The 2018 Vancouver Foodster Iced Tea Challenge has wrapped up, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying the cool brewed entries from the six Vancouver & Richmond teahouses. With this hot weather all of them will help refresh your palate during a day in the sun. From July 12 – August 5, 2018, the…
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Chill with Vancouver Foodster Iced Tea Challenge
Just in time for sunny, summer weather the Vancouver Foodster Best Iced Tea Challenge is here to find you the coolest chilled summer drink in the city. Until August 5th, 2018, Vancouver Foodster has challenged cafes around Metro Vancouver to create their best cold tea drink. Sweet, tart, milky, black tea, green tea and anything in…
12 Days of Christmas Present Ideas – Day 3
We’ve talked about the equipment to make hot drinks, now for Day 3 of our 12 Days of Christmas Present Ideas, lets find something to brew. Recently, I discovered Treasure Green Tea Company in Chinatown. The family run business is celebrating its 35th year, as a provider of premium traditional and rare black and green Chinese…
Friday Find: Greenheart Canopy Walkway
If you’re looking for a little adventure and a stroll through a lush garden, check out Greenheart Canopy Walkway at UBC Botanical Garden. Located deep in the Botanical Gardens, getting to the Walkway offers a relaxing journey surrounded by nature. Once you’re at the start of the Greenheart Canopy Walkway, you enter via a keypad on…
Earth Day 2015
While Earth Day is officially tomorrow, April 22nd, there are plenty of events through the week to help bring awareness to our planet. Earth Day began in 1970 at a time of increased awareness of global issues, the war in Vietnam was raging on, Americans who were consuming gas at record rates and about to hit…
Friday Finds: Silk Road Teabags
Since 1992, Silk Road Tea has created a name for itself as one of the foremost purveyors of organic loose tea as well as skin and body products. From the shops located in Victoria’s historic Chinatown and Victoria Public Market, owner and Chief Tea Ambassador, Daniela Cubelic has established a reputation for creating unique tea…
Christmas Shopping for the Green Thumb
Christmas trees, poinsettias, holly, mistletoe, there’s so many natural element to the Holidays they naturally lend themselves to making great gifts for anyone on your Christmas shopping list. You don’t have to stick to the associated Christmas plant life to spread some joy to your Green Thumb giftee. Garden tools, containers, guides or other peripherals…