Episode 31: Deva Vu (Once More, WITH FEELING)

It's our 31st episode (version 2)! In this engrossing episode, we righteously regale you with titillating talk about our current obsessions, last year's reading challenges, new goals and what we're currently reading. Stay tuned for what we read together next!

Tea of the Day:

Rose Matcha by David's Tea - with a splash of milk and edible rose petals!

Currently Obsessed:

Alyssa- New Amsterdam on Hulu, Nisolo shoes, the Curly Girl Method and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Ashley- Busy Philipps, @thelavenderghost and Dandelion!

Julienne- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Broad City, Burst sonic toothbrush

Kristal- Acure blue tansy oil, Brita water bottle w/ filter, watching cookie and cake-decorating Instagram videos, Stitch Fix, Savage x Fenty lingerie and JVN's Getting Curious podcast

Currently Reading:

Alyssa- Becoming by Michelle Obama, Kingdom of Ashes by Sarah J. Maas

Ashley- The Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan

Julienne- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Kristal- Bury My Heart and Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

**NEXT BOOK: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit** 


Other Things Mentioned: 
Audible app
Libby app
Overdrive app
Footprint calculator 
The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg


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Episode 30: Dirty 30!

It's our 30th episode and man do we feel mature! Or not. In this long episode, we give some life updates (big news for one of our member!), talk about our obsessions and discussed the autobiographies we have read. 

Tea of the Day

Cajun Spiced Chai by Creoletivitea Nola


Currently Obsessed:

Alyssa- Pinterest (specifically the wedding pins), Capsule wardrobe, Schmidt's deodorant in scent Rose Vanilla, Justine Leconte-A French Youtuber, and Cold 911 from David's Tea

Ashley- @caliwolf a Native Women's Wilderness Ambassador, packagefreeshop.com for all of your plastic-less needs

Julienne- Comedian Chelsea Peretti

Kristal- Love, Beauty, And Planet shampoo and conditioner, The Great British Baking Show, baking, candles from World Market

Currently Reading:

Alyssa- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran For

Ashley- Sourdough by Robin Sloan, An Indigenous People's History of the United States (Revisioning American History) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Julienne- The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Kristal- Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr


Autobiographies talked about:

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Is Everyone Hangout Without Me by Mindy Kailing
Why Not Me by Mindy Kailing
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fischer
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Brunette Ambition by Lea Michelle
The Autobiography of Malcom X
A Child Called It by David Pelzer
The Lost Boy by David Pelzer
Walking with the Wind: a memoir of the movement by John Lewis
You're Only Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day


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Episode 29: Back AGAIN

It’s been a long time, but be prepared because we’re back!

Tea of the Day: White Champagne Raspberry from Snake River Tea 

Currently reading

Kristal- Whiskey, Words, & a Shovel part 1 & 2 by R.H. Sin 

Julienne-Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

Ashley-Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon & Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Alyssa-Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

Currently Obsessed

Kristal-Gilmore Girls

Julienne-Podcasts: My Favorite Murder & Natch Beaut

Alyssa- Queer Eye, Outlander series, The Office, Jackie Aina, & Mariah Leonard

Ashley- Outlander, Scotland, Moana, & Whitney Leigh Morris

In this short and sweet episode, we discuss some life changes and struggles we face while trying to keep up with reading. We share some of our tips for keeping a reading schedule, including a new found love for audio books. How do you keep up with your reading?

Episode 30 will be an Autobiography/Biography episode and we would love some recommendations. What Autobiographies/biographies have you read and loved?  
           Email us Threeforteapodcast@gmail.com





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Episode 28: Guess Who's Back?!

Hello, 2017!

Three For Tea is back and better than ever. Fully refreshed from our "modest" winter break, we dive right in to our reading goals for 2017, and reflect on our reading goals from 2016! Listen in for a quick, but quality, 30 minute catch up with Kristal, Julienne, Ashley, and Alyssa!

Tea of the day

Reading Nook Blend - Plum Deluxe

Mint Sencha - Pique Tea

Currently Obsessed

Julienne - Banks

Kristal - Reign

Ashley - Fit Bit Alta

Alyssa - Bob Ross

2016 Reading Challenge

Julienne - 10/20

Kristal - 9/20

Ashley - 15/15 

Alyssa - 24/52 

(Ashley/Alyssa's Favorite book of 2016: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr)

2017 Reading Goals

Julienne: 15 

Kristal: 15

Ashley: 12 

Alyssa: 27

Any Autobiography suggestions? Send us an email at threeforteapodcast@gmail.com

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Episode 26: This Is How You Lose Her

Hello listeners! We are back after a little summer hiatus. Over the last few months we've all been caught up in work, travel and other life happenings but we are BACK!

This time around, we decided to read another book by Junot Diaz because we all enjoyed reading his novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. His most recent collection of short stories, This is How You Lose Her, proved to be another page-turner for us, as we so enjoy Diaz's writing style, but had some controversial themes that we touch more on in the podcast.

