Host: Brandice Schnabel Guest Co-Host: Cathy Schnabel Teas: Teavana Silver Needle and Ocean of Tea Silver Needle For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community, or leave comments at STeaPtv.com!
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If you are a loose leaf tea veteran, this week's show is probably not for you, because it is a very basic introduction to loose leaf tea, something that I've wanted to sit down and do for some time. All too often, I find someone who is interested in tea or already loves tea , and upon giving them a sample of loose leaf tea from my massive tea collection, I get this blank stare that clearly says I have NO idea what to do with this. Leaving typical teabags behind can seem daunting from the outside...
Host - BrandiceGuest Co-Host - DianahTea - Ocean of Tea Earl Grey Premium, 3 minutes, boilingFor discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community, or leave comments at STeaPtv.com!
Happy New Year, STeaP viewers!! Hope that all of you are safe and with loved ones for New Year's Eve, and don't forget that a strong cup of tea the morning after the festivities will help you recuperate for New Year's Day festivities. :) Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - Dianah Tea - Teavana Golden Monkey For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community, or leave comments at STeaPtv.com!
Hosted by Brandice, with guest co-host Dianah. Beverage - Tea Frog Assam Banaspaty, first in apple cider with Biltmore Estate Wassail Spice Blend, then steeped with just the Biltmore Wassail Blend added Blog - http://steaptv.com Community - http://steaptv.ning.com
Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - DianahFelicitea Vanilla Spice - 5 minutes, 212º Tease Vanilla Chai Spice - 5 minutes, 212º, 1/2 warmed milk http://steaptv.com
This week's episode features a whopping six teas, all part of the Mighty Leaf Abaca Tea Box (linked, with teas listed below). I thought it would be fun to review the teas throughout the previous week, with a couple teas being reviewed by others, and I'm happy with the results (both of the video experiment and the set itself). Host: Brandice Schnabel Guest Stars: Renae and Dianah Tea: Mighty Leaf Abaca Tea Box (6 Teas: Organic Breakfast, Bombay Chai, Marrakesh Mint, Organic Hojicha Green Tea, Rai...
This week's episode is an application to join Revision3 Beta, in hopes of eventually becoming a Revision3 show. It's not a full review episode, but next week will bring a special episode with several reviews done solely by yours truly, so stay tuned. I promise you that we will not be wearing the head gear any longer after this week, and if you'd like to leave some "Yes, STeaP is Revision3-worthy!" comments in the timeline to encourage Revision3 to give out some tea love, please feel free. As alw...
Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - Dianah Tea #1 - SerendipiTea Red Oz, 5 minutes, 212º Tea #2 - Tea Guys (Tease) Citrus Burst, 5 minutes, 212º For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community.
Dianah is back for a second STeaP episode, with two rooibos-based tea blends. GIVEAWAY ALERT: Want a full tin of Carrot Cake, donated by Tea Guys? Email me in pirate speak and the most creative email will win the full sized tin! Host: Brandice Guest Co-Host: DianahTea #1: SerendipiTea Buccaneer, 5 minutes, 212º Tea #2: Tea Guys (Tease) Carrot Cake, 5 minutes, 212º
Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - DianahTea #1 - Stash Mangosteen Green (3 minutes, 180º) Tea #2 - Stash Pomegranate Raspberry Green (3 minutes, 180º)For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community.
Today is the first episode since Joe's departure as a permanent co-host, which means you'll be meeting Dianah. I'm still getting things settled in terms of filming at my apartment, so please excuse lighting and placement of tripod while I slowly figure out the best settings. Thanks to Dianah for great job, and I hope you'll enjoy the episode, which ran a little long this week. :) Host: BrandiceGuest Co-Host: DianahTea: Tea Guys' Tease Afternoon Apricot, 3 1/2 minutes, 212º For discussion of this...
Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Felicitea Hibiscus Mint (4 minutes, boiling) Tea #2 - Golden Moon Vanila Mint (4 minutes, boiling) http://steaptv.com
Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Tea Source China Black Special, 5 minutes, boiling waterTea #2 - The Simple Leaf Dawn, 5 minutes, boiling waterhttp://steaptv.com
Hosts: Brandice and JoeTea: Starbucks Green Tea Latte (First with regular preparation, second with no melon syrup, and third with no melon syrup and extra matcha powder)STeaPtv.com
This episode features two flowering teas from Stash, but we also have news about the future of the show and where it's heading after a year's worth of episodes. Be sure to watch the episode all the way through and contribute to the conversation about the future of the show on the STeaP community site. Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Stash Flowering Basket Flowering Green Tea, 3 minutes, 180º Tea #2 - Stash Amaranth & Jasmine Flowering Green Tea, 4 minutes, 180º For discussion of this and ot...
Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Serendipitea Holiday Cheer, 5 minutes, 212º, ~ 1/3 warm milk Tea #2 - Dragonwater Black Spicy Chai, 5 minutes, 212º, ~ 1/3 warm milk
Today we are trying Firefly from The Simple Leaf and Darjeeling Makaibari Estate from Choice Organic Teas, both at 5 minutes with boiling water. It's also Joe's 30th birthday celebration! Are you having fun yet?For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
Today we are trying Felicitea's Earl Grey Brandice (4 minutes and 3 minutes in boiling water), a tea that Brandice herself helped make. Will it be able to stand up to Joe's sarcasm as well as the original Brandice? Yes, actually it does. And it's so nice, we tried it twice!For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
This week we're doing two black teas: seredipiTea's Namaste (5 min, boiling) and Boulder Dushanbe's Boulder Breakfast Blend (5 min, boiling) (say that 5 times fast).For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
This week is features two very green teas; O-Cha.com's Sencha Yutaka Midori (3 min, rumbling) and Mellow Monk's Top Leaf (3 min, rumbling), both claimed to be top notch green teas from each company. Do both teas live up to the hype? Was this episode sponsored by KFC? (No.) Should it have been? (Yes.)For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
For this episode, we're bringing out the glass tea set from Teaposy in order to try Teaposy's Falling Water (boiling water) and Dragonwater's 3 Flower Burst (steaming water, 3-5 minutes).For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
Today's teas were both floral (rose and jasmine) with green tea. First, we tried Floral Jasmine by Felicitea (3 minutes, 180?) and then Really Goethe by SerendipiTea (prepared in the same way). Both teas were found to be very floral, but Brandice got a bit feisty about one of them... beware! You'll have to watch to find out more...For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
Today we look at two very different Oolong teas. First up is Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice by AuraTeas and then Tankha Oolong from The Simple Leaf. Both have their own special taste, but which is more oolong and, more importantly, which is better?Special Note: The Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice is AuraTea's current tea of the month.For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com...
Today we're rocking the genmai cha a second time, with Upton's Gen-Mai Cha (3 minutes, 180 degrees) and Choice Organic Genmaicha (3 minutes, 180 degrees). Joe and Brandice each enjoyed one more than the other, but as usually, disagreed on which one. You can see which one might be a cha-cha-liscious option for you by watching the episode.For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.c...
This episode is a smörgåsbord of random conversation, peppered with some ice tea tastings here and there and chock full of every topic imaginable. If you've ever wanted to see Brandice and Joe just sit around with some iced tea and just chat about life and all things geeky, then this is likely to be one of your favorite episodes. Iced tea seems to generate lots of conversation, so prepare yourselves for a lack of tea talk (aside from one of the iced teas drawing some angry berating) and an abund...
Brandice is back from her wedding and we're trying two new flavored Green teas; serendipiTea Fiji (3 minutes, rumbling water) and Kyoto Lemon Flavored Green (3 minutes, rumbling water). Joe also nearly chokes to death, but whatever.For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
Today, we're having two Caffeine-free, fruit-based Rooibos teas from Dragonwater. The first is Dragonwater's Green Rooibos Strawberry Peach (7 minutes, boiling water) and the second is Dragonwater's Rooibos Apple Cinnamon (7 minutes, boiling water). Will we finally like a fruit-based tea on the show?For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.
We once again have two Earl Grey's duking it out for our affections. Can one of them pull ahead of the other? The first contender is TeaFrog Earl Grey Special Flavored Black (4 minutes, boiling water). And in the silver shorts is Dragonwater Earl Grey de la Creme (4 minutes boiling water). Who will win the battle of the Greys? Let's watch. For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steapt...
