Chai This at Home: Recent Episodes
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A short form podcast where we review and talk about teas and recipes made with tea. Join us as we embark on a quest to find the perfect tea!
We remembered this week!
Mark and Katie review a Honeybush tea. It's very similar to Rooibos.
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In which we try a Mate.
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We like mountains, Mark likes Chai. Do we like this combination? Find out in this episode!
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Mark and Katie continue their Tiesta Single Origin Adventure.
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Mark and Katie review Salada Chamomile Raspberry Tea.
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In light of last week's episode, Mark and Katie try out a different (and less expensive) earl grey tea to see how it stacks up.
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I don't like saying this, but this was disappointing.
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Tio Adrian is on top of things and growing multiple mints. We are not with posting podcasts. Sorry.
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What was lost has been found. We like this tea, but we lost it for a while.
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Another from our single origin box!
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Mark and Katie review the next tea from Tiesta Tea's Single Origin collection.
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Oolong, somewhere between green and black teas. This one felt like we melted a stick of butter and added it to a tea. It was tasty.
This is the first in a series of single-origin teas from Tiesta.
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Oolong, somewhere between green and black teas. This one felt like we melted a stick of butter and added it to a tea. It was tasty.
This is the first in a series of single-origin teas from Tiesta.
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The final tea in our Mandalorian teas. Unfortunately it wasn't our favorite.
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The final tea in our Mandalorian teas. Unfortunately it wasn't our favorite.
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The fourth installment in our Mandalorian tea set reviews.
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The fourth installment in our Mandalorian tea set reviews.
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An new Mandalorian trailer is out, which reminded us we had a few we hadn't reviewed for you. So here is the first!
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An new Mandalorian trailer is out, which reminded us we had a few we hadn't reviewed for you. So here is the first!
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Like last week, but not quite as good. But is the extra quality worth the extra price? Find out in this episode!
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Like last week, but not quite as good. But is the extra quality worth the extra price? Find out in this episode!
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Sorry this is late, we couldn't upload for some reason.
We have decided it's fall, so to celebrate we tried a fall tea. Republic of Tea's Pumpkin spice.
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Sorry this is late, we couldn't upload for some reason.
We have decided it's fall, so to celebrate we tried a fall tea. Republic of Tea's Pumpkin spice.
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Katie, Mark and Tio (Or is that Teao?) Adrian try Stevia from the garden.
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Mark and Katie try Twining's Buttermint herbal tea and Mark forgets about Buttermints.
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Mark and Katie are finally back to the regularly scheduled program of tea reviews. Hear their thoughts on this Sri Lankan black tea!
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In this episode we try various sweeteners and give our opinion on the best ones. What's your favorite?
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Mark and Katie perform a little experiment to compare dried vs fresh mint tea.
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Mark and Katie talk about kombucha, lovingly made for them by Mark's mom.
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Mark and Katie review Bali's Best Citrus Green Tea Candy.
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Mark and Katie review a summery tea on a hot day - Ginger Peach Turmeric from Bigelow.
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We accidentally reviewed a discontinued tea again, sorry.
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Mark and Katie unintentionally review a Christmas tea. Happy National Tea Day!
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Mark and Katie test out three different flower syrups in rooibos tea.
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Mark and Katie return and discuss an earl grey from one of their favorite brands, Palais de Thes.
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Mark and Katie try out the other two flavors in the box, strawberry milkshake and banana vanilla, as well as sharing a few fun facts they learned about Moomin.
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Mark and Katie try out some dessert flavored rooibos. Who knew that they made cheesecake flavored tea?
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In this episode Mark and Katie continue to explore matcha with two flavored matchas from Adagio Teas.
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Mark and Katie try pure matcha for the first time and react to it.
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Zest Tea, A tea energy drink.
One small sip is enough to keep a grown man awake for a week.
How many cups did we have?
Well, it had three good brews (Not all were recorded)
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A nice, refreshing but somewhat boring green tea.
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Mark and Katie mentally jump forward to summer to review this fruity tea. Does it live up to its claims to be a luxury tea?
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Mark tries guava tea, and Katie realizes she can't taste anything (don't worry, she tested negative for covid).
