We’re all excited about our upcoming trip to Asia. We are happy to take everyone in our office for a couple of weeks of fun and lots of tea taste testing.

What this means for everyone here is that we will still be taking orders but they will not ship until we get back on Nov 5th.

Why would we close the store you ask? Simple…we want to reward everyone here for their hard work and dedication over the years and it’s also a great excuse to take a trip to another country!

Enjoy your teas and we will come back with some great pictures and some new teas!

We’ve been playing with this cool from magnify.net and it allows you to grab videos based on search terms you define. We have created a tea video channel for you to see the latest wonders, commercials and funny videos based around the greatest drink on earth.

You can see it in action in the sidebar as well as go to teavideos.magnify.net

Let us know what you tink and you can also submit your own videos!

Looking to make that perfect cup of tea?

Here’s an interesting design concept that has the color of the tea built into the mug.

http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=76

Hello tea drinkers!

It has been quite some time since there has been a post here and I want to apologize for that. It’s the summer and we’ve had our share of ups and downs here.

First the downs:
1. it’s hot.
2. our phones went down…again.
3. it’s really hot.
4. did I mention that it’s hot?
5. more time at the beach

Now the ups:
1. it’s hot which means pool time!
2. our phones are back up…again.
3. more time at the beach
4. more iced tea recipes.
5. more time at the beach

Fear not tea fans, I will do my best to maintain fun facts, recipes and more about the wonderful world of tea.

And if you have any suggestions, feel free to send them to me at info at psteas dot com and place in the subject - blog topics.

I’m currently in Seattle, Washington looking to see if there are any good teas and original teas out here. i’m definitely hoping to meet with some of the other tea companies while i’m up here, but nothing has been set into stone. I must admit the weather is definitely nicer up here than the valley and its very slow paced, which is great for a cup of tea!

The weather has been getting a bit warmer and some places its been downright HOT. Especially in our office where it peaked today at 98 degrees.

So to cool off, we do what anyone tea drinker would do. Make iced tea! As a recap, the recipe is simple.

Brew the tea using 1/3 of the water. Let it cool down a bit then pour over ice or stick in the fridge.

Simple!

Now what happens when you have tons of tea, tons of ice, and a liquor store a block away?

No. Not long island iced tea, although that is good. But its tea margaritas on the rocks!

We made this on Cinco de Mayo for the De La Hoya / Mayweather fight and I must admit. It turned out very good.

To make, we brewed some flavored teas just like with making iced tea.

We chose Long Island Strawberry, Orange Grove Vanilla, Strawberry Kiwi and Jasmine w/ Flowers. We didnt mix these up, but had these as a base for the margaritas.

After you brew your choice of tea, be sure to chill it for a few hours.

Now all you do is add your favorite tequila and voila!

Simple. Fun. Tastea!

I’ve let this blog slip once again. We’ve been busy fixing some inventory issues and making sure the site runs smoothly as well as going to some interesting tradeshows and tasting events.

More updates will come as soon as everything settles down. In the meantime, enjoy a nice hot cuppa.

It’s still me. The tea guy. Well, one of the tea guys, as Bill from Tea Guy Speaks, is the other tea guy. Seeing how our friend Bill posts a lot about tea and writes some great articles, I’ve decided to change my name to the tea guru, so there is no confusion between a tea lover who is also a great writer (Bill) and a tea lover that also runs a tea company (me).

I had decided on tea guru because not only is that what I aspire to be, but it’s also because I always find myself educating others about the joys and benefits of tea, as well as converting more non-tea drinkers into tea lovers. But what’s in a name?

So go ahead and check out some of Bill’s posts and bookmark him as well…and don’t forget to also bookmark us.

Tea Guy Speaks

I wanted to take this time and let everyone know that we are back and brewing even better than ever. We’ve had a lot of hiccups recently due to some bad hardware, but we got that resolved and are taking orders once again!

And with more stability comes more blog posts. More blog posts means more reviews and news updates.

I have been visiting some new tea shops and have many new recipe ideas. We’ll be testing them in our office and let you all know how they turn out.

Looks like our friends, Eric and Steve, over at Steaz Soda has done it again. Now they are introducing a line of tea energy drinks, called Steaz Energy. I haven’t had a chance to try these out yet, but I definitely will at the next World Tea Expo.

Some of you remember that back in the early days we used to carry Steaz Soda, and they were wonderful. We had to stop selling them because of the glass bottles…too costly for us to ship, but regardless, unbelievably good tasting tea sodas.

We’ve tried quite a bit of other tea sodas before we chose Steaz and I’m telling you, these were by far the best. And to this day they still are especially their Orange Soda.

Try them out…You should be able to pick them up at your local Whole Foods, or get them online. You won’t be disappointed.