STeaP stands for SuperTeaPeople, and aims to provide entertainment, education, and insightful content about all things tea. The creation of that name can be seen in our first episode, and the purpose of STeaP is to provide weekly content on the subject of tea; how to brew it properly, how to choose a good tea, and how to identify what you like in your favorite teas. We will review tea, showcase proper preparation of different teas, discuss our own exploration of tea, and invite you to partic ...
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Host: Brandice Schnabel Guest Co-Host: Cathy Schnabel Teas: Teavana Silver Needle and Ocean of Tea Silver Needle For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community, or leave comments at STeaPtv.com!
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If you are a loose leaf tea veteran, this week's show is probably not for you, because it is a very basic introduction to loose leaf tea, something that I've wanted to sit down and do for some time. All too often, I find someone who is interested in tea or already loves tea , and upon giving them a sample of loose leaf tea from my massive tea colle…
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Host - BrandiceGuest Co-Host - DianahTea - Ocean of Tea Earl Grey Premium, 3 minutes, boilingFor discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community, or leave comments at STeaPtv.com!
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Happy New Year, STeaP viewers!! Hope that all of you are safe and with loved ones for New Year's Eve, and don't forget that a strong cup of tea the morning after the festivities will help you recuperate for New Year's Day festivities. :) Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - Dianah Tea - Teavana Golden Monkey For discussion of this and other episodes, or…
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Hosted by Brandice, with guest co-host Dianah. Beverage - Tea Frog Assam Banaspaty, first in apple cider with Biltmore Estate Wassail Spice Blend, then steeped with just the Biltmore Wassail Blend added Blog - http://steaptv.com Community - http://steaptv.ning.com
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STeaP #61 - Cloves on the New Couch
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Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - DianahFelicitea Vanilla Spice - 5 minutes, 212º Tease Vanilla Chai Spice - 5 minutes, 212º, 1/2 warmed milk http://steaptv.com
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STeaP #60 - Mighty Leaf Holiday Set
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This week's episode features a whopping six teas, all part of the Mighty Leaf Abaca Tea Box (linked, with teas listed below). I thought it would be fun to review the teas throughout the previous week, with a couple teas being reviewed by others, and I'm happy with the results (both of the video experiment and the set itself). Host: Brandice Schnabe…
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This week's episode is an application to join Revision3 Beta, in hopes of eventually becoming a Revision3 show. It's not a full review episode, but next week will bring a special episode with several reviews done solely by yours truly, so stay tuned. I promise you that we will not be wearing the head gear any longer after this week, and if you'd li…
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STeaP #59 - Ozzy Bursts of Rooibos
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Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - Dianah Tea #1 - SerendipiTea Red Oz, 5 minutes, 212º Tea #2 - Tea Guys (Tease) Citrus Burst, 5 minutes, 212º For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community.
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Dianah is back for a second STeaP episode, with two rooibos-based tea blends. GIVEAWAY ALERT: Want a full tin of Carrot Cake, donated by Tea Guys? Email me in pirate speak and the most creative email will win the full sized tin! Host: Brandice Guest Co-Host: DianahTea #1: SerendipiTea Buccaneer, 5 minutes, 212º Tea #2: Tea Guys (Tease) Carrot Cake,…
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Host - Brandice Guest Co-Host - DianahTea #1 - Stash Mangosteen Green (3 minutes, 180º) Tea #2 - Stash Pomegranate Raspberry Green (3 minutes, 180º)For discussion of this and other episodes, or to ask questions about STeaP or tea in general, check out our online community.
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Today is the first episode since Joe's departure as a permanent co-host, which means you'll be meeting Dianah. I'm still getting things settled in terms of filming at my apartment, so please excuse lighting and placement of tripod while I slowly figure out the best settings. Thanks to Dianah for great job, and I hope you'll enjoy the episode, which…
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Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Felicitea Hibiscus Mint (4 minutes, boiling) Tea #2 - Golden Moon Vanila Mint (4 minutes, boiling) http://steaptv.com
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STeaP #54 - China and the Marlboro Man
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Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Tea Source China Black Special, 5 minutes, boiling waterTea #2 - The Simple Leaf Dawn, 5 minutes, boiling waterhttp://steaptv.com
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STeaP #53 - Little Matcha or Latte Matcha?
