“Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea.”
–Unknown
Last week I ran out of Kodiak cakes! Fear not, more boxes were on the way the next day. I bought them myself, but I asked Cameron if he might want to give a discount for you guys – ‘cause they’re so good and all. 20% off coupon on the way soon!
I’ve been using up a box of Buttermilk + Honey and just switched back to Original this morning (I bought one of each) and I have to say I think I prefer the Buttermilk now! It’s got a tangy doughiness that I just love.
Cookin’ away with chopped pecans and bananas!
Another product I have stumbled upon and love are these Adagio teas I keep writing about. Blog reader April turned me on to their site when she emailed me a $5 off coupon and said “GO BUY THE COCONUT.” I was on the hunt for teas I love then, so I did – along with Vanilla and Birthday Tea [which has sprinkles in it!], all black teas.
They were all WONDERFUL! I’ve been using them up, so I just went back online to order more, and that’s when I found the Almost Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream, which is my current favorite. I love that you can order smaller sample bags in most of the flavors. I ordered a sample of the Rooibos Cocoa Mint, which was great in the afternoon because it’s caffeine free. Nice and minty with a chocolate hint. I liked A Toasted Marshmallow, but didn’t love it [and had to buy full size on that one, but I took a risk on marshmallow.]
Lastly, I bought the Holiday Sampler of black teas – Chestnut, Candy Cane, Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread but haven’t tried these yet! I have high hopes!
Three more teas I’ve been into – Golden Moon’s Vanilla Mint + Coconut Pouchong (maybe the coconuttiest tea ever? It’s not black though, so it’s weaker) and Red Velvet – caffeine free and good. These two Golden Moons were recently on sale on OpenSky.
Adagio did notice that I had sent them quite a bit of traffic via the teas that I bought, and this arrived on my doorstep gratis:
It’s their IngenuiTEA tea pot for brewing loose leaf teas. I have to say, it has changed my life when it comes to loose leaf. I much prefer the ease of teabags, but this has made either kind no problem. [At first I was nervous about pouring my hot water into the plastic container, but they use a special heat-resistant plastic that’s BPA-free]
You just put in your tea, pour on the water and when you’re ready, put it over your cup and the tea comes out. No dripping, no spilling. I was very impressed. I just lightly rinse it out after use, deep cleaning every week or so.
Oh, and I’ve mastered the foam! In the bottom of my mug (so glad I don’t have to use a separate glass now!) for 30 seconds in the microwave (glad I have one now!) and froth for 30 seconds. I just put the IngeuiTEA on top and I’m ready to sip!
So back to those cakes..!
Served up with my banana, some Barney Butter + Biscoff, Cville Cluster and – bats and pumpkins!!
This was the Sweet Potato Blend! Not as good as the Pumpkin Ice Cream, but still a great black tea.
Happy Halloween Eve!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
Our local vegetarian restaurant serves tea in those pots! It makes brewing loose teas SO much easier.
kelsey @ living the gluten free life says
Your breakfast is so adorable – perfect for Halloween-Eve! The teas all sound delicious as well, I need to go over and purchase some before they all run out ;).
Savannah @ Sweet and Savvy says
I LOVE that quote. Proves that life can be spiced up so easily! In relation to food or not! 🙂 Enjoy your Sunday!
Hillary says
Sweet potato tea? I think I might have to try that!
Amanda- The Nutritionist Reviews says
Love the Halloween decorated breakfast and that quote…so true!
katie @KatieDid says
I’m surprised the foam survives being poured over by the tea. I have a frother myself but don’t use it much. I’m gonna give it a try with my daily hot chocolate later!
Amanda says
You have the best taste in teas. I’m so excited to order a few of the adagio flavors! 🙂
Love the little bats and pumpkin sprinkles on your pancakes. So cute!
Kelly says
Trying to make my great harvest pancakes today from opensky but I cannot read the label! I remember you posting the info a while back, but can’t search and find it, can u help me!
KathEats says
Yup! It’s here: https://www.katheats.com/wanderer
Julianna @ Julianna Bananna says
love the sprinkles! i’m going to have to try kodiak cakes sometime soon- i keep seeing them everywhere!! 🙂
Antonia says
I love how this Halloween inspired breakfast looks. Really makes me want some pancakes!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
What a festive breakfast! I love it! I hope you have a great Sunday Kath!
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
can’t wait to take advantage of that 20% off coupon! i’ve been wanting to try kodiak cakes for-evah. have a great sunday, kath!
Susan Mc says
I got a pot like this at Teavana…life changer! Not sure if their teas are more beautiful to look at or to sip!
Dee says
Aww, I love the ingenutea! I have a similar one from Teavana. It’s great for making iced tea!
