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SPOOKY SEASON 🎃

Halloween Movie & Tea Pairings 4 classics for a spooky & cozy evening spent at home. 🎃 👻 ✨ Make the most of the season by cozying up with a Halloween movie and a cup of tea! The leaves on the trees are magically changing color, the dark nights set in quicker, and there's a certain chill in the air. Not to mention the spookiest night of the year is right around the corner! For our tea drinkers not so into the horror - don't worry! Our pairings range from adorable to terrifying, so you can curate your preferred tea and halloween movie pairing experience! Here's our list of tea + classic halloween movie pairings for you to enjoy this October! ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎...

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READING YOUR TEA LEAVES ✨

a guide to reading your tea leaves. tasseography: the art of the tea leaf. 🍃 ☕️ 🔮 Reading tea leaves is an ancient tradition practiced by various cultures around the world. The concept of reading tea leaves was popularized by fortune tellers in the 17th century. Tea leaf readers would interpret the symbols and patterns found in the loose tea leaves in a freshly drank tea cup to predict the future. ✨ The practice is typically done with plain black or green tea and served in a light-colored tea cup in order to see the tea leaves more clearly.  Reading tea leaves is a great way to inspire your creativity and imagination, spend a quiet moment with yourself and get more in touch with...

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HALLOWEEN SWEET TREAT 🍵

A homemade (and healthy) halloween treat for you & the fam: Matcha white chocolate with vanilla bean paste & Vietnamese cinnamon. 💚 👻 💚 This healthy sweet treat recipe is intended for you to pass out to trick-or-treaters this Halloween, or for you to simply enjoy yourself! The bright neon green color of the matcha in this chocolate recipe seems perfectly ghostly and ghoulish, as flavors of mesquite honey, vanilla bean, and rich cinnamon blend perfectly together. Check out this ghostly green, creamy and healthy sweet treat recipe below. ⬇ Here is what you'll need from us. ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ Matcha Mexican Vanilla Bean Paste Vietnamese Cinnamon Mesquite Honey Things you will need: 2 tsp. Matcha 2 tsp. Vanilla Bean Paste 3 Tbsp. Mesquite Honey...

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LIVING PREVENTATIVELY 🌱 😊

PREVENTATIVE TEA & HERBS 🌸 for breast cancer awareness month 🌸 Meet Dana, the matriarch of our family and a 3-time cancer survivor: Living a healthy and preventative lifestyle has always been a core value for our tea company. This fundamental idea, of living happily and healthily to prevent disease, has been passed down by Dana to our family, and is at the heart of every Old Barrel Tea Company creation. Nourishing your body with healthy habits and medicine that nature provides is a timeless practice that deepens your relationship with yourself, as well as with Mother Earth. Embracing natural prevention is a way of life that makes us feel better all the time, and doesn't come with negative side...

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YOGA & ESSENTIAL OILS: GET GROUNDED

YOGA PAIRING try the harvest life essential oil blend with these grounding poses Harvest life Essential Oil Blend warm wood ∙ leafy earth ∙ citrus simmer pot This earthy-sweet blend transports you to a cozy evening spent at home, while overcast clouds chill the air and the aroma of baking spices, damp cedar bark, and citrus swirl from a simmer pot on the stove. The combination is soothing for anxiety and fatigue, mood boosting, and slightly sedative. 2 parts Cedarwood Atlas, 1 part Frankincense, & 2 parts Sweet Orange This is the perfect blend to calm and comfort while you nurture your body, connect with nature, and enjoy the present moment. Pair the Harvest Life Essential Oil Blend with these grounding yoga poses. ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ 1. Nourish...

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