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Jessica (she/her)
@jessicalikestea.bsky.social
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I drink tea and read things and enjoy cozy gaming.

Co-founder, Cascadia Tea Festival
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Cat in a box
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A friend brought back this tea set and tea from Vietnam for me. Excited to fill it up and try the teas! #tea #teasky #teafeed
Vietnamese tea set with squared teapot and five small teacups on square saucers. The teaware is off-white with a dark blue lotus motif and the teapot has gold handles. Three packages of Vietnamese tea.
January 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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For National Hot Tea Day (US) I'm enjoying a massive quantity of black tea in a new dragon scale tea mug I received as a gift. It holds so much tea. I love it. #tea #handmadepottery
A hand-crafted burgundy teacup with blue wash, covered in decorative pointed dragon scales with a rounded belly and extremely comfortable handle site on a wooden surface with blurred windows in the background. This beautiful monster holds a tremendous amount of tea.
January 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I usually assume that people who love tea are lovely people, but getting blocked for requesting ALT text isn't lovely. I manage a starter pack to help people connect with tea people (yay!), but inclusivity is a priority. Please use alt text and I'll be happy to include you. #teafeed #teasky #tea
Screenshot of Bluesky post. A picture of a blue and white pattern teaset and food is at the top in the original post. The picture does not have alt text. The account who made the post has 75+ posts in one month, almost all with pictures without ALT text. A text response to the post from my account reads "Please add ALT text to pictures. Thank you!" The response of the original posting account follows and says "Hey clear this up for me: who's account I am running?"
January 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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You can also get a reasonably large bamboo board with hose attachment that is less artistic than the carved boards but lightweight and can be stored in it's box more easily. Holds your full gong fu cha set, can squeeze three gaiwans for a group or tea comparisons. Same places as the small wood tray.
Bamboo tea board with draining hose attachment. Gaiwan, tea tools, tea cups, sharing pitcher, and a white rabbit tea pet sit on the tea board.
January 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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You can get smaller, fairly plain wooden teaboards off many online purchasing platforms like Amazon, Etsy, AliExpress. They hold one gaiwan/teapot fine, easy to store, easy to travel, inexpensive. You can manage two gaiwans if you crowd the board, or switch out. I bought this off Amazon.
Small wood teaboard with gaiwan, tea tools, teacups. A matching size insulated bag sits behind it.
January 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This one is mine, I love it. Downsides are that it's not very portable, takes up a lot of space when not in use, and they are expensive to buy.
Large wood tea board with carved dragon head, covered in teaware.
January 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Packed up tea, teaware, tea board, snacks to serve tea at a friend's family's house. Forgot the teaware next to the door at home, of course, so brewed this Wild Sky pu erh in a pitcher that was in a box of donation items in my car trunk. The tea was still delicious. #tea #teafeed
Glass pitcher with brewed pu erh tea leaves and a pink Camelia Sasanqua flower in the background.
January 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Crafternoon tea with A. Started a small embroidery project.
Blue teapot and sugar dish on a tray with stollen, dried apricots, cheese, and crackers. Embroidery floss and Aida fabric are on the table next to the tray and a cross-stitch project.
January 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Oolong tea and sweet and sour cucumber at Dough Zone. So tasty. #teafeed Followed by soup dumplings and wonton soup.
Black cup with oolong tea, black plate with spring-cut cucumber salad, and black dipping dish with soy sauce blended with vinegar and ginger.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Entertaining myself my holidaying up a picture of C + H.
Two tabby cats sit on a dark red bench with a wood framed window behind them. A white, red, and green frame is around the picture and sparkly green hat stickers were added on the cats so they look like sweet tempered felines who would pose for a festive holiday photo instead of tearing around and rolling wildly like Satan was riding their head if you try to put hats or reindeer ears on their heads.
December 24, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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I liked the weird way that the lights reflected in my cup of tea.

