This is only my second post of Pairing Teas & Reads, and I am still exploring a few options with graphics, so I hope to have everything smoothed over in the near future. Thank you for all of the positive feedback!
This is only my second post of Pairing Teas & Reads, and I am still exploring a few options with graphics, so I hope to have everything smoothed over in the near future. Thank you for all of the positive feedback!
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Green tea does wonders for the body. You can’t go wrong with it! Love these posts!
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Thank you so much! I am hoping they continue to go over well. They can be a bit touchy and tedious to put together haha. I agree about green tea. A staple here 🙂
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Formatting is a pain, I get where you’re coming from!
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Very much so at times haha 😂
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This is awesome Danielle! I do hope you can continue these. I’m not even a tea drinker, but these are really appealing. 💁🏻
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Ah 😊 I am so thrilled you are enjoying them. I plan to continue them for some time. I just need to keep exploring flavors and teas 😉
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Such a good post, books and tea just go so well together.
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A perfect match indeed 😉
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I have not had chai yet. My son drinks it now and then, but I haven’t tried it yet. I have a green tea blend that I love with pear and chamomile in it. Mmm… Lovely post. 🙂
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Thanks Linda! 😘 Pear and chamomile sound delicious with green tea. I may have to see if I can find something similar. Chai is great when you want a little more umph.. hehe. The spices just warm me ❤
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Ooohh, The Wolf Road being paired with a tea, awesome book.😀
Great posts idea and the graphics are awesome, wordpress formatting sucks so high praise for creating graphics and then having to deal with wordpress.😂
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Thanks Drew! Pain in the freaking rear haha, so I will accept your praise 😉 I was thrilled to pair Wolf Road because I love sharing that one!
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There is a Chocolate Chai tea!? I never knew that. I’m officially going to have to try that. Chai is one of my favorites because I love cinnamony flavors. I could definitely see enjoying Chai while reading Gone Girl. As for the other teas, I’ve never had Olong and I’ve only had Green tea iced because I’m weird and don’t like it hot 😂. I’ll need to check out some of your book recs. Great post! 😊
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Thank you Melissa! Chai with a hint of chocolate is fantastic 😘 you won’t regret picking some up! It goes so well with the spices! Sometimes I prefer my green tea iced also, so I totally get it!
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You’re welcome! I’m so going to have to make a trip to Teavana soon so that I can get some. 😊
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I need to stay away until after the holidays haha.
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Such a great post again ❤ Next time I want to drink tea I'll check yoour guide… and I might choose depending on the book haha
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Thank you ❤ I am hoping the pairing are making sense to others. So far no one has spoken against me or complained haha 😛
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Danielle, these tea posts are like a warm comfy blanket. I swear I love this feature and it’s interesting as well because I haven’t tried chai yet nor oolong… last of which sounds proper interesting and I shall need a trip to the health food shop to see if they have it! 🙂
The graphics are lovely, too… so feminine and you’re like Hannah the Herbal (yeah, I totally made that up just now!) with some great tea-knowledge! ❤
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Haha, the first thing I was going to do was ask if Hannah had a blog 😛 Shees Liz ❤ I hope you can find some Oolong in flowers. In my opinion, the flowering tea is among my favorites. Chai I prefer loose leaf but have found many varieties in tea bag form as well that are great! With all of the spices, you cannot go wrong 🙂 Thank you so much! ❤
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You list teas that I’ve never heard of again ! I especially like the Chocolate Chaie Black tea this time. I like chocolate, and vanilla, and I like Black Tea so I think I’d really like that one. Never tried Chaie tea before either . I love it that you’ve paired it with one of my all-time favourite books, Gone Girl. Now whenever I’ll hear about this book I’ll think of this tea. Would love to try that one out but I don’t think they’ll sell these kind of teas here. Can you find them in stores or do you order them online? We have a tea shop here, I might try my luck there first :-).
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You can find them both in store and online here Inge. One moment.. I am checking a favorite store to see if they have international 😉
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Ok so it looks like http://www.teavana.com/ does provide some international shipping. They carry the chocolate chai, but the shipping costs may be a bit too much 😦 You can snag Numi teas through amazon. Not sure if their online site does international. Sorry ❤
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That’s so nice of you that you’ve looked it up. I’ll first check here though if I can’t find it but as a last resort it’s good to know. I will drink a chocolate chai in 2017 🙂
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I hope so ❤ And I hope you enjoy it!
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What a wonderful site, plenty of teas I’d like to try !!
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They have shops here which are so fun. I love going in and sampling and looking through the walls of teas 🙂
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I love this post so much. It makes me want to run and buy all the tea I possibly can 😂 My Matcha will have to do today! You managed to marry tea and chocolate, I love you 😘😍 I need to try it!
