Sugar Tree Cottage

The Sugar Tree is very excited to be offering "Tea Tasting Tuesdays" and other events this summer at this cozy brookside cottage, just steps away from Lakewood Theater on Wesserunsett Lake!! For more information, you may want follow me on facebook if you aren't already doing so. 

Hope to be sharing a cup of tea with you soon!

Magic Hour Ceremonial Tea

     

Teas beyond description, packaged so beautifully, meditations that inspire and calm, fantastic resources for tea ceremony... all brought to you by the woman (and the women surrounding her) behind Zhena's Gypsy Tea. You'll have to see and experience for yourself. I am over the moon to be a  Magic Hour affiliate and be sharing these teas with you. 

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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Olives for dessert

Working on a new project! Olives in dessert recipes. Learning first how to "candy" them, and baking them into chocolate goodies. 
Internet search lead me to these fancy things as well...

https://www.starchefs.com/features/olivedesserts/html/index.shtml

More yummy teas

Tea blends created to inspire you to live in the moment: in the belief that tea can take you to a place of peace so you can be present in the moments that matter most. 

https://www.tealightfultea.net/DawnellaS

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

Have Tea, Will Travel

Getting ready to share some of my favorite autumnal Tea Queen flavors... equipped with my very own rose crown, designed and cross stitched by MJ at EmJSee/Wee Willow! Excited to be doing some tea tastings, tea classes, and generally sharing tea! (it's my favorite thing to do)

Kitty Cup

How cute would it be to see this little kitty reveled at the bottom of your cup as you drink your tea?  Or a bunny, or frog. octopus??  There are many choices at Creature Cups! 








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Garden Club Federation of Maine Conference

So proud to be returning to the Garden Club Federation of Maine's Fall Conference at the Augusta Civic Center again this year! [October 29th]

It is an honor to be a part of this occasion, and a personal member of the Bloomfield Garden Club. 

The Garden Club Federation of Maine mission is "to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet earth and promote education so we may become caretakers of our air, water, forests, land and wildlife".

Visit them at: http://mainegardenclubs.org

Autumn Tea

September in Maine: Cooler weather, warm tea, richer flavors... it's my favorite time of year for tea!

Spiced tea is good in any season (think chai!) but let's face it, when the cooler winds blow, the leaves start to fall, frost on the pumpkin, we wrap ourselves in our favorite sweaters and settle down with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and allspice in our cups. These spices are comforting.

Have comfort.   

- Dawnella Sutton, Tea Queen

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!