Tea Party? Don't Mind if I do!

I may have mentioned this before but I LOVE tea! My favorites are sweet (hello southerner!), green tea, earl grey and lady grey. With that being said I have a shameful secret to share 'I have never tried it with milk before' Ugh I feel so much better to have that out in the open. You may ask why are you ashamed of this fact? Well it is not even a good reason but all of my tea sets come with a creamer container so I feel that it goes hand in hand with tea. I have always had mine with sugar and that was it but I went to a tea party this weekend and decided to try my hand at milk and tea.

The Mister enjoyed it!

 

His brother (aka The Mad Hatter) enjoyed it!  

Heck we all did! P.S. how much do you love my silver painted tea set? It was a Christmas gift last year and I LOVE it!!! We had a good time with our little impromptu tea party. What did you do this weekend???

Countdown to Halloween: Drinks

Now I am not a big drinker and it is not for any real reason except that I do not like the taste of alcohol. I can do vodka mixed with other stuff so I cannot taste it but what is the use of that? Anyways I wish I could list the pumpkin beers or spiked cider or other festive drinks of the season, but I do not like any of them. So I will list some of my favorite seasonal drinks with no alcohol.

Despite not drinking a lot of coffee I really like Pumpkin Spiced Lattes from Starbucks. I feel that everyone and there momma like this but they are so dang tastey!

Sertinos Coffee is a local joint in the Golden Triangle and they serve a Mexican Hot Chocolate that is out of this world! It is steamed milk with Mexican spice chocolate and I wish it was colder in my neck of the woods so I could drink this more. 

Hot Apple Cider! I have never made cider but I always get it when someone offers but this recipe looks way too easy to pass up. 

I love Tea Forte. I got this for Christmas one year and I have been drinking it like crazy ever since. Plus it helps me when I study, it is a great smooth and calming tea. And it doesn't hurt that the packaging is so darn cute especially if you have the cups to go with it.  I am hoping to find a Autumn Collection like this or I my just break down and order it online.

It is true that all of these recipes can go throughout the whole cold season but it starts now. 

What drinks do you devour this season?