Drink to your Health!

{Everyone Sing!}

33 Mad Pots of Tea on the wall...
33 Mad Pots of TEA!....
You take one down, pass it around...

32 Mad Pots of Tea on the wall...

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and here are

33 Reasons

to take it down and it pass it around....

The $500 Iced Tea

Celestial Seasonings is holding a contest for the Best-Ever Iced Tea Contest.

The rules are simple:

#1: Create an iced tea concoction using
Celestial Seasonings Teas

#2: Submit it by July 31st

Not a bad bargain....buy some teas (hey bags are more convenient anyway for the summer which can be a lot of "on-the-go").... Have fun creating something fun. Hope to win 500 smackaroos.

For more info about the (literary) inspiration for this contest and details about What You Win, visit: THE BIG ICED TEA CONTEST

Winners will be notified in August.

I may have a crack at it for the fun of it and keep a running account of my Iced Tea Adventures! I certainly encourage my readers to join the fun and not only to submit their concoctions to the good people @ Celestial Seasonings, but to also send your receipes my way and I will create a list of Reader's Iced Concoctions. There you are....

Let the Summer Iced Madness Begin!

Blog-vertisment!!!

Just to make sure I keep you all reading I thought I would entice you with a blog-vertisement -- that is to say a little advertisment of what's "Coming Soon to a Blog Near You!"

Why would I do that? Because it's midnight on Saturday and I know I haven't written. I've been traveling as of late and next week I start a new job, so be patient because here's what's up...

* Mad Pots Around the World: Tea - the global friend maker

* Tea & Health: sure it tastes good, but can tea help you overcome obesity?

* a review from Golden Moon Tea (I am especially looking forward to writing this one!)

* Madam Potts Goes Home: Who woulda thunk my cow-town would warm up to tea....

So, as you can see, there is a lot to be said...just not at midnight on Saturday.

Keep it Mad!
M.Potts

No Tea For YOU!

Sure, it looks innocent enough....a traditional Victorian style English Tea Room in Brighton, UK -- but make no mistake...the Tea Cozy is adamant about good tea etiquette. In fact, if you can't have good table manners, you will be shown the door!

NO TEA FOR YOU!!!

Among the offensive behaviors that will get you thrown out:
- Using your cell phone (hooray for that one...)
- Blaspheming the Queen and..
- the uncouth practice of Dunking your Biscuit! (heavens, No!)

It's nice to know in these changing times, that SOMEONE cares about good manners.

No, really, I'm not making this up. Should you be less then congenial or show bad manners, including the aforementioned actions of utter incivility, you will be promptly shown the exit.

Read more: Dunking Biscuits Banned!!!

I do hope one of my readers can stop by and share a review of what I am sure is a lovely and very proper tea room. It will be my pleasure to stop by when I visit the UK next Fall.

A PersonaliTEA review: Meliciously Sweet

I had created a special blend of tea for a 20-year old self-proclaimed "tea fanatic" over in England, as part of a live interview segment that I did with Siren FM radio, which is based in the UK.

This deliciously fun and flirty blend is every bit as youthful as the girl for whom I made it and I had a blast creating it. Some of the clues from the personaliTEA form included: Britney Spears, pink, spicy, fruity, and bright.

As it happens, I recently sent out a sample of this blend as part of the Tea Swap that I orchestrated. Little did I think that I would end up getting what is now my first review!

Seeing as I make these blends for specific people, I never worry if anyone else likes them. Actually, most of my teas will no doubt only be tasted by the person who ordered them -- unless of course they share their blend with anyone....

Read Tea Escapade's Review about

Meliciously Sweet