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Hosts: Brandice and JoeTea: Starbucks Green Tea Latte (First with regular preparation, second with no melon syrup, and third with no melon syrup and extra matcha powder)STeaPtv.com
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This episode features two flowering teas from Stash, but we also have news about the future of the show and where it's heading after a year's worth of episodes. Be sure to watch the episode all the way through and contribute to the conversation about the future of the show on the STeaP community site. Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Stash Flowerin…
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STeaP #51 - From Our Anise to Yours
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Hosts - Brandice and JoeTea #1 - Serendipitea Holiday Cheer, 5 minutes, 212º, ~ 1/3 warm milk Tea #2 - Dragonwater Black Spicy Chai, 5 minutes, 212º, ~ 1/3 warm milk
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Today we are trying Firefly from The Simple Leaf and Darjeeling Makaibari Estate from Choice Organic Teas, both at 5 minutes with boiling water. It's also Joe's 30th birthday celebration! Are you having fun yet?For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandi…
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Today we are trying Felicitea's Earl Grey Brandice (4 minutes and 3 minutes in boiling water), a tea that Brandice herself helped make. Will it be able to stand up to Joe's sarcasm as well as the original Brandice? Yes, actually it does. And it's so nice, we tried it twice!For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes a…
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This week we're doing two black teas: seredipiTea's Namaste (5 min, boiling) and Boulder Dushanbe's Boulder Breakfast Blend (5 min, boiling) (say that 5 times fast).For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com.…
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STeaP Episode #47: Finger Lickin' Good
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This week is features two very green teas; O-Cha.com's Sencha Yutaka Midori (3 min, rumbling) and Mellow Monk's Top Leaf (3 min, rumbling), both claimed to be top notch green teas from each company. Do both teas live up to the hype? Was this episode sponsored by KFC? (No.) Should it have been? (Yes.)For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr po…
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STeaP Episode #46: Flowers in Our Leeetle Teacups
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For this episode, we're bringing out the glass tea set from Teaposy in order to try Teaposy's Falling Water (boiling water) and Dragonwater's 3 Flower Burst (steaming water, 3-5 minutes).For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. Contact Joe and Brandice via steap@steaptv.com…
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STeaP Episode #45: A Bouquet of Yes and No
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Today's teas were both floral (rose and jasmine) with green tea. First, we tried Floral Jasmine by Felicitea (3 minutes, 180?) and then Really Goethe by SerendipiTea (prepared in the same way). Both teas were found to be very floral, but Brandice got a bit feisty about one of them... beware! You'll have to watch to find out more...For photos from t…
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Today we look at two very different Oolong teas. First up is Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice by AuraTeas and then Tankha Oolong from The Simple Leaf. Both have their own special taste, but which is more oolong and, more importantly, which is better?Special Note: The Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice is AuraTea's current tea of the month.For photos fr…
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STeaP Episode #43: Doing the Cha Cha Again
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Today we're rocking the genmai cha a second time, with Upton's Gen-Mai Cha (3 minutes, 180 degrees) and Choice Organic Genmaicha (3 minutes, 180 degrees). Joe and Brandice each enjoyed one more than the other, but as usually, disagreed on which one. You can see which one might be a cha-cha-liscious option for you by watching the episode.For photos …
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STeaP Episode #42: Mega Topic-Thon
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This episode is a smörgåsbord of random conversation, peppered with some ice tea tastings here and there and chock full of every topic imaginable. If you've ever wanted to see Brandice and Joe just sit around with some iced tea and just chat about life and all things geeky, then this is likely to be one of your favorite episodes. Iced tea seems to …
