Big thank you to Plum Deluxe for sending me these delicious four teas! We had a lot of fun coming up with poem and song pairings for each tea. The names of the blends we had today are 'Reading Nook Blend Black Tea', 'Self Care Blend Herbal Tea', 'Magic Butterfly Herbal Tea', and 'Oregon Breakfast Black Tea'. Visit the Plum Deluxe website to learn more at https://www.plumdeluxe.com/

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Lyrics for "Beautiful World" (Loose Leaf Tea Version) by Colin Hay:

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like swimming in the sea

I like to go out beyond the white breakers

Where a man can be a man, 

Or a woman if you are one

I like swimming in the sea.

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like drinking loose leaf tea

An Oregon Breakfast or a Magic Butterfly 

I wake up early, head out on a drive 

Out to the country, feeling quite free

Yeah, I like making my own tea.

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like driving my own car

Roll the top down, I travel quite far

Enjoy a full moon Chai, stare at the stars

I like driving my own car.

And still this emptiness persists

Perhaps it's as good as it gets

When you've given up that coffee

and those nasty cigarettes

Now I try the Reading Nook Blend... No regrets

I watch the sun come up, I watch it as it sets

Yeah, it's as good as it gets.

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like drinking loose leaf tea

A little Self Care Herbal, winding down the day

Makes me happy, in certain company

For now that's good enough for me

Yes, that's surely good enough for me.

My mom joined me for this episode of QTP! We tasted teas, ranked them, and got to chat about her life. It was a special time to record with her and I hope you enjoy both of our random banter. Within the episode we drank the following teas: 1. “Sleepy time Herbal Tea” by Celestial Seasons, 2. "Belly Comfort" by Traditional Medicinals, and 3. "Salted Caramel Mate" by STASH. 

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I had a wonderful time making this episode and am still open to recommendations for what you would like to see on future episodes of QTP. For now, I hope you have a great day and thank you for listening in!

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