I love the sprinkles on the kodiak cakes! love. 🙂
Heather @ Full Price? Never says
Thanks for the coupon… I’ve been so close to ordering… and this was all I needed! *excited*!
Madeline says
Great post! I love the quote!
Khushboo says
I loved the quite- just shared it with my mom 🙂
Susan Mc says
Forgive me for 2 comments, chatty this morning! Loved your top quote, and the journalist in me had to search for possible attribution. Didn’t find it, but found a lovely thread dedicated to tea poetry on librarything.com.
Wanted to share this one, it’s SO KERF!
There are those who love to get dirty
and fix things.
They drink coffee at dawn,
beer after work,
And those who stay clean,
just appreciate things,
At breakfast they have milk
and juice at night.
There are those who do both,
they drink tea.
– – Gary Snyder
http://www.librarything.com/topic/39088
KathEats says
Love that!!!! I suppose I am both 🙂
Mom says
Susan,
Love the Library Thing site! Bookmarked it. Thank you. And found a poem there I think I remember from my childhood:
The Tea Party
I had a little tea party
This afternoon at three.
‘Twas very small-
Three guest in all-
Just I, myself and me.
Myself ate all the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea;
‘Twas also I who ate the pie
And passed the cake to me.
~Jessica Nelson North
Monica says
That’s brilliant! I’ll have to remember this for when I get an attack of the ‘bottem-less pit stomach’.
Cheers!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
wow you are good at the tea frothing!
Jen says
What is Biscoff spread made of?
SD says
It is cookies, sugar and oil.
Jen says
Cookies in the spread? So…there are Biscoff cookies? I keep imagining a Nutella like spread.
SD says
Yes there are Biscoff cookies. The spread is an emulsification of the cookies, more sugar and oil. I have never tried the spread or the cookies, but apparently both are tasty. I confess I am one of those annoying food snobs and processed foods just do not appeal to me even if they are from Europe. Maybe it is for those who have a nut allergy and want a nut butter substitute?
Ingredients
Biscoff 57% (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils (contains one or more of soy bean oil, sunflower oil, palm oil), Brown Sugar, Leavening (sodium bicarbonate), Soy Flour, Salt, Spice (cinnamon)), Canola Oil, Sugar, Emulsifier (soy lecithin), Citric Acid.
Maria @ Sinfully Nutritious says
Is the Red Velvet a good strong brew? I tried Republic of Tea Coconut Chocolate, it was way weaker than I had hoped. After spending $8.00 on the can, I was disappointed. My mom loved it, so I gave her the tin.
Have a great Sunday!
KathEats says
No I wouldn’t call it strong…mixed with a black tea maybe?
Kinley @ Better Off Barefoot says
Sprinkles make pancakes so much more festive looking 😀 And I love the webby plate!
Ashley@FoodNFitnessDiaries says
Those tea flavors all sound amazing! And I love the Halloween sprinkles on your pancakes – so festive! 🙂
Tia says
I love pancakes but I cannot for the life of me make them, every time I try I burn them and there gooey on the inside or some variation of the failure, it’s very upsetting. Those look delicious!
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
I want to come raid your tea stash – you have the best flavours ever! I need to look into buying those Adagio teas.
Christine (The Raw Project) says
Your breakfast looks amazing, gorgeous pics!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
These teas sound so good, I’m going to have to try them out!
Hope says
I love your Halloween inspired breakfast! It looks yummy! Thank you for posting about all of those teas. They all sound amazing 🙂
Cait's Plate says
Gah! LOVE the Halloween twist on breakfast 🙂 I was thinking of doing exactly that tomorrow morning!! 🙂
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Those teas sound so good! Pancakes looks great too 🙂
Kat says
Mmm looks tasty! Especially the grilled bananas!
Fran says
I’ve never used a hand-held frother! Does it work for almond milk?
Going to look for one…your tea looks delish!
Errign says
Yes, they do! At least mine does, and since I can’t find a brand on it, I’m assuming it’s just a cheap one!
Katherina says
Free Adagio, good for you. I have the IngenuiTEA; I love it. If you like Coconut (and all things organic) you should try Persimmon Tree Tea’s Coconut Creme White Peony.
TeenyLittleSuperChef says
Dang these look really yummy. I always see the Kodiak brand in our local grocery store but have never actually bought a box. Looks like that needs to change ASAP. Where did you get the Halloween plates? They’re pretty darn adorable. Too bad you can only bust them out once a year. Although I have a feeling you have some pretty awesome Thanksgiving and Xmas stuff as well 🙂
KathEats says
From Pottery Barn a few years ago
Hannah @ Sparrow + Spark! says
This is a coincidence as I was looking at the Adagio holiday sampler this morning! I have found somewhere that will ship to the UK, so going to place a nice big holiday tea order this week. You guys in the US have way more fun teas than we do!
