{"id":11235,"date":"2010-05-28T11:51:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11235"},"modified":"2010-05-28T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:51:30","slug":"kentucky-summer-sippin-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/05\/kentucky-summer-sippin-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Summer Sippin’ Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>To me, one of the best things about blogging is that it gives you the chance to meet people you otherwise might never have crossed paths with.\u00a0 It makes the world a little bit smaller and helps us make meaningful connections with others.\u00a0 I have met so many people because of this lil blog and I’m so thankful for that.<\/p>\n

Blogging also helps us get the chance to sample products we might otherwise never have known about.\u00a0 One of my blogging buddies, Lori<\/a>, sent me this tea for my birthday earlier this year.\u00a0 She’s in Kentucky and sent me a blend of tea made at a local Inn.\u00a0 Elmwood Inn<\/a> is located in Perryville, KY and they’ve been making teas since 1990.\u00a0 Once a public tea room, they now focus exclusively on selling and importing teas.<\/p>\n

The tea Lori sent me is Elmwood’s Kentucky Blend Tea<\/a> which is a combo of different Chinese black teas.\u00a0 The first mug of this I had, was on an unseasonably cold April afternoon.\u00a0 It was perfect!\u00a0 Sometimes black teas can have a bit of a bitter finish to them but this was very smooth and needed very little honey to help balance it out.<\/p>\n

Right away I knew that I wanted to make a drink with this tea!\u00a0 Since the Inn itself has a deep Kentucky history and because the name of the tea also includes Kentucky, I had to obviously honor the state south of me.\u00a0 After some thinking, I came up with a great afternoon drink!<\/p>\n

Andrea’s Kentucky Summer Sippin’ Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n