Tropical Tea Co.

Long Island Green Tea Recipe-Great Weekend Drink!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:36:00 +0000

Long Island Green Tea Recipe:
From www.foodnetwork.com

Got another great one for all you tea drinkers out there. This would make a great start to a Friday or Saturday night!

Ingredients

Ice
2 ounces Green Tea Vodka, recipe follows
1/2-ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1-ounce orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)
1/4-ounce golden rum
2 to 3 teaspoons Simple Syrup, recipe follows

Directions

Flowery Ice Cubes, for garnish (optional)

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Green Tea Vodka, lemon juice, orange liqueur, and Simple Syrup. Cover and shake until mixed and chilled, about 30 seconds. (In general, the drink is ready by the time the shaker mists up.) Strain into a tall glass filled with Flowery Ice Cubes, if using.

Green Tea Vodka:Check out www.tropicalteaco.com for this tea

1 cup vodka
2 gunpowder green tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose gunpowder green tea

Place both tea bags into the vodka. Cover, shake, and let steep for 2 hours. Remove and discard the tea bags.

Simple Syrup:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water

Put the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. (Alternatively, heat in the microwave.) Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Yield: about 1 1/2 cups

Flowery Ice Cubes:

Edible flowers

Water

Drop 1 edible flower into each segment of an ice-cube tray; fill with water and freeze.

Tea Cakes with Earl Grey Icing!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +0000

I got this one from the latest edition of the Food Network Magazine and thought I would send it out to all the Earl Grey fans out there. This is the "Sarah's Tea Cakes with Earl Grey Icing". Here ya go:

FOR THE CUPCAKES

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1-1/2 cups of sugar
3/4 cup cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR THE ICING

1 Cup Sugar
4 Large white eggs
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons of Earl Grey Tea, if loose leaf tea mince into fine peices

1. Make the Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two 24-cup mini muffin pans with paper liners. Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water). Whisk until smooth, then remove the bowl' keep the water simmering in the saucepan. In another bowl, whisk the sugar, flour and salt; mix into the melted chocolate. Add the eggs, one at a time, then whisk in the vanilla until smooth.

2. Divide the batter among the prepared cups, filling each three-quarters of the way. Bake until the cakes spring back when touched, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool on rack.

3. Meanwhile, make the icing: Whisk the sugar, egg whites, lemon juice and salt by hand in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add the minced Earl Grey tea to the bowl, then set the bowl over the sauce pan of simmering water and whisk until the mixture is hot and the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Transfer the bowl to the stand mixer and beat with the whisk attachment on medium-high speed until the mixture holds stiff peaks, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large resealable plastic bag, snip the corner and pipe the icing onto the cupcakes.

There you go and if anyone out there makes these be sure to post some pics and reviews!!

March Madness Day 4-

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:21:00 +0000

Well you tea junkies are CRAZY! Although it has only been 4 days it feels like 30, but I am not complaining. Just wanted to give everyone an update that we have sold out of our Lime colored 2 cup teapots, Purple 3 cup teapots, and our red 6 cup teapots. We still have some great teapots that are at a crazy low price not to mention the amazing selection of teas that we offer. I wanted to let everyone know that I have been on a Chai kick and would like to hear anyone's Chai recipes. Let me know what they are and I will try them and post what I thought. In order to be fair I must know what chai you use in your mixture and the exact way you take it. I hope everyone is having a great March and getting ready for an even better weekend!!

You Have to Try it!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:00 +0000

Okay Fans,

I have been getting tons of emails about this whole Chai thing. The normal question is "do you really put milk and sugar into your tea?". I have to tell you that when I first heard of this age long concept many years ago, I was like "NO WAY". Finally I took the jump by brewing some of my favorite Cochin Masala Chai and added 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and a touch of milk and boy was I pleasantly surprised. I must confess that I was once an avid Starbucks coffee drinker and I still remember......"Can I get a triple vinte toffee nut latte?". I will tell you that my Cochin Masala Chai with milk and sugar took coffee out of my life for ever!! So I challenge everyone out there to take your favorite spiced chai, brew a cup and put a little sugar and milk. Let me know what you think, I cant wait!!!

