Hello everyone! My name is Avery and I work Tuesdays and Thursdays at the teashop. One of my new favorite things is drinking tea and a new love of mine is a masala chai latte.  I am a Senior in High School,  and I take all of my classes through Mizzou Online.

Recently a few friends and I went to Hammerhand Coffee in Historic Downtown Liberty to have coffee and exchange Christmas gifts. While my friends got coffee, I opted for tea! It was cool to see Hammerhand serving a selection of Anna Marie’s teas as well as the option to have a Chai Latte made with our Masala Chai Tea. If you have not been to Hammerhand I highly suggest trying it sometime.  It’s a favorite place for students to hang out, catch up and do homework.

Anna Marie’s Masala Chai Latte at Hammerhand Coffee – premium loose leaf and spiced chai

The coffee not only tastes great, but the latte art done by the talented baristas is like no other!  It is always fun to get together with friends and enjoy each other’s company over a warm cup of tea! 

As I mentioned before, I work Tuesdays and Thursdays here at the teashop and have been doing this since the end of summer 2016. I used to drink Strawberry Cream Black Tea and only Strawberry Cream Black but as soon as I started trying more and more of the 100+ premium teas we have, I quickly began to find so many new favorites! Of course Strawberry Cream Black is still my all time favorite, but now my favorites include Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Lung Ching (which so happens to be January’s featured tea of the month), Red Velvet, Lavender Gray (which makes an amazing iced tea), Jasmine Monkey King, and so many more!

I take all of my classes online through Mizzou where the professors write up their lectures and we correspond through email. I have done this for both my Junior and now Senior year and it has been such a great experience! Not only do I get to sleep in everyday, but I also have all of my schoolwork done around noon! That leaves me plenty of time to pursue hobbies like volleyball, photography, and of course Netflix! Taking these online classes has also allowed me to start college at Truman State University next year with a whole semester of classes out of the way which will be very helpful as I plan to study Communication Sciences and Disorders and continue on to Grad School.  

🙂 Avery

The holidays have arrived! I’m so glad to be celebrating my first holiday season with the Anna Marie’s family. We have so many exciting things lined up for this most wonderful time of the year and I was lucky enough to be able to put one of those items together!

The Twelve Days of Tea is a gift set that’s perfect for the beginner or the tea veteran. It includes one of our beautiful glass mugs with the newly redesigned logo and twelve unique individually wrapped pre-filled tea pockets, one for each of the twelve days of Christmas!

Since each tea is already in a tea pocket, simply add hot water to your mug and violà, a warm soothing cuppa! The sampling is a mix of our premium herbals, rooibos, green, and black teas.

I chose each tea personally in an effort to help make your season merry and bright! Who knows, you might find a new favorite in our collection!

Each tea pocket package comes complete with a ribbon that can be used to hang on a tree or in any other festive location. I hope you all enjoy this holiday bundle that is near and dear to my heart!

Happy Sipping!

Megan

TEA.  Fall Blooms. Jeweled Leaves. Crisp Air. Pumpkins. Apples. COZY laughter.

Hello Autumn.  Happy to Have You!

We simply love to drink good tasting premium tea and love sharing it with others.  Autumn centers and reminds us to be thankful – and we are very thankful for tea and others who enjoy the simplistic, healthy life of tea.

Tea Tasting Days are fun over here at the Teashop.  Yes, we do get excited to BLEND, BREW, and CHOOSE new Tea Blends!  Last week all of us found 7 more reasons we fell in love with Autumn all over again! For our fall line up we have 4 NEW teas (organics and private blends), 1 Fall Favorite (welcome back big pumpkin!) and 2 special events.  Why to love fall?  The list is endless but here are 7 great reasons just in case you need help jumping on the fall pumpkin wagon…

