First day back to work since before the holidays, and I’m starting in on my “DRINK MORE TEA!” resolution for 2012. The copious Gunpowder tea matched up nicely with the copious rainfall that Seattle is getting right now. 

The house was a disaster when I got home, which is not surprising. I’ve been gone for two weeks and prior to that I was running about madly finishing the last of my Christmas presents. This year, Whim and I made coffee syrups from scratch using as many organic and local ingredients as possible. 

We came up with lavender (from Sequim, WA) syrup, chai syrup, and vanilla. We also experimented with a salted caramel sauce and a gingerbread syrup that turned out okay and decent, respectively, but didn’t wow us enough to be included. 

This week, I will be cleaning furiously, and probably trying to detox some of the insane food I’ve eaten over the last two weeks!

How were your holidays?

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