Tea Tasting!

Stop by the Sugar Tree Cottage anytime today between 10am and 2pm and try some teas!

Earl Grey

Folks who are new to loose leaf tea sometimes wonder if there really is a difference between the grocery store tea bags and loose leaf tea. And yes, there absolutely is!  A fellow tea consultant helped to show this comparison. 

At the top of the plate you see the contents of a bagged tea purchased at the grocery store, and at the bottom beneath is the Tealightful Earl Grey loose tea.

Note how tiny the particles are from the tea bag. What you are getting in these are "fannings" or tea dust, what is left over from the full tea leaf. 

Now look at the Tealightful Earl Grey. That’s how tea should be. We know you can taste the difference, but wanted to show what really is in that tea bag

tea garden studio

A new place coming soon.

tea garden studio

Kneading Conference Artisan Bread Fair

Had a wonderful time again this year at the Maine Artisan Bread Fair, always one of my very favorite events!  The Sugar Tree sold out of a number of popular items, but rest assured we'll be re-stocking those and more in the etsy shop very soon!  Thank you all for supporting local small business!

DIY Tea Herb Garden Kit

This is an adorable little do-it-yourself Tea Herb Garden  kit from Grow and Make.  It includes peppermint, tulsi, chamomile, thyme, and echinacea seeds, a tiny greenhouse tray, and not only paper tea bags but a stainless steel strainer to for making tea! Beautiful and simple. 










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Eastern Shore Maryland Honey

With honeys from star thistle, bamboo,avocado, orange blossom and more, the Waxing Kara Eastern Shore Maryland Honey House is located in Owings Mills, Maryland, where each jar of honey is bottled and packaged by hand.  Raw, unpasteurized, and Star K Certified Kosher, it is "more than a sweetener. It is a sweet, curative, natural, ancient food that feeds the mind, the body, and the soul."   Agreed.  Though I am currently on a journey to try all of the honey flavors, they also carry an incredible line of spa items, from scrubs to soaps to balms and deodorant. 

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Holiday Treat w/Cider and....

You have all heard me rave, often, about the loose leaf teas from Tea Queens, and I am known to get very excited about Seasonal Teas!  Lately I have been enjoying "Holiday Treat", which is a blend of selected black tea, apple pieces, cinnamon bits, coriander, flavoring, cardamom pods, orange slices, pink peppercorns, and cloves... and I absolutely love it. I will be stocking up on this blend! 

Yesterday my son was home from school, so we tucked in and enjoyed a hot cup or two of this tasty tea while watching the snow quietly fall outside the window, cats curled up beside the woodstove as the Maine Winter officially began. 

Today, following a romp through the woods with the cats and a few attempts of sliding down hills on old wooden sleds, I steeped a special cup in hot apple cider* from North Star Orchards in Madison just for me, added a jigger of Organic Bourbon Whiskey from Split Rock Distilling Company in Newcastle, and a tea spoon of maple syrup from my own trees here in Freedom.

Holiday Treat Tea?  Indeed, I hereby mark today the holiday called  "Day After Snow Day in Maine"

*Tea can be hot or cold steeped in apple cider, cranberry juice, wine, grain alcohols... the choices can be endless! Ask me for suggestions

Audrey II Tea

Strange and interesting indeed! This tea was specially blended in honor of Little Shop of Horrors at Lakewood Theater, the Sugar Tree Cafe presents "Audrey II Tea"! A little flowery, a little bitter, and definitely green... contains hibiscus flowers, rosehips, lemongrass, orange peel, spearmint leaf, rose petals, and stevia leaf.

The very entertaining musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" will be performed on  June 21st - 23rd at 8pm, 24th at 4pm, 27th at 2pm &7pm, 28th - 30th at 8pm.   For tickets and more information, call 474-7176 or visit http://www.lakewoodtheater.org

Audrey II Tea will be available for purchase at Bigelow Brewing Company's Cheese, Brews, and Bread event on Sunday, June 24th, from noon-4 pm. Show your Lakewood Theater ticket from either Incorruptible or Little Shop of Horrors, and receive 20% off all teas purchased at the booth that day!

Etsy Shop Teas!

Loose leaf teas from the Sugar Tree Cafe over on the Sugar Tree etsy shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/sugartreecafe