Crafternoon at a friend's home (I love her china!) and we enjoyed Gingerbread Festival tea from @harneyandsons.bsky.social sweetened with a bit of maple sugar candy. (Not the whole piece.) It went together really nicely.
Teacup filled with Gingerbread Festival tea. The surface of the tea has the reflection of a six-light chandelier. Teacup filled with Gingerbread Festival tea. Teacup with maple leaf shaped maple sugar candy in an empty cup.
December 4, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Book club tea selections:
* Yunnan Gold from Floating Leaves Tea
* Imperial Grade shou puerh from Crimson Lotus Tea
* Bloodberry from Spice Traders Tea

Also had Mr. Darcy's Delight from @fridaytea.com but we didn't get to it. It will be our starting tea next month.

Love this derpy tiger tea set.
Brewed Yunnan Gold tea leaves from Floating Leaves Tea Partial brick of Imperial Grade shou puerh from Crimson Lotus Tea A tin of Bloodberry from Spice Traders Tea, with tea leaves and fruit in a white gaiwan, and a sharing pitcher of brewed tea. Tea set with happy derpy gray tigers floating on clouds. Set has a gaiwan, sharing pitcher, and four cups on a tray.
November 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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Book club = cheese board.
Autumn themed cheese board with six cheeses, golden berries, candied nuts, dates, dried candied oranges, fig jam, maple fudge, and squash & corn shaped chocolates. Cheeses: basque, baked lemon ricotta, caramel washed gouda, cinnamon toscano, Dubliner, and tete de moine. Autumn themed cheese board with six cheeses, gold-wrapped pear, golden berries, candied nuts, dates, dried candied oranges, fig jam, maple fudge, and squash & corn shaped chocolates. Cheeses: basque, baked lemon ricotta, caramel washed gouda, cinnamon toscano, Dubliner, and tete de moine.
November 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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Osmanthus Tea Bunny enjoying a cuppa.
Osmanthus Tea Bunny, a fluffy stuffed white bunny with tan ears and a fluffy tan nose, is the mascot of the Cascadia Tea Festival. Osmanthus site behind a teacup and saucer filled with pu erh tea. The cup has a gold rim, gold handle, and gold interior. The cup and saucer patter has small black dots with yellow, blue, and pink flowers.
November 17, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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Additional info on the Vanilla Strawberry Swirl pu erh and Teasteeps Signature Breakfast black tea blends.
Cannister of tea. Label reads: Tea Steeps Vanilla Strawberry Swirl Flavored Pu-erh tea Ingredients: Black pu-erh tea from the region of Yunnan China, strawberry pieces, blackberry leaves, and natural strawberry flavor. Steep at 212° for 3 to 5 minutes Ethically sources All-natural; Hand blended Tag underneath the cannister reads Vanilla Strawberry Swirl $7 per ounce Cannister of tea. Label reads: Tea Steeps Teasteeps signature breakfast blend Black tea blend Ingredients: Blend of assam & keemun black teas from Assam, India and Anhui Province, China. Flavor profile: A bold blend of malty, molasses, and honey with darker notes of cocoa and jammy stone fruit. A house favorite! Steep at 212° for 3 to 5 minutes Ethically sources All-natural; Hand blended Tag underneath the cannister reads Teasteeps signature breakfast blend $5.55 per ounce
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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Visited the new Tea Steeps teashop in Edmonds today to kick off planning for the 2025 Cascadia Tea Festival.

Tried the Signature Breakfast and Strawberry Swirl blends and their delicious scones. Maybe two delicious scones.

#tea #teasky #teafeed #localteashop #scones #edmondswa #iloveagoodscone
Neon sign with the word open under a steaming cup. Shop storefront with a store sign that says Tea Steeps and a sandwich board that says now open by the front door. Inside the shop windows you can see rows of tea cannisters and a bright pink Christmas tree. Tea Steeps shop interior. A marble look floor, four small marbletop tables with two chairs at each table, pastel purple walls, and shelves lining the walls with cannisters of tea and teaware. A large selfie wall of roses in shades of white, pinks, and purples is in the center of the wall and has a neon pink sign that says 'Tea, yes please!' Paper reads: Tea Steeps A beautiful tea boutique Over 100 exceptional loose-leaf teas Tea making and enjoyment accessories Locally made biscotti Tea samples offered for tasting Hot tea by the cup or pot in our boutique Tea education classes Tea consultation with: Kathryn Paul, certified tea sommelier Tues-Fri: 9:30 to 5:30; Sat: 10 to 4; Sun: 11 to 4; Mon: Closed 660 Edmonds Way, Suite B, Edmonds WA 98020 425-480-2114; teasteeps.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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The first Tolkien I read, and my favorite, was a book with The Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. I read it when I was in 5th or 6th grade.