The March Madness Sale is Out of Control!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:21:00 +0000

Hey gang,
Just wanted to let you know that we are almost sold out of our teapots and it has only been going for 3 hours now. So if you are thinking about getting in on this sale hurry!!! www.tropicalteaco.com--- If not stay tuned because this has been so much fun that we will have to put a crazy sale like this out there again!!

March Madness Sale is HERE!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:19:00 +0000

Alright gang, I will make this short and sweet so you can get over to www.tropicalteaco.com and take advantage of these great sales before it ends:

Teapots starting at $2.50
15% off all orders by using promo code "marchsavings"
Free Shipping on all orders over $30.00
And be sure to check out our pick of the week.

Well there it is so take advantage of these crazy sales before supplies run out!

March Madness Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:00 +0000

Hello Tea Drinkers,

Just wanted to let you know that Tropical Tea Co. will be having a huge March Madness Sale in efforts to clear out some inventory. We are talking huge discounts, new promo code, and free shipping! This will be some of the biggest savings for tea products online ever witnessed. So if you are not already a registered member do so now so you can get our newsletter March 1st that will have the details of the HUGE sale.

Exciting News!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:58:00 +0000

Tropical Tea Co. is proud to announce that we have 25 new 'Samplers' for $12.00 and under! We had a fantastic response for our contest and the winners will be announced in the next news letter....Thank you again for all of our Tropical Tea lovers who participated in this contest!

Now Shipping To Canada!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:58:00 +0000

Hey everyone,

We just wanted to let everyone know we are now able to accept Canadian orders! We are all so excited about that considering tons of our Free Tea Club members are from there and we were unable to send them free tea. However any Canadian order will get a FREE sample of the current Tea of the Month everytime. If you have any questions about this feel free to email us at sales@tropicalteaco.com

Water is Life Fundraiser

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:38:00 +0000

"Another kind of love and compassion is not based on something appearing beautiful or nice, but based on the fact that the other person, just like oneself, wants happiness and does not want suffering and indeed has every right to be happy and to overcome suffering. On such a basis, we feel a sense of responsibility, a sense of closeness toward that being. That is true compassion. This is because the compassion is based on reason, notjust on emotional feeling. As a consequence, it does not matter what the other's attitude is, whether negative, or positive. What matters is that it is a human being, a sentient being that has the experience of pain and pleasure. There is no reason not to feel compassion so long as it is a sentient being."

Kindness Goes A Long Way!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:20:00 +0000

So funny story, tonight I had a craving for some Chinese food from my favorite little take out place. It was a bit late so in case I caught them at closing time I brought a 4 oz. bag of my Keenum China Panda Black Tea to give them. Well I gave it to the guy at the front desk taking the order and within 2 seconds the owner and 2 chefs were out there to look. When they realized that I brought them tea the owner motioned to me to wait a sec. He came back with an old pickle jar that had tea in it. Well he popped the top off and to my surprise it was some of the finest black tea I have ever laid eyes on. I asked one of the workers there who spoke English to ask the man where he got this tea, and his reply was "my mother has a small tea farm in China and she HAND PICKS and Rolls her own tea!!! Well needless to say she harvests in March and I have committed to at least 10 lbs.

Because of a small bit of kindness and a little desperation to get some good Chinese food, I acquired a contact in China that has some of the finest and rare Black tea I have ever seen. Moral of the story.......Well I am sure you already know....Thanks for reading.

