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Black Friday Tips from Tea Drinking Experts

If Black Friday shopping is your cup of tea, we’ve got some Pro Tips to help you WIN!
NOTE: These tactics can be applied to other urban jungle excursions and crowded holiday traveling.

PRE-GAME:

Strategize & Prioritize.

Cozy up with a cup of Meditative Mind at the end of Thanksgiving Day to plan your attack. The L-theanine in white tea creates a calm yet alert state of mind so you can strategize and prioritize for tomorrow’s adventure. Then unwind and relish in the Q.T. you spent with family and friends earlier in the day.

GAME DAY:

Caffeinate early & often.

Start your morning off with a cup of Bolder Breakfast – our customers’ all time favorite tea – the numbers don’t lie. It’s highly caffeinated and packs a secret punch with pu’erh.

Stay hydrated.

Cold brewing on-the-go is definitely the way to go here. Steep & Go and Keep Fit Cold Infusions tea makes it easy with a steady green tea energy boost. Simply refill your bottle with more water throughout the day to cold brew more fresh tea.

Pack your good stuff with you.

Pack a few of your favorite teas and a Tuffy Steeper in your water-resistant Travel Zipper Pouch. You never know when a mug of hot water is going to jump out in front of you for a mid-day break. And life’s too short to settle for dusty bags.

Unwind & rest easy.

Back at home at the end of the day, kick your feet up and celebrate your top scores of the day with some Sweet Lullaby herbal tea. But first, get cozy in your pajamas because this valerian root hibiscus blend will have you counting sheep in no time. Congrats, you’re winning!

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G and TEA: A happy hour, indeed!

Fall is officially here. There is frost in the morning and more leaves are on the ground than on the trees. I must admit that as much as I love fall weather I dread the winter and find myself trying to cling to summer. Fortunately, we are blessed in Boulder with warm sunshine, and our fall days can be simply perfect. I decided to embrace the lovely fall weather by putting a tea-infused twist on my favorite summer cocktail, a gin and tonic.

I started off by making 3 types of tea: cold-brewed Sweet Melody, iced Ginger Peach, and iced Lady Lavender. For the gin I used Spring 44, from a local Boulder distillery. I also had some mixers to add, including soda water, lemonade, and ginger beer.

My beautiful collection of iced tea and gin.

Some different flavors to spice up our drinks!

I had two lovely testers to help me out and together we tried 6 or 7 different combinations. We all decided on 3 clear winners:

Sweet Melody Spritzer: The tangy hibiscus and sweet licorice went perfectly with the floral gin, and the lemon soda water added a nice bubbly sensation. Here is the recipe:

1.5 oz Gin
3 oz Sweet Melody Iced Tea
3 oz Lemon Soda Water
Ice

Gin-Ginger Arnold Palmer: We put a twist on the traditional iced tea and lemonade beverage by using Ginger Peach iced tea and making it a delicious cocktail… perfect for the golf course! Here’s how we made it:

1.5 oz Gin
3 oz Iced Ginger Peach
3 oz Lemonade
Ice

Lady Lavender Twist: At first we just tried mixing the iced Lady Lavender with the gin, but it seemed watered down and needed a little sweetener. We added a splash of lemonade, and voila! A delightful floral combination! The bergamot and lavender mixed perfectly with the gin, and the lemonade added just the right amount of sugar and a dash of citrus! We used:

1.5 oz Gin
4 oz Lady Lavender
2 oz Lemonade
Ice

These drinks hit the perfect spot between winter and summer, and we enjoyed them on the patio to soak up some of the last rays of golden sunshine!

Cheers to friends, Fall, and TEA!

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“Steep & Go” Action Shots

We recently launched a contest asking our tea friends to submit pictures of their cold infusing Steep & Go’s on-the-go. We had so much fun looking at these truly fantastic ”action shots” and wanted to share some of our favorite pics with you here. We hope you enjoy!

Put baby Della and baby Ollie together and you have yourself an incredible cold-brew cuppa! Della prefers her Steep & Go’s violet, and Ollie is a big fan of our new Keep Fit Cold Infusions. Or perhaps he prefers chewing on the box? Either way, these babes have great taste!

Lovely Jade with her Steep & Go at her local park.

The Sprowls family! Look at that little cutie pie!

Robert & Katie hitting the trails in Longmont, CO.

”Chilling out on our rooftop patio in Madrid!” Steep & Go made it to Spain with Elise!

JB 3 Jean says- “Took mine along on my morning walk – beautiful scenery and delicious refreshment is just my cup of tea!”

This photo is from our CEO Maria- “Je vois la vie en rose avec Steep & Go!” C’est vrai!

Elise action shot! At Chautauqua Park in Boulder, CO.

Our favorite Tea Spot pooch, Dushka, kicking back with a Steep & Go at The Tea Spot office.

Grizzly River Run wanted in on the action at Disneyland.

Our Founder & CEO made a new friend abroad. Of course she offered him tea! We just can’t seem to help ourselves!

Bruce says- “Blue Skies, Green Tea, Steep-n-Go = Healthy Living.” We couldn’t agree more! Photo at Waneka Lake Park.

Amoda Tea gettin down with Steep & Go and Keep Fit in Vancouver!

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Warning: Don’t Try This At Home

How desperate to stay awake would you need to be to wash down two No-Doz tablets with a Red Bull?

On the road

This is in no way an endorsement (hence the title…) but recently, through dire necessity, I found myself steeping and sipping what I found to be the tastiest energy booster ever. Through a combination of circumstances, my younger daughter and I were driving from Boulder, CO to Boca Raton, FL. What we thought would be a leisurely5-day trip turned into a sprint-distance jaunt. Long story short, we made it there at 4:35 AM on the morning we needed to arrive.

But not without some serious help. My usual travel stash of organic Puerh tea bricks wasn’t doing the trick. It would make me feel relaxed and focused, but wasn’t I still didn’t feel like persisting, and wouldn’t have kept driving if I really thought I might doze off. Coffee hadn’t been doing the trick for me either. So I pulled into McDonalds, who brews what I think is the best fast-food coffee available. We got out our Brewlux tea filters and put them in the16 oz coffee cups, then steeped some Puerh tuochas in the McDonald’s drip coffee.

Mixing it up at McDonalds

Perhaps it was my state at the time, but it actually tasted smooth and fantastic. With a total caffeine count of 280 mg – the equivalent of two No-Doz plus a Redbull – with the Florida night air breezing by and the radio singing at us, we shared the last few hours of driving and cruised on in with a smile.

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Life is Good! Friday Tea Cup Affirmations!

Life is good. I have a great job, I have wonderful friends and family, and I get to enjoy beautiful Boulder, CO every day. Still, sometimes I need a little extra motivation in the morning to get going. I recently acquired a vintage coffee (or tea!) cup that gives me a few words of encouragement: “Something good is going to happen to you today.”

Encouraging words from my favorite trio!

It’s a simple pleasure, but these few words make me realize how good life is, and more good things are sure to come. Paired with a Tuffy Tea Steeper and my favorite, Bolder Breakfast, caffeine combines with confidence and I’m ready to conquer my day and the weekend. Raise your cuppa, it’s Friday!

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