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STeaP Episode #41: Near Death Experience
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Brandice is back from her wedding and we're trying two new flavored Green teas; serendipiTea Fiji (3 minutes, rumbling water) and Kyoto Lemon Flavored Green (3 minutes, rumbling water). Joe also nearly chokes to death, but whatever.For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for more episodes and other tea tidbits, visit STeaPtv.com. C…
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STeaP Episode #40: 99.9% Agreement
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Today, we're having two Caffeine-free, fruit-based Rooibos teas from Dragonwater. The first is Dragonwater's Green Rooibos Strawberry Peach (7 minutes, boiling water) and the second is Dragonwater's Rooibos Apple Cinnamon (7 minutes, boiling water). Will we finally like a fruit-based tea on the show?For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr po…
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STeaP Episode #39: Dukes of Earl 2
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We once again have two Earl Grey's duking it out for our affections. Can one of them pull ahead of the other? The first contender is TeaFrog Earl Grey Special Flavored Black (4 minutes, boiling water). And in the silver shorts is Dragonwater Earl Grey de la Creme (4 minutes boiling water). Who will win the battle of the Greys? Let's watch. For phot…
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STeaP Episode #38: Dushanbe, Dushanbe, Dushanbe
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We're revisiting Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse a second time, with two more of their teas: Silver Dragon Green (no link) (3 minutes, rumbling temp) and Jasmine Silver Needle White (4 minutes, rumbling temp). As usual, Joe and Brandice spend most of this episode in complete and utter disagreement with one other, perhaps even more so than the average epi…
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This episode features two teas with similar flavors: Adagio's Foxtrot (boiling, 7 minute steep) and Felicitea's Sloth Tea (3 minutes, rumbling). This is Felciitea's first time on STeaP, so give Summer (the masterful tea blender behind the Felicitea name) a friendly welcome. You can also add both Summer and Ilya to your friends list over at our comm…
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STeaP Episode #36: Two Hosts One Cup (of Pu)
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This is the "giving pu-erh another chance" episode. In trying both Golden Moon's Pu-Erh (four minutes boiling) and Adagio's Pu-Erh Poe (five minutes boiling), we have mostly likely succeeded in disappointing pu-erh lovers around the globe a second time. Let us know, pu-erh lovers... what are we doing wrong, or do Joe and Brandice just not get pu-er…
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Today STeaP is looking to nature for tea, and finding some in it's own backyard. We will be trying two tisanes, Dandelion Leaf Tea, steeped for 7 minutes in boiling water, made by Joe himself, and a Sassafras Root Tea, steeped for 5 minutes in boiling water, made by someone else himself. For photos from this episode, visit our Flickr pool, and for …
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STeaP Episode #34: The Flaming Bloody Fireball
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Today's pairing was supposed to be a duo of fruity herbals, but an atomic fire broke out in the studio and we quickly realized that these two teas have absolutely nothing in common. Check out the episode to find out what we thought of Dragonwater's Blood Orange and Boulder Dushanbe's Boulder Tangerine, both prepared at boiling temperature with a fi…
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STeaP Episode #33: A Totally Mighty Duo of Sweetness
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This week Joe and Brandice try two totally sweet teas from Mighty Leaf, the Orange Dulce (a sweet black tea) and Chamomile Citrus (a sweet herbal/tisane), both with notes of citrus. Both teas were steeped in boiling water, the tisane for five minutes and the black for four minutes. It was totally sweet.What is even sweeter is that we totally steepe…
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STeaP Episode #32: Monkey Picked Birthday Tea!
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This week, the episode falls on my (Brandice's) birthday, so I got to pick the tea. If you don't yet know this about me, I am a HUGE fan of primates, so the obvious choice for my birthday was Monkey Picked Tea. In addition to the monkey-themed tea, I also brought a sizeable portion of my monkey collection, and general monkey-related merriment was h…
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STeaP Episode #31: Pure Decadence?