1.  Autumn Blooms Private Blend – This tea is a cozy cup of blessing!  It’s simply all comfort in a cuppa.  Rich and tasteful with a touch of sweet ginger, cinnamon and caramel.   A black and rooibos blend.
2. Vanilla Pumpkin Private Blend – dreamy creamy vanilla meets Chinese Hunan black tea blended with a strong pumpkin spice.  Creates a good balance.
3. Spiced Coco-Mint Organic Herbal– this is our new cozy-up-on-the-couch favorite! An organic herbal blend of cinnamon, cocoa, and peppermint.  Not just an evening tea but the tea to create your own “cozy” where ever and whenever!
4. Chamomile Mango Organic Herbal – A unique tea centered on relaxation and holding close those fabulous warm days of summer vacation!  Subtly and slightly sweetened with organic stevia.  Mangoes and flowers – just a bit of tropical heaven in an herbal brew.
5. Pumpkin Spice – welcome home our Favorite Fall Friend! The perfect pumpkin tea that is strong enough to handle becoming the best pumpkin around.  Brew strong for your own latte.  Chai lovers love this one.  Having a Halloween Party? Yes, this is the ONE TEA that makes the sinfully delish and super easy Pumpkin Spice Latte.
6. 10% Coupon off online orders through the month of October!  Coupon code 10offnow.
7. October Tea Sampling Saturdays –   Stop by the teashop any Saturday for a cup of one of our new autumn teas.

Strawberry Kiwi Herbal  Chilled it is a crisp tart brew.  Simply Peppermint Herbal is a big family favorite.  Yes, enjoyed year round but wow…!  Chilled in the summer this light colored brew is absolutely the best digestive tea after any meal.  In this heat sometimes any meal feels heavy.  FYI – No sweetener needed.  🙂

Yes.  August is the perfect month to discover your favorite chilled tisane (pronounced tee-zahn).  Tisane, French for herbal infusion, is typically caffeine free.  Herbal infusions are blended with a wide variety of flowers, berries, roots, seeds, peels and leaves.  Tisanes will not include leaves from the Camilla sinsensis plant or tea plant.  Popular herbal infusions often include healthy herbs and flowers such as chamomile, ginseng, rose petals, hibiscus, peppermint, Valerian, lavender and jasmine.

We look forward to serving Provence Rooibos at our Tea in Paris tea this month.  A yummy herbal rooibos infusion which proudly boasts blueberries, red and black currants, rosehips, rose petals and delightful note of culinary lavender!  Tickets are still available for the 2:30pm Tea in Paris August Tea Party!

Embrace August for what she offers most…A refreshing infusion of both bountiful herb harvests, fresh beginnings, and refreshingly new flavor favorites!  Enjoy tisanes in your tall chilled glasses and short tea mugs.  Healthy, good and quenched.

Welcome to Summer – Iced Tea Friends!

A Tea Bar is one of those almost-too-easy ways of turning any gathering into memorable party.  Herb Iced Tea and Frozen Tea Cubes are simple yet super fun ways to jazz up your Tea Bar.  Mix and match tea flavors with your menu and don’t be afraid to try just about any combination.  One reason so many people brew and enjoy iced tea is that it is easy and the minute details of the traditional perfect cup of tea simply fade away as that tea is generously poured over the ice cubes.

Build-your-own-Tea Bar:

A couple of weeks ago we hosted our Girl Graduated party.  We rented a tent, hung lights, and used our real vintage Shabby Chic tablecloths.  We kept the menu pretty simple yet we had so much fun with it!  With the help of the amazing world of Pinterest we created our own version of a Burger Bar, Popcorn Bar, Grandma’s Dessert Bar, and of last but not least – our Tea Bar.  My tea bar consisted of two beautiful glass drink dispensers – one held chilled Strawberry Cream Green and the other chilled Peach Apricot Honeybush.  Mini chalkboard with twine hung from the lid (Hobby Lobby) with the tea names, a vintage style diner sugar holder (Dollar Tree). All set out on a red and white checkered table cloth.  A Tea Bar can be as simple or as extravagant as you want.  Just start with a few of your favorite flavors.  Shop our Best Selling Iced Tea Blends and let your wheels start working!