North Winds (Old Version)

Aww, don,t ever say that about yourself, you are as bright as sunshine :-) I’m so glad you are enjoying more black teas, they are my first love!

I can see they’re your favorite. Your tasting notes make all of them sound magical! ^^

Steepster ate my comment :-(
Anyways, glad you are enjoying the tea :-)

I’m so glad you like it. I am down to my last tablespoon, but I believe the Tea Whiz of the Woods is sending me more today.

I just ordered a sample of this :-)

TTF – I think I saw something in my mail about chocolate. I think I need to keep this around for those days of pure chocolate cravings. Has anyone tried sugar. I feel so bad adding sugar to such a fine tea, but man as chocolaty as this taste I think it would be an interesting treat. MizPriss… Tea Whiz of the Woods. I like it! MJ- I hope you enjoy your sample. Do you get to also try Golden Orchird?

@Tiff – actually Tea Whiz of the Woods is a TeaFairy creation – I have adopted that from her :) (but he is)

I ordered 2 oz of GO with the samples!

You are going to love that GO so so so much and like I told you before – welcome to your new addiction :)

Hehehe, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a review is done ;)

So glad you like this one! :D

Can’t wait to hear what you think of Golden Orchid! ;)

Neither can I! :)

I like this one also, haven’t tried it with milk yet!

So far it looks like my teas have found great home. Yay.

Yup, thanks!

Glad you are alright… how’s the car? This kind of thing really can shake you up!

Oh no! Take care. Accidents, no matter how small, can rattle you for life! My hubby complains about my back seat driving because of an accident I was in.

Thanks. The car is dented but we can still drive it. I’ve been in an accident before but never with my child in the car. That’s what shook me up the most. My son, on the other hand, has already moved passed it and is happily playing in his room.

Darby, I completely understand! I backseat drive for the same reason. This is the second time I’ve been hit because someone didn’t see me in their blind spot. I want to tell everyone I drive with “Check your blind spot!” over and over again.

Glad you’re ok!

Glad you are ok!

So glad you are okay and that the tea eased your nerves!

^What Michelle said!

I’m so glad you’re okay. It is scary when you’re in an accident like that. I had my share earlier this year, and I know I spent quite a while afterward being paranoid about other cars on the road and in parking lots.

Thanks everyone!

Is this the new one?

mmm old one probably?

Probably. There’s a HUGE difference :-) I couldn’t even bring myself to drink the old version, and the new one is my favorite black tea right now. Next time you order, I definitely recommend restocking. If you decide not to, I’ll throw in a sample :-)

good to know:)

I really was surprised by this one. Everyone said great things about it, but it really, truly reminded me of the tasting notes from their website.

Yes ,its really good. i want your opinion on Golden Orchid.

Golden Orchid…same as this but with Vanilla beans, right? YUM

I wish I’d gotten some of this, just to try it.

Yay! Good first impressions :) hehe

Edit…mine was supposed to say THAT not THIS as in I wanted to try Golden Orchid…. Geeze Louise! It’s been one of those days. Need to go home. Need stronger tea.

you convinced me. I’m going ;)

I’m finally moving back…in a week! I can’t even contain my excitement!!!

I’m so glad that you get the references in my descriptions…I feel like a lot of people don’t TRULY understand Up North. I know that before I lived there, if you had told me that the most beautiful place in the world is northern Michigan, I would have laughed in your face ;)

I’m sooo happy for you! If I could live way up there, I would, but my spouse’s job does not allow for telecommuting most of the time. (Mine does, so I can work from anywhere he needs to be.)

I’ve been to both of these places, and I just love it up there. At least it’s only a “short” drive to Traverse City or the UP and we can make long weekends or even week long get aways.

Yay, to returning to a place you love Brendan! Up north, what a term… Growing up, up north was anywhere North of Barrie(less than an hour from Toronto). I don’t know why because I’d been to Wawa on Lake Superior a number of times when I was little, but the ridiculousness of my perspective didn’t hit me until I worked in Chapleau for two summers and experienced the 8-12 he drive up there and entered the Arctic watershed while watching the seasons regress that my perspective changed and even then several members of Steepster live in places much further north than that. I lived in a Crown Game Preserve and experienced worse culture shock coming home than when I returned from India. There is something amazing about being surrounded by life! The furthest North I’ve been is Iqaluit but only for a short period of time.

In metro Detroit, the term Up North is loosely interpreted as anywhere “north” of here, although it can also mean west in some cases. It’s getting out of the Big City and into the “wilderness”. Where I grew up, Up North was my family cottage 45 minutes away, about 2 miles north, mostly to the west. But it was on a lake and out of suburbia. Interestingly enough, that’s now mostly suburbia out there as well, so I’m not sure it counts as Up North anymore.

It’s always changing isn’t it? How awesome to have a cottage only 45 mine away. My cousin’s is in a beautiful spot it’s on a finger bay off Georgian Bay. It’s private enough that it seems to be on a private lake but they have easy access to the Great Lakes watershed. There is a wildlife reserve on one side ( The first time I was there, I went jogging and saw a bear), but it’s @2.5 hrs to get there.

Yep! I don’t think I could consider any larger cities “up north”. I’m moving to a city of 450 people (White Pine, MI) right next to the Porcupine Mountains. Now THAT’S up north ;)

I haven’t been to the Porcupine Mountains, but it’s on my list of places I want to go in Pure Michigan.

Well if you make it up to that area, let me know and we can break out some of my reserve teas! :)

Definitely!

LOL I grew up in Florida, so up north was anywhere north of the mason-dixon line.

Funny you say that. I have a friend from Florida who is coming to visit later this summer, and he said that it’s his “first trip up north because it’ll be the first time [he’ll] be north of the mason-dixon line.”

That is funny! He definitely picked the right time of year to visit “up north”.