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**Fundraise with tea4support.com — Ideal for Cash Strapped Schools**
December 25, 2012
Fundraising in the New Year can be easy with Tea4Support.com
Working with organizations, in particular school, Whisk and Spoon was surprised how much schools counted on the PTA to support essential programs for its students—it’s intimidating by the amount of money needed for each class. This year, we’ve created new teas for an exciting new fundraiser – Tea4support. Working with tea4support will help your organization avoid the dreaded Fundraising Fatigue.
Tea4Support can offer something more compelling and meaningful to your organization’s community!
Offering something more interesting and creative—something that parents would buy eagerly, not just out of a sense of duty, and that their friends and family would be thrilled to receive as gifts? It should be useful, easy, personalized to reflect the unique personality of each supporter—and definitely delicious, so you’ll want more!
Tea4support is a creative, community-based alternative to the usual school fundraiser. Teas are for the conscious consumer, products that advance the values parents strive to instill in their children. The tea4support selection of teas are healthy, good for you, and taste delicious. They support local communities while creating jobs in Pennsylvania!
Tea4support fundraising can provide the same kind of opportunity for the parents who choose to use this company. By banding together to support education programs beyond our own schools, communities can help even more kids at a time when budget cuts and deficits make this kind of assistance more important than ever in todays’s economy.
For this reason, Tea4support Fundraising applies part of its proceeds (beyond the money you raise for your own fundraiser) to help less fortunate U.S. communities. Right now and the near future Tea4support will be supporting SANDY relief projects
With tea4support.com up and running, nothing gives our company, Whisk and Spoon, greater pleasure than helping cash-strapped schools provide a rich education without compromises for every student. We hope you’ll join Tea4Support and make every fundraiser unique and memorable for your students, your family and friends, and your entire school community.Fundraising with Tea4support.com
New Products Available
June 19, 2012
This summer has been hectic! Our Tear and Pour Teas™ are on fire this summer with baristas across the country. We created nine new blends for several cafes and teas are all pre-measured. Here’s our latest video that show you how we can package our loose leaf teas to create different products for the industry. Tear and Pour™ packets..bars, cafes and restaurants
1811 – OLD IS NEW AGAIN: Green Iced Tea with a twist!
April 16, 2012
Hello Green TEA Cocktails. Perhaps a bit premature; it is 83 degrees today – in April!
I’m still just thinking about getting ready for summer, creating new blends for a customer, and thinking about green tea – a lot.
So, if truth be told, I’m a recipe junkie looking for inspiration this Monday. It is true – I do love a good cookbook, but it’s the recipes that do me in… Way back when I lived off just off the Portobello Road, I went to the markets all the time looking for bargains. It’s time to dust it off this recipe for a ‘green tea punch”, I found in at the market.
Try this recipe with our Chinatown Green Passion Tea either in pyramid sachets or in our Tear and Pour™ Pouches. This green tea is refreshing and tropical made e with organic green tea, organic calendula/marigold petals, and organic flavors perfect for our Regent Cocktails.
A bit of history: Early 1796, saw English and American cooks were writing about using Green Tea with alcohol. Regents Cocktails was a popular drink at gatherings all during the year. It wasn’t until late 1884 that we find the first printed recipes referencing ‘black’ tea – and it took a world’s fair to make black tea famous when combined with lemons, sugar and iced.
For my personal taste, I’m not at all too keen on lots of sugar in this cocktail. Add with care, and taste each step of the way until punch is sweetened the way you like it. My assumption on all the sugar is purely speculative. I believe most household cooks were still experimenting with ingredients from the Far East as little was known about the subtleties of green tea. As most recipes advised cooks to ‘boil and stew’ the tea for long periods; it is this very technique that resulted in the need for LOTS of sugar and lemons to balance the astringent nature of green tea.
Purchase Green Tea 
from our Sponsored Fundraiser: Bike & Build
Make the recipe:
MAKES approximately 3 QUARTS
(contact us for kid-friendly version)
This tea-infused champagne cocktail makes an elegant centerpiece for any festive occasion this spring.
Arrack is a distilled alcoholic drink produced in South Asia. It is sold in stores throughout USA. I’ve listed some brands I’ve worked with over the years.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar, water & pineapple to make a simple syrup.
1 cup cubed pineapple
2 lemons
2 oranges
1 Seville orange (also called bitter or sour orange)
2 Chinatown Green Passion Pyramid Sachets (or 1 Tear & Pour™ Chinatown Green green tea leaves)
1 cup brandy, preferably VSOP cognac
1⁄4 cup dark rum
1⁄4 cup arrack liquor, ( Batavia-Arrack, van Oosten, cachaça, VSOA
2 750-ml bottles Brut or rose sparkling wine or champagne, chilled
Garnish with star fruit and lime twists and a dash of grated nutmeg
1. MAKE YOUR OWN SIMPLE SYRUP: In a 1-qt. saucepan, combine 1⁄2 cup sugar and 1⁄4 cup water. Stir over high heat until sugar dissolves; transfer to a bowl along with pineapple. Allow to macerate in refrigerator for at least 8 hours to make a pineapple syrup. Strain and reserve; discard solids. EASY METHOD: add simple syrup with tropical or pineapple flavors.