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Normally we're not super into detox teas, but Palais de Thes seems to be out to change our minds. Also we learned about a new herbal ingredient.
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Mark and Katie end a stressful day by drinking some mint tea from the ol' Sips by Box. If you ever feel the desire to try out Sips by, you can use Katie's referral link (here), which will give you $5 off your first box and help us acquire free tea :)
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Short and sweet. Sometimes that's all a tea needs.
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Katie finally gets around to trying one of Mark's favorite teas, which also happens to be reasonably festive.
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From french presses to gaiwans, Mark and Katie journey through their teaware, discussing the different options and the pros and cons of each.
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It fits the weather.
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Mark and Katie are podcasting late into the night.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
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The first of Mark's birthday teas that we have tried is a hit!
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Chilly fall mornings call for delicious black teas. Hear our thoughts on this one, a new favorite.
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Hear our thoughts on MiCacao's Cacao tea!
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The last of the batch of teas that Timeless Energy sent us, it tasted great!
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Mark and Katie review Lifestyle Tea number three, and not much else happens.
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Mark and Katie try Digest Well, and Mark spends half the episode eating fennel seeds out of the spice jar. Listen for a discount code on this tea collection!
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Mark and Katie try a tea sent over by Lifestyle Teas. Listen to the episode for a discount code!
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Mark and Katie finally drink Chai again It's been a while since we drank our namesake, but it wasn't at home. Hmm. We seem to avoid chai at home.
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Mark and Katie visited a new tea store! They share their thoughts on the experience, and review a tea from the store.
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It's Pomegranate Pizzazz by Bigelow, folks. We are going to sleep now. Good night.
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Katie was tired, but now she is not. For a breakfast blend, I'd call that success.
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Palais des Thés hit it out of the park again. We have loved all their teas!
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The best peppermint and chocolate tea ever. Find out why in this week's podcast episode. Sorry for the apparent lack of enthusiasm, it has nothing to do with the goodness of this tea, everything to do with our tiredness level.
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Well look at that, we finally try another tea that inspired our name. Mark liked this one, chais just are not really Katie's cup of tea.
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Tomato and Cucumber team up to create Watermelon?
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So apparently this tea is of the monks. We checked, The city in Iowa is indeed named after The River Of The Monks.
Oh, this tea is good too.
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Strawberry lemonade - the quintessential summer drink. Besides maybe sweet tea. But this is strawberry lemonade tea and you can add sweetener, so that's the best of all the worlds, right?
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According to Wikipedia, "The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to make an infusion containing caffeine. It is only one of two known plants endemic to North America that produce caffeine." So of course, we had to try it.
Also, if you are in it's native range, check your hedges as they may be this plant.
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It comes in a cute bag. It's a fun color. But does it taste as good as it smells? Listen to find out.
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Sorry for missing last week, we were in Colorado. This week we are discussing some tea we had at The Great British Food Company while there!
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This episode we just talk about mugs, what we like in them and what we don't.
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In this episode, we try a mixture of white and green teas. We are skeptical of the ones that mix black and green, but black and white seems good.
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Coconut, almond, tea, yum! It is delicious and we would buy again.
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Mark and Katie spring into spring with Raspberry Royale from Bigelow.
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In this podcast episode, we try Aged Earl Grey from Numi As of the recording, Katie likes this Earl best!
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Now that spring is starting, we wanted to shift from spice to sour, so we tried Hibiscus Key Lime.
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This tea wasn't the yummiest, but it was good and it was a very pretty colour that you could probably use to figure out the P.H of a liquid.
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This tea sounded funky, but we ended up enjoying it.
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Poor Green Rooibos, it's hard to beat the reigning champion in a head-to-head comparison. In this episode, we compare Red Rooibos and Green Rooibos. We did not know the Green variety was a thing until one of our Christmas Teas, it was good, but not good enough to be better than Red Tea.
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Mark and Katie try Bigelow Benefits Cinnamon and Blackberry Herbal Tea. Daylight savings time has hit so we can't think of a good description. It was a good tea though.