Lets play Catch up!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:01:00 +0000

The last several months we have been busy, busy! Thank you to all of our fellow 'tea junkies' who so graciously helped saved the lives of many children over the holidays! We hope our tea was truly a relaxing holiday gift for you, your friends, and co-workers.
In November, Ken from the Water is Life Foundation was able to make a trip to Africa to deliver 1,000 filtered straws to the children there! It was great getting to talk with him and hearing the impact these straws had on those families!!! I am heading over to Africa with Ken in March of this year and we are trying to raise 3,000 straws to give to the Water is Life Foundation to help contribute to their 10,000 straw goal! I can't wait for my journey there and I will definately update you when I return!
Until then...
Live Forever, Today!

Will

Save a child in Africa!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:26:00 +0000

Here at Tropical Tea Company we work hard every day to provide great customer service, great products, and an easy to use online tea shop. We also believe that the tea community is in touch with the global environment and cares about all who inhabit this planet. We also believe that we should give back to those who give us the enjoyment of tea such as China and Africa.

So here at Tropical Tea Company with every order you place helps a child in Africa have clean drinking water for 1 year. How do we do this? Good question….Tropical Tea Company has partnered up with the Water Is Life Foundation (http://www.waterislife.com/) who has invented a filtered straw that can hang around the neck of child and will filter out 99.9% of all the bad things in water that causes illness. I have personally run my own tests on the straw and trust me it works.
For example I had my daughter and her friend take a clean glass of water in the backyard and told them to make the water as dirty as possible. Well they lived up to the challenge, I watched them put mud, grass, dog food, water from the dog bowl, they spit in it, well you get the point. After watching all of that I had to muster up the courage to actually take a drink of this nasty water. After thinking about it for about 4 min. and my wife and children rooting me on to take a drink I did it! I sucked that nasty water right up that filtered straw and it was like amazing, the water tasted just like bottled water. It even tasted cleaner than my very own tap water.

6,000 people die each day due to the lack of clean drinking water…….6,000 people!! This has got to stop. I am telling you from the bottom of my heart this filter straw is the cure. We get most of our black tea from China and all of our Rooibos from Africa and these are the people who are in the greatest need for clean drinking water. At Tropical Tea Company we are so devoted to this cause that if you want to purchase straws only and no tea that is GREAT!! We have a picture on our home page of the straw that you can click on and purchase as many straws as you want and we will send those straight to Africa where the need is the greatest. The straws cost us $10.00 to make and ship so rest assured that 100% of your money goes to sending these filter straws to Africa. I am so passionate about this cause if you place a filter straw order I will send you a FREE 2oz. bag of Tropical Tea Co’s. House Blend, which is a White Coconut Crème tea.

We at Tropical Tea Company feel that it is possible and a responsibility to provide great products at low costs and help those people in need all over the world at the same time. With help of you and everyone you know we can make a difference in the world today by simply doing the thing we love….drinking tea!

Well thanks for visiting our site and if you want you can visit http://www.waterislife.com/ or http://www.hhii.org/ for more information on how you can help with the thirst. Remember that Tropical Tea Company is nothing without our loyal base of customers, so if you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns please email me at anytime.

Humble Thanks,
Will Rhoads

Thought of the Moment #2

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:09:00 +0000

Time or Money, what is more valuable?

I have never heard an old person say "I wish I would have spent more time at work".

Wow what a simple yet complex question, I could write a book on my theory about time vs. money but since this is a blog I will not bore you with it. However if you ever want to know I would love to talk with you about it over a cup of tea. Anyway, when I think about this question first I think about the properties of both:

Money: I can make, save and spend as much or as little money as I please. I can give it away or I can physically throw it in the trash. Money will never run out, I mean it might run out of my bank account or wallet, because it has many times, but I can always get more and as much as I want.

Time: I have been given only a certain amount of time for my life. I can not save time, it will keep going no matter what I do, I can not spend time, it is spent for me, and I can not make time, you get the point. I can not give time away and I can not throw time in the trash. Time WILL run out one day and there is nothing I can do about it.