2. Using a peeler, peel lemons, oranges, and seville orange, taking off as little white pith as possible. Transfer peels to a heavy bowl; reserve fruit. Add remaining sugar; use a muddler or a wooden spoon to vigorously crush sugar and peels together until sugar turns faintly yellow and slushy.
3. In a medium bowl, steep tea in 2 cups of hot water (150-160F )for 2 minutes. Strain tea over lemon and sugar mixture; stir until sugar dissolves. Juice reserved fruit into tea mixture. Strain through a sieve into another bowl; discard solids. Stir in pineapple syrup, brandy, rum, and arrack. Chill mixture. To serve, combine mixture and champagne in a punch bowl along with a large block of ice . Garnish with nutmeg
Support with Tea: Bike and Build – Across America
April 2, 2012
March roared in giving us 70 degree weather, great iced tea drinking weather, shorts and good biking conditions. Now that the temperatures are back in the 50’s – we are back to good hot tea drinking weather…
Meet Erica Rosset, our new sponsor rider with Tea for Support: Bike & Build. 
Recently, Erica helped us out big time by creating & fixing some illustrations we needed for our sales team, managed by Leslie Bushby of Hospitality Reps Inc.
What made this work so so unique was that Erica wanted her payment in the form of a donation!
Erica and I got to thinking about how we could create a new revenue stream for her fundraising that would avoid the dreaded ‘fundraiser fatigue’. Here is the link to Support with Tea: Bike and Build. For an extra pledge of $15.00, you’ll enjoy delicious tea, help raise funds AND get Erica in condition for the long journey ahead this summer.
If you would like updates on the life altering journey – please use our contact sheet and put Bike in the subject line. We’ll let you know how to follow Erica.
Bike & Build, Inc., which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to fighting the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. through cross-country bike trips. Each summer, young adults bike from the Atlantic to the Pacific along eight different routes. Along the way, these groups stop at several different build sites and volunteer with affordable housing organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together.
Erica taking the Northern Route with a team of 33, starting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and ending with a swing up to Vancouver, B.C. to help build houses all along the Northern states of the U.S.
Bloom with Whisk and Spoon this spring!
February 29, 2012
When it comes to having products in your store, what do you focus on? Do you focus on finding quality products with unique flair? It’s important to always keep your customers on their toes. So, finding wonderful products for your store is always a must. One great company that offers great products that will truly put a smile of your customers face comes from Whisk and Spoon.
Whisk and Spoon offers amazing teas that will appease all your customer’s palettes. We pay special attention to our teas and make sure each one provides a unique flavor.
In addition to our Bloomin’ Tea, you’ll find organic chai, organic dessert, organic earl grey, organic green tea and herbal organic and fair trade teas are our specialty .
Whether these teas are served hot, iced or as delicious cocktails, these clean and pure tasting organic teas offer a tasteful way to relax and decompress.
Low in caffeine or caffeine-free and an excellent source in antioxidants, which naturally makes them a healthy alternative to artificially flavored drinks.
Bloomin’ Tea
Two of products that will definitely make a statement in any store, whether you are a florist or gift shop are our Bloomin’ Tea and Bloomin’ Bouquet. Their Bloomin’ Blooms is their newest and coolest gift and floral accessory. What do they do?
Your customers actually put a tea bulb into hot water and watch the action happen right within their tea-pot or glass.
The bulb actually blooms into what looks like a beautiful bouquet. It’s simply a wonder to watch. Add these to gift baskets and even bouquets to make something truly extraordinary. Imagine having a basket full of gourmet food, and topping it off with these Bloomin’ teas to make an amazing gift.
Tasteful Tea
All of our teas are simply delicious. Organic teas will be a wonderful addition to your store that your customers will have to have on a daily basis. This tea will be their relaxation after a stressful day at work and on the weekends when they want to stay in and relax.
When wanting to offer wonderful products in your store, choose Whisk and Spoon. Our delicious teas and unique Bloomin’ Teas are all delicious and make wonderful gift items that will truly be unforgettable, especially when your customers watch a floral bouquet bloom right in their tea.
What a unique way to experience tea! Contact Sally on sales@whiskandspoon.com or call 610 624 3680.
All orders for Bloomin’ Teas will generate a donation for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society which sponsors the Philadelphia Flower Show – March 4 through March 11, 2012.
It’s Tea Teenie Time! Martinis to escape the heat!
July 24, 2011
It’s so hot and every one is just too grumpy! Here’s our Grasshopper Green Tea Teenie Recipe. For the WOW factor – just add some organic MATCHA, it kicks up the green color naturally!