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Cute festive breakfast 🙂 I like it! Sprinkles make everything extra fun, hehe.
anastasia@ healthymamainfo says
I love how the orange sprinkles on your “tea-chino” match the orange sprinkles on your super bread. Beautiful!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
I might have to finally try out Kodiak cakes with this coupon. I’m always so jealous when I see yours!
Tracey says
After looking at Adagio’s website, I had to try Dumbledore’s Sleeping Draft! 🙂
KathEats says
Oh how fun!! Didn’t see that one 🙂
Brandy says
Ooooh I’m so gonna get all up in those teas for a couple xmas gifts. That’s perf, kerf! 😉
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
that milk foam and those pancakes…you need to open up a breakfast restaurant! Oh wait, you already have the bakery open 🙂
Seriously, they look perfect!
Rachel says
What kind of frother do you have? I may have missed it in a previous post, but I don’t remember. I’m all about tea lattes.
I’ve also added the Tea infuser to my list of possible Christmas gifts for someone (haven’t figured out who yet).
KathEats says
It was $1.29 at IKEA!
Julia H. @ The Petite Spiel says
I definitely need to try spreading nut butter on pancakes. I hardly ever have pancakes since I’m away at college, but I need to remember to try that out next time I eat them when I’m home! It does combine some of my favorite foods, after all 🙂
Becca says
Love this post, but it would have been more perfect if you had served BREAD with your water (aka tea). A toast breakfast, rather than Klondike cakes. Just sayin’.
erica says
i went to a little cafe in san diego that served their teas in that teapot. we took videos while we used it because we were so amused! my mom even bought one on the spot!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
I was hoping to find a pumpkin spice tea at Trader Joes the other day and while I didn’t find one, I did find a vanilla peppermint that I’m loving. I may have to give these Adagio teas a try! 😉
Beth says
Hey Kath, random question. Do you sweeten your teas at all or put anything other than milk in them?
KathEats says
I don’t sweeten them, no
Stephani @ Eat Run Grow says
I tried those Adagio teas after seeing you mention the coconut one a few times. I love that one! But wow it is caffeinated! I drank it at 1pm and that was a bad idea! 🙂 Delicious though… I am going to check out the Rooibos Cocomint now for a good afternoon decaf option. I love their sample sizes too. Have you tried (and loved) any of their other decaf teas?
KathEats says
I never drink it past 9am 🙂
I haven’t tried any others than the ones I mentioned
Katherina says
I love their raspberry patch and strawberry herbal teas! Herbal blends are the way to go, in my opinion. Foxtrot is THE BEST!
Stephani @ Eat Run Grow says
Awesome! Thanks, Katherina!
Angel7 says
That IngenuiTEA is awesome! I might have to buy one eventually.
http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/
Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl says
Loving the sprinkles on the pancakes! And the teas… Yum.
BTW, glad you got the milk foam down. Extra nice addition to tea.
Jill in Chicago says
So I was going to ask how you were making tea before Adagio sent you the IngenuiTEA (and whether they sell tea in bags or only loose-leaf — I don’t know why, but for some reason I’m scared of loose-leaf!) but then I noticed they have 2 stores in Illinois. YEE-HAW! I’ll be venturing to one soon and hope I can do some tastin’ and find out more about them 🙂
Emily says
You made the switch from coffee to tea (at least mostly) right? How tough was it? I want to do that, because I know tea is better for me, but coffee has been a part of my life for SO LONG!!!
KathEats says
It wasn’t so hard – esp. once I found teas I like. To go from coffee to chamomile or green teas (which I hate) would be awful but going from coffee to desserty black tea flavors was just fine
allison @ thesundayflog says
that banana looks like a K!
Sonya says
Teavana sells a similar loose tea infuser. I need to get into making tea again. I like tea at night before bedtime, but I find that anything I drink after 7 pm will cause me to wake up and visit the privy in the middle of the night. Grrr. Is this because I’m getting old?
Brittnie (A Joy Renewed) says
I am loving all of your Halloween themed breakfasts! I really need to do this more often…:)
April says
I’m so glad you enjoy the Adagio teas as much as I do! I’m interested to hear what you think of the Pumpkin Spice and the Holiday Sampler, ’cause I haven’t tried those yet. Besides Coconut, I’m a big fan of the Hazlenut and Valentines (Strawberry/Chocolate). Very yummy. Enjoy!!
KathEats says
Thanks for turning me on to them!! I bet the hazelnut is great!
Lindsay says
SO into those teas…going on an online splurge…uh…NOW!