Tea Time Tuesday

It's my favorite day of the week! Tea Time Tuesday!

Today is a mixture between a tea review and some new tea storage. The first is the tea review. This is an Israeli Tea that I received in the mail via Israeli Post (which was totally awesome!!). It's called Wissotzky Tea. I got the Classic, which is just a straight forward black tea, however they have all sorts of different flavors and teas. 

This particular tea is great for blending with other flavored black teas to give an extra kick. I frequently mix this tea with the blackberry sage tea I reviewed last week. It gives just an enough of an extra kick without losing the blackberry flavor. 

As a side note to go along with this post, the tea storage has changed and moved! It is not in our dining room on a small table. I am still working the final storage and display of all the tea items, but this is getting closer. 

Monday Morning Quick Tip

Good morning everyone! Happy Monday! 

This morning's quick tip is all about paper. Paper has a way of getting put into piles and then piling up really quickly. Not only does this lead to the feeling of disorganization, but it also leads to clutter. If you remember a couple of weeks ago I posted about having an incoming box to help weed out the piles, but what do you do when you have the incoming box and still feel like everything is piling up? Start by trying to figure out what you have piling up. Is this bills? Letters? Magazines or catalogs? Once you figure out what exactly is in all of the piles, you can work at getting rid of the piles.

If the piles are bills, is there a reason that you are keeping them? Do you have or prefer a wireless option? A lot of companies have bills and statements available online or via email rather than mailing a statement. Is this an option for you and your family or office? If you still prefer to have a paper statement or bill, why is it still in a pile? Has it been paid? Is it waiting to be paid? Or has it been paid and is simply needing to be filed? When you sit down to work on paying bills, try and handle everything at that time, from reviewing the bill, to paying it, to then either filing or shredding the bill. That way it doesn't get put into a pile to be handled again later. 

If the piles are magazines or catalogs, they can be purged as well. Determine why you are keeping them. If it is a magazine is there an article or picture in it you like? If so, pull the picture or article out that you like, and toss the rest of the magazine. Store the articles and pictures in either a notebook or expandable file folder in order to keep them organized and put away. 

These are two easy ways to avoid having paper start to pile up and become cluttered. 

Monday Morning Quick Tip

Good morning everyone!! I hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Today's quick tip is simple but needs to be said. If you are in a relationship and you are living together,chances are part of the space that you are organizing and re designing will contain your partners things.

The best option, is obviously to be able to sit down and organize together, but that doesn't always get to happen. If you are not able to get it done together, don't put it off until you can! You are able to get a lot done without your partner (probably more then you think). Go through the space (or small chunk of the space) and do everything that you can. If you stumble on something that your partner will need to decide on set it in its own pile. By the end of the session you should have majority of the space organized so that once your partner is able to go through their pile, the space is set and makes it easier for them to sit down and get their pile done. 

This method works really well if you have a partner who isn't totally on board or is a little more hesitant. Once you show them how great the space can look, they will get on board and get their part done! 

Tea Time Tuesday

Good morning everyone!! I've got some good news...it's not Monday!! That's cause enough to celebrate, but here is another reason...it's Tea Time Tuesday!!!

Today's review is one of my recent favorite teas. I actually drink this particular tea everyday, it is that good. 

Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage. So delicious. First off, when you open the tin the smell just flows out. It smells fruity with a small hint of something floral. It's soft and dainty yet not soft and dainty. Brewing the tea puts of the same smell and once you are able to start drinking the tea, magic happens. 

This tea tastes best combined with a straightforward black tea that gives it a little more robustness (is that a word?) or "kick". However this tea tastes good on its own as well. Pictures below from my afternoon tea (including the yummy treats I had to go with my tea).