#frozen tea

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Tea Leave Ice Cubes

Guys!!! So I had this super cute idea- millions have probably done this but here’s my post about it anyways So!! It’s summertime. Walmart has these funky designed silicon ice cube trays right?? Use them to freeze ice cube herbs!! I recently bought the pineapple-shaped one (but I’m considering on going back for more after this) and I went home from uni for the weekend where my mom sent me back with fresh mint and epazote leaves from her garden. I looked up some ways to store them, but then saw the ice cube method. Anyways, this fun thing happened:

After letting them freeze, this was my result! I’m actually really happy and excited about these! The top three are the mint leaves that I’ll make whenever I need something refreshing (another most likely known tip: mint works wonders on cramps and other stomach discomforts, very soothing) and the bottom three are the epazote which I will make each morning to help the things that I learn stick with me! I’ve also just tried to focus love and gentle energies while making these, imagining my sigil for wakefulness and studies falling into the leaves while I poured the water into the tray, so it also serves as a quick little charged cube as well! And to use them, just pop a cube in a mug and pour hot water over it (I use a Keurig in the dorms so I put the cube into the mug and just let the machine do the rest of the work. Not only does it cool the tea a bit faster, but it also releases the leaves for it to blend! And it makes such a nice green color and the flavor is so nice as if it were fresh from the garden itself!!)   Anyways, I’m experimenting with this still, but it made me so excited and happy to make these! I’ll most likely upload with more trays and designs or whatever else I decide to do (I’m eyeing up some fresh water ideas so it’ll probably be frozen fruit cubes next hehe) but otherwise, I hope you guys have just as much fun doing this as I did! Happy casting! - Lupe (A-Flowers-Farewell) 

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~Would you like a cup of tea?~

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Birthday tea last week 💚🍵 (Thank You Vert Matcha w/ Whip from Savoy Tea)

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Throwing Tea In The Air At -40 degrees centigrade. 

By M. Davis

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The Frozen Tea Garden | Changsha Wufeng Tea Co.,Ltd https://bit.ly/2GqvLiD

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Off to work! Just wanted to say, being back has definitely helped my state of mind and the turmoil my emotions have been in lately. Thank you guys! Sadly, strict no-cell phone policy at work. So I'll see you guys tonight! 11 hour shift here I come! BAH! It's cold outside T^T

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(Today's Tea: Frozen 'Thank You Very Matcha' from Savoy Tea Co.)

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Pouring a Thermos of Hot Tea at -40°C Near the Arctic Circle

Ontario-based photographer Michael Davies timed this impressive shot of his friend Markus hurling a thermos of hot tea through the air yesterday in -40°C weather. At such frigid temperatures water freezes instantly to form a dramatic plume of ice. For the last decade Davies has worked as a photographer in the fly-in community of Pangnirtung in Canada’s High Arctic, only 20km south of the Arctic Circle, a place that sees about two hours of sunlight each day during the winter. He shares via email that almost nothing was left to chance in creating the photo, as so many things had to be perfectly timed:

Around 1pm I jumped on my skidoo along with my friend Markus and we drove 45 minutes to the top of a nearby mountain where the light (which is almost always pink near the solstice) would hit the hills. Prepared with multiple thermoses filled with tea, we began tossing the water and shooting. Nothing of this shot was to chance, I followed the temperature, watched for calm wind, and planned the shot and set it up. Even the sun in the middle of the spray was something I was hoping for, even though it’s impossible to control.

You can see more of Davies’ most recent photography over on Flickr.