Later The Hobbit and LOTR didn't feel as fairy tale mythic as SWM/FGH or as glowing magical as the Hildebrandt Brothers art promised.
A book by JRR Tolkien titled The Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. The book cover has the author and title on a scroll over a picture of a man in a large hat, silver chain mail, and red cape (no pants) looking up at a blue dragon that stands on its rear legs in front of him. The man is pointing at the dragon with the pointer finger of his left hand and with a sword in his right hand. The dragon looks down at him, tapping it's snout with its right pointer finger and seemingly contemplating something the man is saying.
November 17, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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Post a Picture you took (no explanation) to bring some zen to the timeline
Vietnamese tea stuffed lotus flower from TeaJTeas. A dried lotus flower sits in a white teacup, its pink petals pulled apart to reveal the tea leaves at its center.
November 17, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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Malachi McCormick blend (assam and keemun) from Harney & Sons Tea while I tried to capture a picture of this quick-winged friend.

❤️ the mug from East Fork Pottery. They're based in Ashville, NC and donating 5% of sales to help their local community as they recover together. www.eastfork.com
Green East Fork Pottery Mug with Malachi McCormick blend black tea from Harney and Sons tea on a concrete bench on a rainy PNW afternoon. Pink Camelia flowers in the background. Green East Fork Pottery Mug with Malachi McCormick blend black tea from Harney and Sons tea on a concrete bench on a rainy PNW afternoon. Pink flowering camelia bush in the background. Hummingbird hovering by pink Camelia Sasanqua flower on camelia bush on a rainy afternoon day.
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Invested time this evening presenting a session on tea for a Girl Scouts troop. Loved spending time with 2nd - 5th graders exploring tea and its history. We had a black breakfast tea, a scented black tea, osmanthus oolong, and a 2022 Vietnamese dark tea. It was really fun.
#teasky #teafeed #tea
Two gaiwans on a bamboo tea board withnine tea pets and a sharing pitcher. The gaiwans are full of damp tea leaves.
November 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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Cornelius fits, so he sits.
Cornelius, a striped and spotted tabby cat, sits curled up in a box and looks out but not quite at the camera, because he is a sweet derpy guy and not a professional model.
November 5, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Voted! Women's federal healthcare rights are already diminished, and it is worth voting to maintain what's left. Please vote. Not for GOP.

Four BS initiatives in WA, No to all of them. "Would decrease education spending. Would decrease transportation spending. Would repeal taxes on the rich." Nope.
A Washington State 'I Voted' sticker. The sticker is round with a Seattle skyline and city drawing on the top third, rural landscape with a barn, evergreen trees, a river, and mountains on the bottom third, and pink, purple, and blue stripes horizontally across the middle with I Voted in white in the center.
October 31, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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Beware the sinking mud paths of Bob's. Doom! Despair!

... we had fun overall.
Sign reads Corn Maze Entrance Entrance to a corn maze with slippery muddy path. Ominous gray skies loom overhead. Corn maze with increasingly slippery, muddy path stretching ahead, ready to suck in the shoes and souls of unsuspecting visitors. And then the downpour began. Mudpit path through corn stalks, with rain falling.
October 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Visited Bob's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch today. Brought a thermos of Cascadian Dong Ding Oolong from Floating Leaves Tea and was really grateful for it an hour+ into the corn mud pits. We eventually made our way out, but it looked like Woodstock 94 in there.

Tasty apple and pumpkin donuts.
#teasky
Three pumpkin donuts, three apple donuts, three cups of roasted oolong tea on a tea towel with black cats and pumpkin and a small black raven tea pet. Roasted oolong tea with a raven teapet. Cascadian Dong Ding Oolong tea leaves, dry, from Floating Leaves tea Cascadian Dong Ding Oolong tea leaves, brewed, from Floating Leaves tea
October 27, 2024 at 11:20 PM