roses at Costco and placed them in teacups around the kitchen, dining room and living room for decoration. I also added a bouquet of roses and carnations to my Old Country Roses teapot. 

I had so much fun decorating!

Next I had fun laying out all my teas and fun Steeped Tea items. 

I only had three guests show up and felt a little disappointed. But they were SO EXCITED and supportive! They were two of my dearest friends and my daughter in law. And of course my upline showed up, who's my fave BFF in all the world. We had such a lovely time talking tea, temperature (yes, I lectured a bit), smelling and tasting. 

I started out by serving some hot Peaches and Cream White Tea. Everybody had really positive feedback. Next I served Earl Grey de la Creme. One of the gals didn't even want to try it - the smell put her off. She's not an Earl Grey fan. The other two really liked it. Finally we ended up with iced Berry Mania - two of the three liked it. 

For food I served the Caramel Apple Cheeseball with graham crackers - WOW. We had a cracker and cheese plate, and my husband surprised us by making chicken salad sandwiches with TEA-yaki rub on naan bread! It was all a hit! Followed by sweets from Costco. 

Since there was such a small group we decided to have some fun - and also because this was my training party. We smelled as many teas as we felt like and made any we wanted - included Macchiato Dream, English Breakfast and two of my ST matchas. English Breakfast turned out to be quite a hit - much to my surprise, I find it a bit boring - and two customers ordered it!

All three customers placed orders and I am well on my way to earning my Success Start. Two of them are having parties next month. I am thrilled. 

My second party is this weekend and I'm really looking forward to it. 

I now have samples ready to go, and my Serendipity Teapot and Teacup have arrived - more on that later!

Exciting Announcement!

As you may have seen on my Youtube Channel, I have decided to become a Steeped Tea Consultant.

Steeped Tea is a Canadian company that has recently unfurled their tea leaves in the States as well. They are an MLM, or Multi-Level Marketing company. This means they don't pay for advertising or placement in big box stores, but rather, all the proceeds go to the consultants who work the business. 

I decided to join because...well...I spend a lot of money on looseleaf tea, and I thought a.) it would be great to get a 25% discount on my own product and b.) it would be fun to be in a business that I am passionate about! So why the heck not!

The Starter Kit is AWESOME. Here in Canada it is only $99 plus S&H and Taxes. I will post my unboxing video below for your amusement. 

Here are some photos of the kit. 

My kit included everything needed to start in the business, and everything needed to sample these delectable teas! INCLUDING:

BUSINESS SUPPLIES:

30 Current Catalogues

1 Presentation Folder

1 Fundraiser Introduction

1 Welcome Envelope

5 Host Envelopes

1 Success Start Card

50 Order Forms

10 OpportuniTEA Brochures

FOOD PRODUCTS:

Smoky Tea-yaki Rub

Caramel Apple Cheeseball Mix

ACCESSORIES:

Stainless Steel Mod Pot (1.4 L)

100 Steeping Sacks

Purple Teapot Cozy

1 Pot Of Steeped Tea Spoon

1 ParTEA Carafe (Bonus for August Sign Up!!)

TEAS:

Earl Grey De La Creme - 50 g

Matcha - 25 g

Peaches and Cream - 50 g

Peppy Peppermint - 50 g

Don't Worry Be Happy - 50 g

English Breakfast - 50 g

Pineapple Orange Cooler - 50 g

Cocoa Mint - 50 g

Pina Colada - 50 g

Macchiato Dream - 50 g

Berry Mania - 50 g

I am THRILLED with my kit contents and can't wait to share more with you in the future!

My new Steeped Tea Website is

http://www.mysteepedtea.com/teawithbecci/

Here's our Youtube Video!

(Josh guest stars)