Journal

Lavender Iced Tea, Without the Syrup
Cafe lavender iced tea is black tea, ice, and lavender syrup. You can skip the syrup if the lavender is already in the blend.
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How to Make a London Fog, and the One We Make Instead
A London Fog is Earl Grey, steamed milk, and vanilla. It is not from London. The best-known account puts it in Vancouver.
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Vanilla Is an Orchid, and It Grows Wild in the Amazon
Vanilla is the cured fruit of a climbing orchid, hand-pollinated one flower at a time. It is native to the American tropics, and Peru's Amazon grows its own.
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Sleepytime, Bedtime, Calm: the classic blends on the American bedtime shelf are tisanes, no tea leaf in the formula. Dusk is actual tea, and the black leaf is there for structure.
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