On our next episode, we will be discussing the coveted Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the newest installment of the (hopefully never-ending) world of Harry Potter. It's going to be a goooood episode, people. Tune in!

Tea of the Day:

Cookies & Cream by Special Tea Box (use code "THREEFORTEA" at checkout for 20% off!)

Currently Obsessed:

Ashley - Pokemon Go, Stranger Things

Alyssa - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, DoorDash, and her brand new neice Cecilia!

Julienne - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Stranger Things

Currently Reading:

Alyssa - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Ashley - nadaaaa

Julienne - Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer

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Episode 25: Dear Fang, With Love

Hey listeners!

We are pleased to announce that we just hit 25 episodes, we're officially a quarter of a century old! (that's how it works, right?). In our milestone episode, we discuss a book that just hit the shelves in May: Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe. If the pretty cover wasn't enough to get us to buy the book, we were sold once we read the synopsis:

"A bold, spellbinding novel featuring one of the most fascinating protagonists in recent memory, Dear Fang, With Love tells the story of seventeen-year-old Vera—ravishing, troubled, wildly intelligent—who travels to Europe with her estranged father, hoping that an immersion in history might help them forget his past mistakes and her uncertain future.

Lucas and Katya were boarding school seniors when, blindingly in love, they decided to have a baby. Seventeen years later, after a decade of absence, Lucas is a weekend dad, newly involved in his daughter Vera's life. But after Vera suffers a terrifying psychotic break at a high school party, Lucas takes her to Lithuania, his grandmother's homeland, for the summer. Here, in the city of Vilnius, Lucas hopes to save Vera from the sorrow of her diagnosis. As he uncovers a secret about his grandmother, a Home Army rebel who escaped Stutthof, Vera searches for answers of her own. Why did Lucas abandon her as a baby? What really happened the night of her breakdown? And who can she trust with the truth? Skillfully weaving family mythology and Lithuanian history with a story of mental illness, inheritance, young love, and adventure, Rufi Thorpe has written a breathtakingly intelligent, emotionally enthralling book."

Listen to the episode to see how we liked it! And if you haven't read it yet, beware of SPOILERS!

Teas of the Day:

We had so many teas to try, mainly from our Plum Deluxe tea of the month club shipment, that we decided to have a tea tasting and try them all!

• Zesty Lemon Sunshine Chai - Plum Deluxe (not available online yet - hopefully soon!)
• Vista Blend Herbal Tea - Plum Deluxe
• Royale Honeybush Herbal Blend - Plum Deluxe
• ...and last but not least, The Julienne Blend! Find out why this tea was named after one of our very own podcasters and what the other girls thought about it! If you'd like some of this tea, please email us at threeforteapodcast@gmail.com and we can make some for you!!

Currently Reading:

Ashley: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling, Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
Alyssa: Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Julienne: Into the Wild - Jack Krakauer
Kristal: Dear Fang, With Love - Rufi Thorpe, The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant, The Silver Star - Jeannette Walls, Reform Your Inner Mean Girl - Amy Ahlers and Christine Arylo

Currently Obsessed:

Ashley: Herbivore Blue Clay cleansing bar soap
Alyssa: Good Eggs grocery deliver service in the SF Bay Area
Julienne: Shimmering Skin Perfector highlighter in the color "Champagne Pop", part of the Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection
Kristal: RuPaul's Drag Race (available on Hulu!)


We received a very generous offer from an online tea shop called Special Tea Box, they gave us our own discount code! If you want 20% off your order, use the code "THREEFORTEA"

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Thank you everyone for reading and listening. We wouldn't be where we are today without your support! Don't forget to check us out on Instagram (@threeforteapodcast), Twitter (@three4tea) and Facebook!

And remember, pinkies out!


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Episode 24: The Girl on the Train

Hello, all! In this episode, we open our monthly subscription package from Plum Deluxe and fawn over the delightful blends they sent us: Zesty Lemon Sunshine Chai (YUM!) and Vista Blend Herbal tea. (Spoilers: Julienne tried the Zesty Lemon Sunshine Chai, died, came back to life, and told us all that's the tea they serve in heaven.) We then talk about the books we're currently reading, what things we're currently Obsessed with (with a capital O for emphasis), and get to have a great discussion of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN! Who saw the twist coming?! Which character was the most annoying?! Who is excited for the movie to come out in October?!
Also, important announcement: we're on Stitcher!


Tea of the day:
Raspberry Earl Grey from Plum Deluxe


Currently reading:
Alyssa: Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
Ashley: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling <3
Kristal: Silver Star, by Jeannette Walls


Currently obsessing over:
Alyssa: Wearing her boyfriend's aftershave as makeup primer
Julienne: Too Faced Stardust palette, and GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE!
Ashley: Early 90s-2000s shows--including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Power Rangers, Charmed, and...
Kristal: FIREFLY! In particular, obsessed with the strong female characters and their general badassery