Tea art and Lovejoy's Tea Room in San Francisco

Hi tea lovers!


This weekend my boyfriend and I went to Lovejoy's Tea Room in San Francisco for a rare treat. I discovered the tea room online by accident a few weeks ago  and wanted to go, but noticed there were no open reservations for 3 weeks. We put our names in and the day finally arrived, we drove up to the city from the peninsula and got really lucky with the parking and walked right into a tea wonderland. Every space in the building was decorated with tea related items. I must have seen 300 teacups in that room. The decor was amazing, but the best was yet to come!!

I ordered vanilla lavender black tea and oh my goodness it was amazing. In fact, I can't stop thinking about it. As well as the tea I had the "savory tea" which includes two finger sandwiches and a scone with cream and jam, the good ole English way. My boyfriend was not impressed when I put cream on both sides. Apparently, in England you only put cream on one side, then jam on the other and you put the two halves together like a sandwich.

The sandwiches I ordered were probably the best sandwiches I've ever had in my life. I'm not exaggerating, either. I had coronation chicken- which is also a common British sandwich made of chicken in mild curry mayo. If you're American and reading this you probably just thought "gross." That's what I thought too, until I tried it when I was living in Wales and I became slightly obsessed. The combination of that, lettuce and soft bread is absolutely delicious!

I also had a salmon, cream cheese and caper finger sandwich and those were really excellent as well. My boyfriend had horseradish and roast beef and turkey with English mustard. I didn't try the turkey, but the roast beef and horseradish was pretty good.

After we came home from the tea room I felt really inspired so I decided to paint a tea pot. It turned out so well that I think I'm going to put it on my etsy store. After I painted this I decided that I wanted to do more tea related art in the future. What is something you'd like to be painted? Let me know what you think of my painting!! PS if you like the painting below, you can buy it Here!!

Back Yard Tea Party!

Back Yard Tea Party by leahnadeau featuring deny designs home accessories

Anderson Teak bistro table and chair
£1,000 - allmodern.com

Weishäupl outdoor patio umbrella
£470 - connox.com

Dot Bo glass tea set
£23 - dotandbo.com

Takeya iced tea maker
£16 - kohls.com

Sagaform stoneware coffee cup
£19 - casa.com

Wedgwood espresso cup saucer
wedgwood.co.uk

Yellow outdoor throw pillow
£38 - grandinroad.com

Deny designs home accessory
£32 - allmodern.com

DeDe Instant Thai Tea: A Review

I first discovered Thai tea when I lived in San Francisco. I saw someone else order a Thai iced tea and was interested because of its vibrant orange color. This began my love for Thai tea as well as Thai food. I swear I could eat Thai food every single day!

First off, I'm not sure how new these are, but in college I looked to buy this kind of instant powder everywhere. When I was 19 (so 5 years ago), I bought Thai tea and condensed milk to make my own Thai tea. It never tasted quite right. Making proper Thai tea is a long process, nothing convenient like a tea bag or tea infuser. So finding these instant Thai Tea powder sachets got me really excited. Because I've never tried them, I also got Green Tea and Thai Coffee, but I'll save those to for another review.

If you're interested in buying this tea, if you click the graphic I designed above, it will lead you to the Amazon link where you can get it in the US. If you're outside the US, just Google it and you'll find it no problem. Alright, let's start with the little packet and what it looks like.

So, as you can see we are looking at the packet on the far right. When they say 3 in 1 it doesn't mean there are 3 servings in one packet, it means there are 3 packets, but you're only paying for 1. When it comes to Thai tea, I have really high expectations. Let's see what we're working with here..

Just warning you now, it will look like you took a handful of carrots and threw them in a blender or food processor with some water. This tea is bright orange. However, luckily for the consumers, it doesn't take away from the taste. I really did like the tea, however I wouldn't say it was authentic. It tasted like Thai Tea, but just very weak. Usually you'll order Thai tea in a restaurant and it will be very sweet, but the tea is so strong that it balances it out. I feel like this is weak and if you add too much sugar, it'll taste a bit like cotton candy. With that said, if you like weaker tea and you want to try this, you'll like it. Oh, almost forget. This tea is also amazing cold. So it's perfect for the spring or summer months!

For the rating I'd say about 3.5 out of 5. It was good, but I was hoping it would be even more amazing. 

Today I was walking around the town I live in and I saw this little card shop with a nice little tea themed window display. I thought you all would like it. 

Until next time,

Leah

Iced Tea: Recipes for Spring!