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Haha, I thought you might like the chocolate chai. I thought of you while writing that one. I am actually a fan of matcha, so it may make the list in the future 🙂 I love you too ❤
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I’m just loving this feature so much!! And the books paired up with it!
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Awe ❤ thank you so much! You are the best 🙂 *hugs*
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Another great Books & Tea post! I really love your book selections for the Flowering Oolong and Chai teas! Maybe I should start drinking more tea….
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Oh thank you! Please let me know if you try some good varieties 🙂
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Loving your choices for chai tea! Some very intriguing looking reads 😀 Need to see if I can find some of your favorite brand. My favorite (and the only one I’ve ever tried, to be fair) is Tea India’s cardamom chai 💜
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I will have to look into that one! Not familiar with the brand. I am sure there are so many I still need to discover. I am a sucker for Teavana because we have one local and the blends seem endless ❤
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Yessss, this is beautiful. I love how you mix and match the teas with the books. Those are definitely great picks, makes me want to discover everything I’ve never tried (tea or book)! 😀
– Lashaan
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You are too kind! I am very happy that this is going over so well. I really want it to be a more regular feature once we get past the holidays. It is somewhat time consuming, so I haven’t settled on whether to do this weekly or not. Thoughts? How often would you like to see this? 😊
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Honestly, bi-weekly with around 4-5 tea-books combo would be cool. I’d recommend seeing how well they’re perceived by the rest of your fans too. I mean, I’d totally make this one of your signature posts just to make your “blog’s name” even more obvious for newcomers. 😛
– Lashaan
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Thank you for the awesome advice! I was thinking biweekly might be appropriate as well. I had come up with the idea when I realized my blog was lacking tea, thanks to my daughter and her smart mouth 😂😂😂 and the biweekly would make it easier to do more teas! Thanks again!
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I love this!! Chai tea is my FAVE, and since I haven’t read any of the books you listed with it I’m now doubly intrigued about them.
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Thank you so much! Do you have a favorite chai blend? I hope the combos work for you 😊
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I’m reading Gone Girl for one of my reading challenges next year, so I will have to dig up some chai. What a fun idea!
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Thank you! I would love to know how the pairing works for you and which chai you choose 😊 Happy reading!
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This is such a brilliant idea!!!!! I love it!!!!
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Thank you so much! It will be a regular feature as soon as I determine the best frequency to post and days ☺
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I love your interpretations of what books go with which tea. These are so great, because while I love tea, I definitely don’t interpret my tea as much as you do. Plus, now this features makes me want to not only explore more books but also tea! I personally adore chai tea, but I have shied away from all the books you recommended there. Thrillers don’t feel like my cup of tea, but I’ve never read one. I just get nightmares over the evening news, so, I feel it is best to avoid them. Any other suggestions you might have for non-thriller chai tea pairings? 😉
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Hah! I see what you did there “my cup of tea” 😉 I consider chai to have a kick. I grab a cup when I am looking for something more lively, so maybe approach the book pairing in the same manner. Read something a bit different with some “umph” to it. Anything that gets you going a bit 🙂
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Okay! That helps a ton. In my case, I would read something like Divergant– action-packed YA, probably dystopian. No fantasy or Sci-if, even though they might pack a punch.
Some day, I’m going to read books only wish your recommended teas. I can’t wait.
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I have Divergant here and have yet to start it. I really need to, but then I began hearing that the series goes down hill so I was hesitant. Have you read through the series? Thoughts on later books?
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I loved the first book. But it went quickly downhill from there. I feel like the author was pressured to finish he series quickly so the publishing company could get in on the dystopia phenomenon when The Hunger Games was huge. I honestly think I Would have been happier if I only read the first book.
That said, it’s still a fascinating premise. I bet if it was rewritten, it could be tons better. I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you read it I’ll chat you up about it. Execution was just missed.
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I will let you know when I finally tackle it. It was gifted to me by my daughter, so I will get around to it soon 🙂
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Ohh I love this graphic! But what kind of graphic are you trying to make? I might have some advice based on my experience 😀 I don’t usually drink anything while reading because I tend to spill my beverage. Like, really, I even spilled my coffee on my old laptop </3 and I'm more of a hot chocolate kind of girl.. I guess hahaha but I love the idea of sipping tea while reading 😛
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I am currently just making this as an infographic. I found something through Canva that is actually working well and free haha 😉
It saves me from having to deal with formatting now.But I am definitely open to any tips or pointers ❤ What programs do you like for graphics?
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I love canva too! It’s so great and I also use it for my header images 😀 but I recently found this site for infographic called infogr.am and it was pretty great ❤
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I am going to look into it! Thank you so much ❤
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