The key is using excellent grades of Sencha & Matcha Teas
Good quality organic Sencha has both a lemoney, fresh as well as a brothy flavor. Little Green World’s Organic Matcha gives another depth and level of flavor. Both teas are frothy and delicious when combined with alcohol. Your Tea Martini will have striking green presentation without any artificial anything.
Shochu is the perfect compliment
Shochu is a popular Japanese liquor. It has a flavor similiar to a fine Vodka, but it is a bit smoother and sweeter with not as much of a alcohol “bite.” This is the perfect compliment to the fresh, lemony flavor of Sencha.
What you will need
- 4 oz brewed and cooled organic Sencha tea (For purchase go to littlegreenworld.com)
- 1/2 teaspoon of Matcha – great taste while adding bright green color to the drink base
- 2 oz Shochu (or organic RAIN Vodka)
- ½ oz agave or some local honey
- Ice
- Cocktail Shaker (or a glass with a lid)
- Martini glass
Make that drink!
- Pack the cocktail shaker with ice
- Add the Schochu, Sencha, Matcha and sweetner
- Shake until it becomes frothy
- Serve in a Martini Glass
Respite from the heat!
To beat the heat and the dog days of summer chill with our special cocktail. . When you combine the smooth vodka with the rich, lemony Teas you get a cocktail that is truly magnificent. And to top it off, it looks so good that your friends will line up to drink them! They may be green with envy…
Do be a TEAZE!
May 22, 2011
Enjoy refreshing Iced Tea made with Premium Long Loose Gourmet Teas
Whisk and Spoon has the largest TEA collection available to distributors, wholesalers and gourmet retailers.
Whisk and Spoon’s specialty TEAS are organic, fair trade, bloom (flowering) along with hundreds of non-organic single estate and traditional teas.
Available in our easy Tear and Pour ™ pouches, Whisk and Spoon makes Premium Gourmet Teas available to distributors, wholesalers, gourmet café and retailers.
Whisk and Spoon Tear and Pour ™ Teas can be used with many brands of infusers and french presses. We have several pouch sizes available to work with 16, 20 and 32 ounce infusers.
Our premeasured pouches of long loose leaf teas make it easy and affordable to drink premium gourmet teas.Benefits:
Gourmet Retailers and Cafés now have a new product offering, without added any more expensive equipment. Stores and Cafés now becomes a destination for consumers of quality tea.
Features for Whisk and Spoon Tear and Pour ™ Teas
- Delivers superior and fresh flavor
- Your customers can easily try premium varietals and blended teas
- Provides a superior flavor to everyday tea bags
- Is a fun and engaging tea drinking experience for customers
- Eliminates expensive tea loss from Bulk Tea Inventories
- Saves time and money for training new staff
- Easy to use in busy café operations with demanding customers
October, usually it’s Food & Recipes: Here’s 3 Great reasons to drink tea.
September 23, 2010
October, usually we post a new recipe with pork, but not this year. Right now Whisk and Spoon is getting ready for the October Pink’d campaign, new fundraiser ideas and the Major League Baseball Playoffs. We know it’s football season, however, here we are and the Phil’s are right back on top of the division… Wahoo! 
Just glad not to be headed out to Vegas next month, because Whisk and Spoon has a couple of weddings to attend in October – which are always a lot more fun than trade shows. We would love to receive your comments on the Pink’d logo – tell us your thought by leaving us a comment to post. Save the date! October is the month for purchasing more tea – this year two charities benefit from our sales.
3 great reasons to drink tea
Tea is Effective in Lowering BAD cholesterol.
Journal of Nutrition found that consuming 30 oz. of black tea daily – the fluid equivalent of 2.5 cans of soda – reduced Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL, or “bad”) cholesterol levels by more than 10 percent in mildly hypercholesterolemic adult study participants.
Tea is Heart Healthy
Studies published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association & American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) study participants who drank 3-4 cups of tea per found that incidence of myocardial infarction or heart attack decreased by 43 percent AND it was also found that tea significantly lower risk of death following a heart attack – a decrease of up to 44 percent.
Tea is good for you even if you are still smoking – Cough!
Tea was helpful in some protection of heavy smokers. The clinical intervention study found that heavy smokers who consumed four servings per day of green tea had 31% lower levels of 8-OHdG (a biomarker for oxidative damage to DNA) in white blood cells. Oxidative damage to DNA is one factor which increases cancer risk and the researchers suggest that a significant reduction of DNA damage found with green tea drinking may help reduce cancer risk in smokers.
A multitude of research studies point to drinking tea as a way to promote health. Tea is also being supported by more and more doctors as it can potentially reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease and certain types of cancer.
Tea is an ideal beverage — delicious, refreshing, soothing and healthful. A lot of people ask why Whisk and Spoon is so crazy about organic teas – our answer is always the same – unlike fruits and veggies – tea doesn’t get washed.
Can’t wait for your feedback on the Pink’d logo.
This month’s recipe: Diabetic Friendly Comfort Food – Mac N Cheese. For the recipe send an email whiskandspoon.com/contact/
