Watson’s Mill

November 28, 2010 Events

For the first time in years, I decided to try a “new” craft show. Several years ago I had decided to decline all invitations except the schools my kids attended and the Carp Farmers Market Christmas sale because they were very good sales and because it is a very busy time of year. [...]

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A Herbal Coffee, and other new flavour experiments

November 22, 2010 Teazine
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This past month included a lot of playing around with different flavours and different ideas. A few came to fruition and a few did not.
The headache tea is going to take a while longer since one of my ingredients are contra-indicated with several medications. This is not ideal, and I will [...]

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Tea Tools

November 5, 2010 Uncategorized
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Countless people approach my booth at the market and love the taste of my tea. They enjoy hearing about the different qualities and nutrition of each. Then they get a disturbed look on their face or even a flash of panic. “Do I need some sort of special “tools” in order to [...]

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Maternitea and the Child Bearing Years

October 25, 2010 Q&A
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1) What are the ingredients of each of your maternity teas?
2) Where are they blended?
3) Where are the ingredients grown?
4) Where would we pick up our order?
5) What other information on your maternity teas could you provide?
– Remo Sicoli

1) What are the ingredients of each of your maternity teas?
MORNING MEND has Oatstraw, Nettle, Raspberry leaf, Ginger, Peppermint [...]

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Senior’s Tea

October 17, 2010 Events

Today was the Senior’s Tea Party at the Ottawa Farmer’s Market. It was the first time we did this and it was kind of a last minute thing. I finally bought the 40 cup coffee urn I’ve been wanting which will be used to heat water, not brew coffee. It was the [...]

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Quality ingredients

September 9, 2010 Teazine
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Flavour and the story of tea bags
Take Charge Teas are all made up of simple herbs of the highest quality, the freshest ingredients, and non-irradiated.
The first ideal is the effort to keep the blends simple. At my home, we love the TTC blends, drink them all the time; but often we sneak [...]

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Iron in Nettle tea

September 5, 2010 Teazine
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There is a vendor at the Ottawa Farmers Market who buys my tea. He was hanging around my booth today looking for a new flavour trying to decide which one to purchase for his friend as a gift.
He told me that he bought the Nettle Mint Stevia because he often gives blood [...]

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“C” is for Chamomile; Mother Rabbit’s remedy

August 12, 2010 Teazine
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Chamomile is the Mother of all herbs in my opinion. It was the first herbal tea that I ever used medicinally and it is the most important herb that must be in your kitchen medicine chest. Chamomile is the first herb that I give to my babies, the tea that my young children [...]

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enhance libido

August 12, 2010 Q&A
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I just wanna ask ya that question I’ve been wondering for a while is there any of your teas or a different herb that could help with a less then happy libido? thanks !
– anonymous

I wrote about the topic a couple of years ago, but since then I did design [...]

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HERBFEST DETAILS

July 23, 2010 Events

Herbfest is upon us. Under the cut is a pdf of the herbfest program that was printed in the local community paper. It includes schedule of events, some articles, ads, and the list of vendors. The program you recieve at the door will have a map of the vendors with booth numbers. [...]

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Herbfest – article in Tone mag

July 17, 2010 Uncategorized

Herbfest was started Fifteen years ago by a small and intimate group of ottawa valley herb enthusiasts and small businesses. There were caterers, body care products, oils and vinegars, medicinal salves, and lovely household decorations like swags and wreaths. This group made it their mission to bring the beauty and
wonder of herbs to the general [...]

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Iced Chai Latte

July 16, 2010 Teazine

Bring 4 cups of milk to a simmer with 1/4cup of Take Charge Chai Tea.
Stir and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat
Add honey to taste, stir
Cool for 15 minutes
Fill blender with ice
Pour Chai milk through a fine strainer into blender
Blend till consistency is desirable – you want more ice to thicken
garnish with a [...]

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