areyoutryingtodeduceme:

Oh man I told you more Hobbit teas were coming. I’ll probably try to do all of the Dwarves eventually. We will see. Anyway, don’t forget about Bilbo, Smaug and Thorin & Co!

• Thorin [assam melody, pu erh dante, gingerbread, cocoa nibs] A slightly bitter blend with just an edge of smokey forge fires and sharp spices. Dark and alluring, this is a blend that turns surprisingly sweet and mellow when treated right.
• Kili [ceylon sonata, oriental spice, vanilla, ginger] A smooth, bright blend, just this side of mature, but with an unmistakable sweetness.
• Fili [spiced apple chai, hazelnut, irish breakfast, marigold, cinnamon] Deep, warm, golden notes and a rich, dark base. Decidedly decadent, but reliably strong.
• Bofur [mocha nut mate, vanilla green, sweet potato, chocolate chips, orange peel] Super sweet, super comforting, and maybe just a little bit nutty. 
• Gandalf [almond oolong, pu erh dante, white monkey, marigold] A dry, earthy blend, strong enough to help give you a boost when needed, mellow enough to sooth you.
• Thranduil [apricot green, vanilla green, hojicha] A surprisingly strong (maybe even stubbornly so) green blend, this tea might edge on fussy, so brew with care.

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

AREYOUTRYINGTODEDUCEME’S SUPER MEGA AWESOME HOLIDAY PRESENT EXTRAVAGANZA 

So I’ve been working on Secret Santa stuff and Holiday things for my friends and family and now I’m just in a SUPER GIVING MOOD right now! And tumblr, you’ve been good to me this year. Like. Super good. I don’t know what I did to deserve all of you guys following me, but please, let me love you down. Let me shower you with gifts. Let me do a holiday give away.

On Christmas Day, December 25th, I will choose 4 DIFFERENT WINNERS for the following prizes:

• The first name I draw will receive a Set of Hobbit Teas (Bilbo Brew, Smaug, and Thorin and Company) plus a Holiday Card with a sketch
• The Second name will receive a Set of Supernatural Teas (Dean, Castiel, and Destiel) plus a Holiday Card with a sketch
• The third name will receive a Set of the three most popular blends on Adagio (as of this posting: TARDIS, Reichenbach Recovery, and Watson. It can stay this three, OR, if the popularity rankings change when I choose a winner, they may opt to have the new top three teas) plus a Holiday Card with a sketch
• BONUS PRIZE FOR AUSTRALIANS AND KIDS IN NEW ZEALAND (see below). You will receive a 16”x16” throw pillow of your choice from my Society6 shop, OR a shirt of your choice from my redbubble shop, as well as a Holiday Card with a sketch
• You may notice that the Bilbo brew up there is in a tin. Well, that’s because that’s what I had to take a picture of, BUT, each winner may chose one of their teas in their set to be packaged in a tin in their choice of color!
• ****ADDED: Tumblr is a pain in the butt RE: Reblogs and giveaways. It literally makes it difficult for the OP to count reblogs when giveaways are concerned. The google form is my way to work around this, BUT, since you guys are doing a lovely job of reblogging this, I’ve taken steps to thank you, and make my life easier in order to tally the reblogs/likes as well. 
  SO. At the end of the contest, I’ll also draw a random winner from the list of likes and reblogs, and that person will win a Tin of any one of my tea blends that they’d like, OR any one of my redbubble prints that they’d like.

As for the rules:

• The contest will run from Dec. 7 to Dec. 25th
• to enter, you must fill out this google docs form.
• no really, see these words? click any of them. that’s where you go to enter.
• you may enter a new form ONCE PER DAY until 11:59 P.M. PST, Dec. 24th
• You can reblog this as often as you like, though your followers might punch you
• You must be following me. I usually hate this rule, but this is a thank you to my followers for putting up with all of my crap. If you want to follow until I announce a winner, and then unfollow me in a fit of rage and frustration, that’s fine. I’m a big girl, I can handle that.
• Please have your ask box open so I can let you know if you’ve won.
• If you win, you have 48 hours to respond. I have to have a response from YOUR account, not from a friend telling me you’re deep sea diving for the next week and you can’t get to your computer. Sorry.
• It’s open to EVERYONE, U.S. & International. I know the Adagio international fees are steep, so I’ll foot the bill if the tea winners aren’t in the U.S. However, Australia, New Zealand, and a few other countries don’t allow tea to be shipped in. So, if, say, one of the first names I pick happens to be someone from such a country, you will win the fourth prize option, instead of tea. Make sense? I just don’t want to leave you guys out just because of strict custom laws Q_Q

