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LiberTEAS on Chocolate Covered Bacon!

We had another wonderful show tonight. Anne from LiberTEAS was with us, and shared a great deal of information with us about tea. She talked about what I discovered was her most popular question, “How to brew tea properly?” Every tea that is brewed is has a different temperature and time, to get the optimum flavor. Anne explained how with some teas, such as green tea, you must use a lower temperature in order not to scorch the tea. Using a temperature that is too hot for the tea will cause it to have the bitterness that some people do not like. With the green tea the best water temperature is NOT boiling, but instead between 160-180 F and is best to be brewed for only 2-3 minutes in the water, hotter water will burn the Green Tea and a longer time may make the tea more astringent than you may like.

We also discovered some great blends that she has. Chocolate Rose Romance is the one that got LiberTEAS started and is still her favorite to this day. Some of the special blends that she makes are made with the help of an Herbologist to help combat allergy symptoms. The Alergi-Teas, as they are called, look amazing in the pictures, and I suggest you try one! All of Anne teas are specially blended to meet her high standards and come in a tin or, if you already have the tin, you can buy the refill bags. They also come with individual brewing instructions for each tea, to ensure that you get the best flavor each time.

You can visit LiberTEAS at any of her stores on Artfire, MadeItMyslef or 1000Markets. Anne also maintains a Tea blog and a blog for her other crafts, and you can visit her art shop on Etsy if you like. I would like to thank Anne for a great show, we will definitely need to have her back again, as we barely broke the surface of everything she does! Next Thursday on Chocolate Covered Bacon-The best in independent food finds, at 6PM EST, we have Emmy’s Organics with some wonderful sweets to satisfy your cravings. They are organic and gluten free!

--James ~ ClosetCreature of Birdy's Knits, your Host for Chocolate Covered Bacon-The best in independent food finds

Luca Chocolate on Chocolate Covered Bacon

Tonight on “Chocolate Covered Bacon-The Best in Independent Food Finds”, we had Leslie from Luca Chocolate! She was an amazing guest and shared so much about her chocolate! Leslie started putting Luca Chocolate together about three and a half years ago with some research and development. She had started working as a cook in professional kitchens and decided that she would rather be a pastry chef, once she completed her schooling, she migrated to the medium of chocolate, and the rest is history.

Leslie's favorite chocolates to snack on are her Vanilla Butter Cream Truffle's which look absolutely divine on her site! We also discovered that her Bacon Box came from a blogger that was looking for a special treat. Never one to turn down a challenge Leslie jumped right on it, and came up with this delectable box of Chocolate Covered Bacon and other chocolates. She has such a wonderful variety of chocolates on her site, and the photographs make you want to jump out and take a bite out of your screen! We learned to night that she actually takes all her own photographs, which are exquisitely done! You can keep up with the Latest on Luca Chocolate on their blog and their different shop locations: Luca on Foodzie, Luca on Etsy, and Luca Chocolates Homepage.

In our everlasting search for the best in independent foods, we would like to let you know that Anne from LiberTeas will be joining us next week! With her amazing assortment of flavored teas, your sure to find something delicious to drink! Let us satisfy your cravings, Thursday’s at 6PM EST for Chocolate Covered Bacon-The best in independent food finds!

--James (ClosetCreature in BHR Chat) from Birdy's Knits Your Host