by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware
2020 has certainly not been the nicest of years but look, we’re 3/4 through and there’s a holiday season on the horizon. I’m opting for the glass-half-full view today (am not focusing on nixed winter travel plans, for instance).
Today is National Coffee day in Canada and the USA and Thursday, October 1st, is International Coffee Day. Even though this is Flock of TEA Cosy, we’ve got you covered if you’re a coffee drinker — beautiful cosies sized to fit Bodum’s popular Chambord french press in the 8cup and 12cup size and designed with a modern sensibility. And they fit many other french press makers as well.
Shop Coffee Cosy
In addition, a tea-drinking client told me last year that the coffee cosy was an excellent fit for her tall, narrow (elegant) teapot. Talk about multi-tasking.
by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware
Flock of Tea Cosy’s shop is taking an end-of-summer pause and will re-open in later September for the run-up to the holiday season.
It’s time to focus on snagging those fresh, delicious, flavourful, tomatoes, peaches, wild blueberries, corn, etc before our long hard winter of cardboard-tasting look-a-likes.
There’s still weeks of summery, hot weather left to enjoy before we start bundling into our sweaters and puffy coats, right?
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by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware, WestofLunch watercolours
About five years ago I took a watercolour class. Its lightness was very appealing and painters I’ve loved, like Raoul Dufy, make it look so fine, so breezy, so easy.
By Raoul Dufy, 1953 — one of my inspirations
It turns out learning watercolour is not nearly as simple as it looks and small variations in paper, liquidity, humidity, brush size, etc etc affect how things turn out. But it has completely seduced and intrigued me and so I continue it as a practise, particularly when travelling. Along the way I leave a trail of little paintings, and some work out okay.
Now offered in the shop. Helps pay for more paper and paint. All originals. Payment is processed through PayPal’s secure site.
The painting practise, for some reason, was dubbed West of Lunch. Explore on Pinterest or follow on Instagram.
by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware, WestofLunch watercolours
Who doesn’t have a love affair with trees. Cooling shade, aromatic flowers, delicious greens of every hue, dancing branches and every one with a uniquely shaped trunk.
West of Lunch watercolour paintings, some available in the shop. WoL Shop
by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware, WestofLunch watercolours
June is surely the sweetest month in the garden in our part of the world, and a vase or pot keep fresh flowers in our lives all year round. Constant subject matter for you know what.
West of Lunch watercolour paintings, some available in the shop. WoL Shop
by Flock of Tea Cosy | Flock's Diary of modern wool felt teaware
A wee shoutout to thewirecutter.com for their unexpected mention of FlockofTeaCosy’s wares as a good gift for mom on Monther’s Day. Chest puffed out, head swelling, generally feeling chuffed.
Here’s their item from April 30th, written by the clearly lovely Alex Arpaia and titled “A not too twee tea cozy”:
Does your mother’s taste run more to Heath Ceramics than Blue Willow china? Danish modern rather than Louis Quatorze? Assam loose-leaf instead of Hawaiian Kona dark roast? Then she might just be in need of a tea cozy that doesn’t look like it came from Queen Victoria’s drawing room. One of these simple yet colorful wool-felt cozies—handmade in Toronto by Michaelle McLean, a certified tea sommelier—will keep the tea in her teapot warm all morning. (McLean makes cozies for French press coffee makers and mugs too.)
Thanks et merci!
