Books and Tea Podcast

At long last, we are rolling out our FIRST new interview style episode. First up, is the owner of the local Barre3 studio, Rebekah Kauffman. Thanks for being our first guinea pig!!  Of course, now we are in the midst of a world dominated by COVID-19 quarantines, so I am not sure how we will … Continue reading S4E4 Books and Barre3 (Rebekah Kauffman Interview) →

So here’s the thing. We are in the midst of an awkward format transition during a pandemic while trying to manage our everyday lives. So, this one was recorded a while ago. We didn’t take a picture of what we ate and drank. Nor did we write down brands or anything… We had baked goods … Continue reading S4E3: Reading Recap March 2020 →

Really, we probably need an “Under Construction” sign as we recalibrate to our new format. This was recorded in August (oops). In which we discuss slang, Cori’s poor decision to go on vacation right after the school year starts, and Kyrie’s reading slump. But, we still have reading recommendations for ya. And tea. What  We … Continue reading S4E2 We’re a Hot Mess #Anxiety →

In this episode, Kyrie and Cori share their favorite reads of 2019. Yeah, we know…. Better late than never. If you live in Flagstaff (or visit) check out Shift’s First Saturday bake sale. The pain du chocolat is quite tasty. It was paired with a black chai tea Cori received from Sipsby. You can try … Continue reading Best of 2019 →

Welcome to our new format where Kyrie maybe finally has her reading juju back, and we are just reading and talking about whatever we want. And where Kyrie acknowledges Cori’s spectacular book matchmaking abilities. Wow… When I listened to this, I realized how long ago we’ve been sitting on this one! Who wants to hear … Continue reading S4E1: Fresh Fruit is Nature’s Candy →

In this episode, it is confirmed that Cori now knows that the Serial podcast is not fake. You will hear all about Cori’s new kittens, Junipurr and Sage. Generally speaking, there is animal chaos abound. What We Are Eating and Drinking Kyrie brought tasty gluten-free Cranberry Orange Oatmeal cookies. Cori provided the tea.  This podcast’s … Continue reading S3E12: Kitties and Wrapping Up Season 3 →

We’re always told “don’t judge a book by its cover.”  Welp, we are ignoring this advice and going for it. A lot of work goes into cover design and drawing people in, so what happens when we just let it happen?  Can a cover help us pick a great read or does it end up … Continue reading S3E11 Appearances Versus Reality →

  What we’re reading This week, Cori and Kyrie continue down the detective/murder mystery/what the hell is happening genre. The Dry follows Federal Agent Aaron Falk as he arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Let’s just say you really don’t understand who … Continue reading S3E10: Australia murders and a hot place to live →

What We Are Reading Cori asked that we go down the genre rabbit hole that is police and detective procedurals.  Really, it’s just a subgenre of the suspense and mystery genre. After several failed attempts, Kyrie landed on Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber as her book of choice. Of all ironies, it features a … Continue reading S3E9: A Podcast About a Podcast →

Today, we discuss Cori’s historical fiction pick, To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey.  In part, picked to continue reading stuff already on the shelf, Cori was drawn to this beautiful hardcover edition she found on sale while visiting the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO.  It also was an opportunity to … Continue reading S3E8: Exploring Mysterious Alaskan Frontiers →

This week we’re exploring the world of historical fiction where we are transported to the most infamous of the German concentration camps of World War II. But before we dive into that, we’re doing our usual tea drinking and food noshing! What We’re Eating and Drinking This week, we’re drinking Harney & Sons Organic Assam … Continue reading S3E7: Does Love Conquer All? →

This week, we’re continuing to explore one of Cori’s favorite genres of foodie fiction! So, let’s talk about the tea we’re drinking and the food we’re eating to go along with another food themed read. What We’re Eating and Drinking Kyrie is finishing up a month of Whole30 (crazy gal), so she made some super … Continue reading S3E6: Midwest Food Adventures →

Welcome back book friends! We’re here, eating, drinking, and reading all the best books for you to check out (and to make your mouth water). This week, we’re exploring one of Cori’s favourite genres of foodie type things! So, let’s talk about the tea we’re drinking and the food we’re eating to get this genre … Continue reading S3E5: Family Recipe Heirlooms →

Technical Problems Update Hey book friends!  We have heard that the recent quality of our episodes is not up to par.  It seems a setting got changed on our microphone without us noticing. Our bad!  So listen hard, even though it sounds like Kyrie is in the other room. With our ambitious winter recording schedule, … Continue reading S3E4: A Russian Fairy Tale →

