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ChocolaTea in Portage

ChocolaTea

If anyone knows me well, the first thing they know is how much I love tea. Tea became an obsession of mine when I was just a young girl. My mom made me “sick tea” consisting of orange pekoe tea, milk, and honey. My sister and I still joke about who’s going to inherit my great grandmother’s tea cup set. I have a strong case against her because of my love for specialty and fair-trade teas.

I first stumbled upon ChocolaTea last summer while driving to Centre St. for work. As I walked in, the clean, bitter tea leaf aroma excited my senses. My eyes were busy examining a few of the dozens of tea blends they have stacked on wooded shelves. All of ChocolaTea’s are organic and most are fair trade. I can spend an hour just deciding on which tea to go for. After purchasing about four little Ziploc bags of loose leaf teas, I knew this would be my new favorite place to spend my time and cash. Read the rest of this entry »

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Global Coffee at The Point

Global Coffee

Global Coffee

Earlier this week, Andrea from Global Coffee visited this blog and invited Aimee and I in for a free cup of coffee. I’m definitely not one to turn down a good cup of coffee and the fact that both Aimee I drive right past the coffee shop on the way to work made the offer too good to turn down.

The free cup of coffee offer goes from 7-9 AM until the end of the month. There is a rumor that the coffee deal may be extended past that. Global Coffee is located inside of The Point which is off of 10th street between M-43 and H Ave. Read the rest of this entry »

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