Blue and Yellow Tea

I'll be taking a little break from blogging this week, but I wanted to join everyone for the Tuesday tea parties first.  My theme for this week is a Blue and Yellow tea inspired by my hydrangeas

and a new tea I bought by Harney and Sons appropriately named Yellow & Blue.

Harney's website describes as follows:  "Our Yellow and Blue herbal blend is a floral rapture including chamomile, lavender, and corn flowers. People find this caffeine free blend to be very relaxing."  In the sachet bag above you can see the yellow chamomile flowers and the blue of the cornflowers.

The tea is very mild and tastes of chamomile with a slight hint of lavender.  I agree that the tea is relaxing--it is wonderful to have right before bed to unwind.  The tea has a slight green caste, which appropriately goes with the tea's name.

This is my first outdoor tea of the season--the woods outback have filled out and my back yard looks lush and green (at least for now!). 

I have two hydrangea bushes potted this year:



Today's tea is a nice relaxing tea (I am having the Yellow & Blue tea after all) for one on my deck out back.

My neighbor shared some homemade (and delicious) blueberry muffins with me, that I am enjoying with this tea:

You can see a bit of my blue and pink tea themed tray underneath the plate.  The china is Royal Stafford and is called Caroline, which is my full name.  I really enjoy finding new "Caroline" patterns to add to my collection.

I hope everyone has a great week!  I will be sharing this tea with:

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage

 Tea Cup Tuesday With Martha
And With Terri