“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” ― Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea On this fine Earth […]
In case no one’s figured it out yet, we absolutely love to cook and drink. Autumn is pretty much heaven on earth (besides, y’know, the cold) for everyone on Team Wanderlust, and being in New England, we’re in the throes of a glorious and wonderful time of year… Apple Season Those of you who live […]
Are you a habitual over-steeper? Are you that hyper-focused or dreamy individual, who, once caught in an idea, has trouble coming back to the demands of reality? Hi. My name is Heather. And I am (sometimes! just maybe!) guilty of over-steeping. What can we do? I mean, when I’m truly focused, I’m just a passenger […]
“No, really. What are we doing?” whispers a young tea picker. Dawn breaks. It is the hazy white light of an early spring morning, shining over a tea plantation in the Anhui province of China. The air is vibrant, green, full of life. The fields of tea bushes look wild with the neon green flush […]
Hi folks! I started writing this at midnight. Why was I awake? I’m not sure, but I can tell you that it’s not the fault of my constant companion: a fresh cup of tea. Tonight, the soothing steam that issues from my mug comes from none other than that marvelous ruby liquor known as Rooibos […]
All right, guys. It’s hot. Like, REALLY hot out. I know it’s summer and that it happens every year, but invariably that first heat wave seems to take us all by surprise. Suddenly everyone practically teleports to their closets, hauling out shorts, sandals and beach towels and then flees for the nearest body of water…usually […]
Goodbye, Foodie February! Hello, Foodie Fridays! Seriously, this exploration in cooking with tea and delicious tea pairings has been way too much fun to just stop cold turkey. So we’re going to give you hungry Wanderers a tasty look at our kitchen once a week in this blogseries! Of course, we don’t want to bury […]
Did you see our post on making tea-based simple syrups? It’s VERY easy – and it turns out that they go in margaritas! I swear you’ll never want to buy a mix again. Frankly, the Northeast is getting hammered by snow right now and Team Wanderlust has been working very hard just to keep us […]
Here at Wanderlust, we like to get a little meta with our food – for example, we recently put tea in our tea cookies. Because nothing goes better with your tea and Russian tea cookies than studding them with…more tea! Seriously though, this recipe was a fun experiment to welcome a friend of mine back […]