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Today's episode features another tea from The Simple Leaf called Pure Decadence, a white tea grown in the district of Darjeeling, India. With a name like Pure Decadence, Joe thought this luxurious tea deserved its own episode, so that we could also try steeping the tea a second time (something often done with white teas) and seeing how well it hold…
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STeaP Episode #30: Tomato in a Tree
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This week we're trying some Oolongs, one from The Simple Leaf and one from our old stand by, auraTeas.The Simple Leaf's Honeybee is an Oolong grown and prepared in Nepal. This is produced by the Meghma Tea Estate and is quite different than most any other Oolong you'll find on the market.Next up is auraTeas' Formosa Mingjian Retro Oolong, a simple …
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STeaP Episode #29: Another Assam Show
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Can this show get anymore Assam? Absolutely! This week we bring you two strong Assams; TeaFrog's Assam Banaspaty Organic FTGFOP-1, steeped for 4 minutes in boiling water, and The Simple Leaf's Mountain Malt, steeped for 3 minutes in boiling water. How will they compare to the Sessa from episode #18 and Upton GFOP Assam from episode #11? Watch and s…
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STeaP Episode #28: Green/Black Blends
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This week, we're trying one of the more rare kinds of tea blends, the Green/Black blend. How is it possible to steep a tea made from both Green and Black teas? This episode will answer that question. The first tea is Upton's Midsummer Dream, a mix of China black tea and green Sencha along with sunflower petals, cactus blossoms and rhubarb steeped f…
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STeaP Episode #27: St. Patrick's Day Matcha Making
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, tea drinkers! We bring you a very green tea today, in the event that you're looking for something other than (or in addition to) green beer today. O-Cha.com Green Tea has generously shipped us some very high quality teas, including our choice for today, the Uji Matcha Kiri no Mori. They also included very helpful and specif…
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This week, we take a look at two "blueberry" flavored teas, although upon further inspection, it seems that one of our choices didn't actually have any blueberry in it. Our first tea was a Blueberry-Flavored White from Tea Frog, steeped for 2 minutes with rumbling water, and our second tea was serendipiTea's Berry Blueberry, steeped for 5 minutes w…
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It's time for another battle! This time there is a duke-out between Tea Source's Earl Grey White Tip (steeped for 4 minutes at boiling) and Upton's Saint Isaac's Blend (steeped for 5 minutes at boiling), and it gets quite heated! See these two teas duke it out, and you might see Joe and Brandice duke it out as well. Be sure to check our Twitter fee…
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Tired of the winter weather? The endless snow, slush, and blistery winds? Well, STeaP visited the tropics this week, with two tropical-friendly teas. We first tried Mighty Leaf's Green Tea Tropical (which some of you won samples of, from our Twitter giveaway) with a 3 minute steep in rumbling water, then we gave Golden Moon's Coconut Pouchong a go …
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STeaP Episode #23: Battle of the Dragons
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Today was a battle between two dragonwell green teas: TeaSource's Dragonwell Wild Mountain (generously donated for review by TeaSource) and Adagio's Dragonwell (from Brandice's collection). Each tea was prepared with rumbling water and a 3 minute steep time. Which of these mighty green tea dragons will 'win' the battle? Watch and see! For more info…
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STeaP Episode #22: Two Cups of Love
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Joe and Brandice bring you two love-themed teas for Valentines Day, trying Tea Frog's Love Flavored Rooibos (boiling water, 5 min. steep) and then the Chocolate & Ginger Spice (boiling water, 6 min. steep). To order these teas and try them for yourself, visit Tea Frog's website and use the promotional code "steaptv" to receive a 10% discount on any…
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Joe and Brandice try the Upton Pu-Erh, a fermented/aged tea. We don't really know a lot about pu-erh, but this particular tea seems to have an enthusiastic following, and can taste very different, depending on age. Chair at A Tasty Beverage did a review of some pu-erh teas as well, and we've rounded up some informational links on pu-erh for those o…
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STeaP #20 - Aura Formosa Osmanthus Oolong
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STeaP revisited Aura Teas for our 20th episode this week with an Formosa Mingjian Osmanthus Guihua Oolong. This was prepared with a very short, specific steep time, like all Aura Teas, and it is an incredibly complex oolong that continued to evolve as we made our way to the bottom of the cup. We hope you'll enjoy our 20th episode, and be sure to vi…
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STeaP #18 - Alice's Tea Cup in NYC
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This week, STeaP?s in New York! We had a little visit to the Big Apple and stopped by Alice?s Tea Cup: Chapter 2 at 156 East 64th St. We had a great time and even meet up with Chris and Michelle, who have been life-long STeaP fans. We first interview Haley Fox, one of the co-founders of the Alice?s Tea Cup chain of tea rooms in New York City and ta…
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