Another week of websurfing…seems to me things get stranger and stranger…

Look what Gayla found..this is serious cuteness right here…Whistling Duck Tea Kettle

Need more caffeine in you diet? 7 Caffeinated trends ….

Vote for the next Jelly Belly flavor…..Thai Iced Tea anyone?

If you smoke just be sure to drink your coffee….the coffee reduces the risk of stroke in smokers.

I don’t think so….Espresso Jello Cubes..

13 More Uses for Coffee (you mean drinking it isn’t enough?)

In Canada? Never be desperate for coffee again. Time Hortons Coffee locator..by Iphone…Apparently a large number of men are choosing a comforting cup of tea over a wild night of sex..too much soy milk? Or just really good tea?

More uses for tea from Reader’s Digest

Have a great week!

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I hope your week has been awesome!

We have been having temperatures in the 100s and more scheduled for next week.  I think it was 103 today.

You have to love these bog, old houses though.  Seriously, even without the air conditioning the design creates great circulation and it rarely gets above 85 in here.  Very do-able with ceiling fans and lots of ice water.

I can’t believe that I posted a giveaway yesterday and no one commented! What in the world is wrong with you people?

Just kidding. Anyway..this is a reminder about that ….so check out the Kettle and Cup giveaway, it isn’t hard to enter.

Slashfood is one of my favorite blogs…Check out this video for how to make tea syrup to make tea sodas.

If you like to write and LOVE tea, or HATE tea and need to be converted check out the Felicitea contest.  You get free tea just for entering…Hurry it is only until July 31.

O.k..These guys did not get the memo from the kidney stone guys.   According to this study drinking tea may be healthier for you than drinking water…Maybe it isn’t the tea that causes kidney stones at all..maybe it is the BUBBA glass?

Mmm…Black Tea Spring Rolls made with Lapsang Souchong just sound amazing…

Karen has 20 Ways to Save on Coffee on her blog… Great ideas!You have to check out this Passion Fruit Rose Iced Tea at Dolce Dente

La-Tea-Dah has to be on of the most social ladies I know and she is at it again on her blog…she is sponsoring a summer blog hop…nothing formal, just a chance for a quick visit with friends.

In Australia they are beginning to use the fruit of the coffee plant as part of a skin care regime for more youthful looking skin….

And..it was only a matter of time until someone came out with juice based on coffee berries… 

That’s it for me.  I cleaned house today and it just feels so good. I bought a scented candle to celebrate…but Marc is working late tonight and I am wiped out…so I am off to relax and beg one of the kids for a foot rub.

Have a great weekend!

Image:Marye Audet 

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Well guys, it has happened.  The Starbucks where Marc and I go is closing.  There are no other coffee places here, except another Starbucks with crappy service so I guess our coffee dates are about to take on a new look..I am not sure what thought.

So how was your week? I am hugely busy. I told Valli that I was riding a hamster wheel this summer and I am..you would think that I would be experiencing rapid weight loss rather than rapid waist loss. : /

I have some cool news to share, hopefully I can share all of it next week….so don’t miss it because it is…seriously…cool.

Can you believe this? A policeman threatened slower response time to a Starbucks if they did not give him free coffee…What does he think this is, 1920s Chicago?

So, the stupidist altercation in history occured in a DC area coffee shop.  A coffee shop refuses to sell iced espresso and some guy orders it anyway.  Then when he can’t get that he orders espresso and a cup of ice..and testosterone begins to build to nuclear proportions.  This was on the East Coast.  I knew it wasn’t in the south because it would have gone something like this:

I can’t get iced espresso?

No.  But here, how about some sweet tea and a cookie? On the house!

Oh by the way, be warned..the article has some rather vulgar  vocabulary in it..They obviously DON’T drink sweet tea.

Here is what we have always known…Researchers think that the aroma of coffee relieves stress. No? Really?

Try having your coffee in a special spot, and make your home into a restful summer retreat…Great idea but I will have to ship the kids off somewhere first.

Next time you are having a tea party try these lavender tea cookies from B More Sweet.

Hey, remember Creamsicles? Heaven of Tea has instructions on how to blend teas from Teavana into an orange creamsicle blend…

Beverly, from How Sweet the Sound, hosts a pink Saturday every week..I actually planned to do it for several weeks but then it is Saturday and I haven’t sent her a link..sigh..Still it is fun seeing all of the pink everyone is finding.

I fell in love with these Rose Jam Covers at Storybook Woods.  I miss crafting!

I posted two recipes on Baking Delights this week,, one for plum and white tea scones and one for the plum curd to go with them….it was fantastic!

The teapot is one of the things I found antiquing with Marc last week. I love it!

Have a great weekend!

Image:Marye Audet 

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