After reading these 2 comparisons which do you think is the most valuable? I think time is more valuable 100 times over. Some will argue that "I save time by the decisions I make or the actions I take". This usually comes up with that career driven, money motivated person, which I have been in the past. However; I am sorry you can not save time, you can do things more efficiently however when you are through with the task at hand another will arise and in the mean time your wife's time is ticking, your kids time is ticking, and lets not forget your time is ticking as well. So why as human beings do we spend 20 to 30 years of our life working our time away for something as inferior as money, retirement, and ultimately boredom? By then our time with our kids has expired, some of our friends time has expired, and we are inching closer to that final second. I think work is important and I think money is important too but when compared to time those 2 things are nothing. Have you ever heard the phrase, "live today like it is your last"? Have you ever tried it? If you have let me know, because I would expect you to be broke and unemployed because you did not show up for work, in fact you called your boss and cussed him or her out, you gave all your money away to friends and family and you had one of the most incredible days of your life spending time with those that you love so much!!! That is my dream, not retirement, not riches but the ability to live everyday as my last. Giving away my riches to friends and family and having the most incredible and memorable TIMES with my family. Having that feeling that I do not want the day to end and waking up as early as possible thanking God for more time with them. Thanking God for allowing me to see my wife and children again and repeat the above.

Please let me know what you think about this topic and if you want to talk further about this I would love too. This is one of my favorite topics.

Thought of the Moment #1

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000

What a great day today is going to be!!! You know one of the things I learned growing up is attitude is everything. If you wake up with negative energy and a poor attitude towards where you are at in life the day will only reflect your thoughts and attitude. However if you wake up and say to yourself more than once within the first couple of minuets of being awake "I am going to conquer the world today" then that is the very thing you will accomplish. I often read the obituaries and some would see that as a negative behavior, however I see it as a way to build your goals in life. Take for instance the obit. that talks about a persons work life and the amount of time they spent at work and how great of an employee that person was. Hey, I respect that and that is just fine and some would love to have that obit. But me personally, I like to see the obits. that talk about the type of father and person he was and how they gave back to the community and how all their children and grandchildren and great children are going to deeply miss him and all of his little habits. You know like if he got up everyday and went to the coffee shop to have a cup o joe with his old buds that he had known since he was a young kid. In fact, I found one that motivated me so much that I keep it in my sock drawer (if you want a copy let me know! this man was a stud). At the end of the day the only thing that matters is that you are working towards what you want, not what society tells you to do and that all begins with the attitude you have when you wake up in the morning!!! "I am going to conquer the world today".

A New Week

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:04:00 +0000

Well I hope everyone had a great weekend!!! I for sure had a great weekend and im not sure if I have ever had a bad weekend. Not too much to report at the Tropical Tea Company, we just came out with our Gift Bag ideas and want to let everyone know that if you do not find what you are looking for to please email us and we can get it, or if you are looking for a themed gift bag that you can not find we will create it. Remember to register on the site so you can recieve the monthly newsletter!! Well have a great weekend and dont forget to drink some tea!!

Gift Bags Are Here!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:10:00 +0000

We have been spending all day on getting these gift bags ready for the site so here they are....http://tropicalteaco.com/store-special-offers.php?Special_Offers-pg1-cid34.html... We are going to be adding alot of other types of combinations in the future but we figured this would be a great start. If you have any ideas on new types of gift bags that you would like to see we will not only consider it but if it is chosen we will include you in the naming process.

What is this....

noreply@blogger.com (Tropical Tea Co) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Tropical Tea Company is an online tea store; (e-commerce business) where we sell anything from premium loose leaf tea, assorted flavored teabags, to tea accessories. We also list many educational tools; About Tea, How to Prepare Tea, Health Benefits of Tea, and Where Tea Comes From. We currently offer over 500 items and comming soon we will be offering gift bag ideas which will include; Get Well Soon, Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and many more!

Our goal here at Tropical Tea Co. is to provide you with the highest quaility but lowest cost of premium tea, educational tools, and most importantly provide excellent customer service!

Please visit our store and 'comment'. We look forward to hearing from you!