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In this episode we try Numi's Emperor's Pu-Erh, this is the first Pu-Erh we have recorded and so we explain a bit about that type of tea as well.
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In this episode we try The Du Hammam Green Tea, and also show our appreciation for the teabag.
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In this episode we try a new tea. Grown in the highlands of Kenya, this tea protects itself by turning a little purple.
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We tried this tea that was recommended by a listener. We were hesitant about almonds in tea, but it turned out great!
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In this podcast episode, Mark and Katie talk about Roasted Dandelion Root from Traditional Medicinals. Often billed as a coffee substitute, this herbal infusion has a unique taste and mouthfeel.
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This is a comparison episode between English and Irish Breakfast tea, they were both fantastic!
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For the last in this month's series on pure green teas, we have Gunpowder Green.
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Our second pure green tea is a Sencha from China.
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The first of our pure greens, we enjoyed it many, many times. It is indeed a precious eyebrow.
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A lovely sweet (not froggy) green tea from The Republic of Tea!
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A delicious black tea that did fuel our exploits across the galaxy, or at least our house cleaning.
This is the way.
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For the last episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Holiday Earl Grey from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the eleventh episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Vanilla Mint Chai from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the tenth episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Blueberry Crumble from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the ninth episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Noel Christmas Tea from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the eighth episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Duchess Grey from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the seventh episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Gingerbread Chai from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the sixth episode of the 12 days before Christmas, Mark, Katie and Megan try Sleigh Bells from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the fifth episode of the 12 days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Christmas Morning from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the seventh episode of the twelve days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Godiva Roche from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the 3rd episode of the 12 days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Peppermint Stick from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the second episode of the 12 days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Sugar Plum from Ohio Tea Co.
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For the first episode of the 12 days before Christmas, Mark and Katie try Winter Wonderland from Ohio Tea Co.
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Because they have been drinking a lot of tea lately, Mark and Katie decide to do a podcast episode on eating tea. This is an attempt at Earl Grey Lavender scones. The Recipe can be found here.
https://flourcoveredapron.com/lavender-earl-grey-scones/?fbclid=IwAR0xpTP5CS8FcJjOsw_0y4FxL3hCG3mUp7Y5gD8TcPQssHb_aG1Sc3XBZxc
https://www.teacachai.com/earl-grey-and-lavender-scones/?fbclid=IwAR0KZfnaHeR5WCZXwFDmhBMpRlEcTSLJAb9Mxnhj0757re3oTM51xhw9mR8
Also, don't forget we have the 12 days of Christmas teas coming up!
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Mark and Katie start talking about mixing teas, but first try one suggested by a listener! Thank you very much, it was fantastic!
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Mark and Katie try some bubble (or boba) tea made by Andrea, and some from the Asian Market down the street. It is good, but the bubbles are odd.
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Mark and Katie try what turns out to be very much like liquid red hots, both decide to drink it again. To the fans of Dad out there, he approves. Check out our website, we have some cool stuff brewing! https://chaithisathomepod.wixsite.com/chai-this-at-home
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Mark And Katie try a tea in a teabag. This is the first teabag we have tried other than the one Dad had. we liked it!
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Mark and Katie try David's Candy Cane Crush. It's a great tea to add to your mixing pile for the holidays, and it's a great smelling blend.
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SPECIAL EPISODE 1 Katie and Mark discuss what tea you should be drinking today.
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We try two types of black tea brewed in multiple ways and confuse ourselves. This is why we sometimes try with milk. Furthermore, we have a special musical treat.
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Mark and Katie drink and talk about Churchill's Fine Teas' Peppermint Black Tea.
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Mark and Katie try and talk about Tiesta Tea's Fruity Pebbles. No rocks involved, but lots of fruit. Sweet!
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Mark and Katie try and review Tart-tea to the Part-tea by Tea Kitten. Spoiler alert, it smells really good! https://www.sipsby.com/products/tea-kitten-tart-tea-to-the-par-tea?_pos=3&_sid=93195822e&_ss=r
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Mark and Katie explain the concept behind the podcast and consume tea chocolates, thereby providing good information on how to integrate chocolate and tea, but not providing good information on what podcast episodes will be like in the future.
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