Okay so I posted this last night at nearly 4 in the morning so. Here it is again.

ALSO, scope out the addition I made, regarding reblogs. That’s vital info, y’all.

ENDING SOON

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

Wow this didn’t take me long OTL I was basically already thinking about blends for EVERYTHING the entire time I was watching this movie. Here are the first two, just because I’m too excited to wait and release them all at once 8D;;; Click the name of each blend to go to it’s page on Adagio where you can order some tea for yourself!

• Baby Tooth [berry blues, vanilla, white peony, hibiscus, marigold flowers] There are no words for how cute this tea is you guys
• Pitch [assam melody, lapsang souchong, toasted mate, aniseed] Dark dark dark, waiting in the shadows to overwhelm your senses with smokey, bitter notes. The secret is to stir in just a touch of golden honey and the darkness will easily be subdued.

These two are shipped together for right now you guys, but it may not stay that way! Tomorrow I’ll probably post North and Jack Frost :D <3333

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

SO I’M HAVING LOTS OF HOBBIT FEELINGS RIGHT NOW, HOW ABOUT YOU? SO LET’S HAVE SOME TEA.

• Bilbo Brew [irish breakfast, sweet potato, vanilla green, cinnamon] A deep, warming blend of traditional Tea flavors, perfect for the shire, rich enough for a Baggins, but with just enough of a spicy edge to get you ready for a great adventure.
• Smaug [lapsang souchong, candy cane, ginger, cinnamon, ginger, marigold flowers] Dark, smokey, and incredibly dangerous. Each sip will awaken a deep burning in your chest, while the tea itself shines with various gold notes.
• Thorin and Co [irish breakfast, sour apple, gunpowder, apple pieces, aniseed, cocoa nibs] DWARVES. HECK YEAH DWARVES 

Also I HAVE put all of the teas in ships, but you will have to find out what ships they’re in for yourselves. Ahahaha.

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

Remember how earlier today I was like “OH NO SOMEONE FOUND MY SECRET TEAS”. These are the teas I was hiding. Made lovingly for two of my favorite people on tumblr and most amazing MoraMori cosplayers everrrrr. Tobie, Zhelly, I hope you like your teas as much as I like you U////v///U
(If you’re not already following them, you NEED to follow Tobie’s Moriarty cosplay blog scienceofdestruction, and Zhelly’s Moran blog skinofstripes) 

• Science of Destruction [gunpowder, chocolate chai, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, chocolate chips] Dark, smokey, and stronger than you could possibly imagine. Starts out sweet and rich, but will quickly burn you with heat. If there’s anything this tea is not, it’s dull.
• Skin of Stripes [earl grey moonlight, rooibos vanilla chai,gunpowder, cinnamon] Sexy, Cocky, a bit arrogant, a bit sweet, and beguilingly powerful with just enough smoke and kick. Also sexy. Did I mention sexy? Yep. A tea you can count on when the rest of the world seems out to get you.

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

AND ALSO

• Dean [hazelnut, spiced mate, tiger eye, marigold flowers] You could say I had to ‘hunt’ down the appropriate ingredients for Dean’s strong, resilient blend. But in the end it was easy as pie.
• Castiel [almond oolong, snowbud, rooibos vanilla chai, orange peels] Calming and ethereal, this blend is hiding a strengthening boost of energy sure to grip you tight and raise you from…uh. Exhaustion.
• Destiel [oriental spice, assam melody, tiger eye, cinnamon, cocoa nibs] Yup. This happened.

or you can just get Dean and Cas bags because