This week, Kyrie and Cori join Christine, owner of Lia Leaf Tea House in Flagstaff to have a conversation about owning a tea shop and why she focuses on single origin tea. Discussion Christine talks us through how, at a very early age, she got into tea. As she grew up, she started researching the … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori join Heather, owner of the Flagstaff Tea Company, in her adorable, cosy shop in downtown Flagstaff to discuss what it’s like to own a tea shop, the history of tea, and do a chai tea flight, where we are the very fortunate ones tasting three of Heather’s homemade chais! What … Read More Read More

What We Are Reading This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. This 500 page book has been on our radar for a while. It was a Top 10 Book of 2017 for New York Times as well as a National Book Award Finalist.  This book was picked to fulfill the 2018 … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss summer reads, as well as what the definition of a summer read is. Tea Time During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Evening in the Garden Herbal Tea, which is deliciously light, sweet, and a bit flowery. The tea itself is BEAUTIFUL, and you can see pieces … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss LGBTQ+ books they selected, as well as some history on Pride month. What We Are Drinking During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori, and their special guest Sydney drink Rosa De Jamaica, and it is a Hibiscus and Pineapple ice tea from Two Sisters Tea. As you can see by … Read More Read More

Hi Book Friends – our awesome sound editor, Daniel let us know that the recording quality was not so great this time around…  Not sure what happened. Oh, technology. Our apologies for any inconvenience. This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books that have underdogs, as well as some history on what an underdog is–literally! During … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books by authors of Asian Pacific decent in honor of Asian Pacific Heritage month. They’ll also discuss the history of Asian Pacific Heritage month, something neither one of them knew about until recently!! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s special tea from Kyrie’s tea club membership–Orange … Read More Read More

Okay, maybe not poo.  But it rhymed. And Cori was less excited than Kyrie about the content. This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the poetry collections they selected, as well as some history on poetry! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Vanilla Latte Tea, which, does taste like a vanilla latte, … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the nature themed books they selected to honor Earth Day, even though they are both firm believers that Earth Day is every day! So, it really doesn’t matter that Earth Day was on April 22.  Here is a little history on Earth Day if you aren’t familiar with it … Read More Read More

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss current “chick lit,” which they both call “brain candy.” Modern chick lit is known for following the ups and downs of 20 and 30-something women who tend to be heterosexual and white. The settings tend to be British and American cities. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Steep’s … Read More Read More