This week on Books and Tea, we explore the genre of folklore, mythology, and fairytales. As a new type of genre for Kyrie, she was eager to find something that may spark her interest. Meanwhile, Cori has been a lover of this genre for most of her life, and this month’s genre is her pick. … Continue reading S3E3: Odin, Thor, Loki, oh my! →

Welcome back listeners (and readers) to the second episode of season 3 and of 2019! Did you miss us cause we missed recording for ya! We are going to wrap up the theme of Dark of Winter with Cori’s pick, but first! What are we eating and drinking this week? What We Are Drinking and … Continue reading S3E2: Dark of Winter Squared →

Happy 2019 listeners! We’re happy to be back with you for our third season. We hope you all had a great holiday season spent doing whatever your heart wants! We’ve changed things up again, but hey, the only constant is change! We gotta keep you on your toes, after all. What We Are Drinking and … Continue reading Welcome to Season 3 episode 1!! →

This week on Books and Tea Podcast, Kyrie and Cori go over their top 6 picks for 2018. For a while, we were excited thinking the final episode of 2018 was 18, but it’s not. It is Episode 19. While drinking Organic Gunpowder Green tea from Bare Leaves, Kyrie and Cori take turns discussing their … Continue reading S2E19: Our Favorite Reads of 2018 →

Happy Thanksgiving!  Here is a special treat for your long holiday weekend:  a new episode! This week on Books and Tea Podcast, Kyrie and Cori explore some of their favourite authors again, in order to check off another one of Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2018 Reading Challenge. But first, tea! As you know, Plum Deluxe is … Continue reading S2E18: Favourite Authors →

We are technically still on a break as we figure out our crazy lives, but we couldn’t let Banned Book week be missed.  In honor of Banned Books Week, we are returning to this genre again.  However, with a twist! Both of our choices are in graphic novel version!  Hey, that also means we can … Continue reading S2E17 Banned Books Graphic Novels Mash Up →

This week, Kyrie and Cori join Christine, owner of Lia Leaf Tea House in Flagstaff to have a conversation about owning a tea shop and why she focuses on single origin tea. Discussion Christine talks us through how, at a very early age, she got into tea. As she grew up, she started researching the … Continue reading S2E16 Summer Series: Lia Leaf Tea House →

This week, Kyrie and Cori join Heather, owner of the Flagstaff Tea Company, in her adorable, cosy shop in downtown Flagstaff to discuss what it’s like to own a tea shop, the history of tea, and do a chai tea flight, where we are the very fortunate ones tasting three of Heather’s homemade chais! What … Continue reading S2E15: Summer Series: Flagstaff Tea Company →

What We Are Reading This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. This 500 page book has been on our radar for a while. It was a Top 10 Book of 2017 for New York Times as well as a National Book Award Finalist.  This book was picked to fulfill the 2018 … Continue reading S2E14: We like big books and we cannot lie →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss summer reads, as well as what the definition of a summer read is. Tea Time During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Evening in the Garden Herbal Tea, which is deliciously light, sweet, and a bit flowery. The tea itself is BEAUTIFUL, and you can see pieces … Continue reading S2E13: Summer Reading →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss LGBTQ+ books they selected, as well as some history on Pride month. What We Are Drinking During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori, and their special guest Sydney drink Rosa De Jamaica, and it is a Hibiscus and Pineapple ice tea from Two Sisters Tea. As you can see by … Continue reading S2E12: LOVE is LOVE is LOVE is LOOOOVE →

Hi Book Friends – our awesome sound editor, Daniel let us know that the recording quality was not so great this time around…  Not sure what happened. Oh, technology. Our apologies for any inconvenience. This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books that have underdogs, as well as some history on what an underdog is–literally! During … Continue reading S2E11: The Underdog →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books by authors of Asian Pacific decent in honor of Asian Pacific Heritage month. They’ll also discuss the history of Asian Pacific Heritage month, something neither one of them knew about until recently!! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s special tea from Kyrie’s tea club membership–Orange … Continue reading S2E10: Asian Pacific Heritage Month →

  Okay, maybe not poo.  But it rhymed. And Cori was less excited than Kyrie about the content. This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the poetry collections they selected, as well as some history on poetry! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Vanilla Latte Tea, which, does taste like a vanilla latte, … Continue reading S2E9: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Kyrie thought these were great, Cori thought they were poo →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the nature themed books they selected to honor Earth Day, even though they are both firm believers that Earth Day is every day! So, it really doesn’t matter that Earth Day was on April 22.  Here is a little history on Earth Day if you aren’t familiar with it … Continue reading S2E8: The Mountains Are Calling →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss current “chick lit,” which they both call “brain candy.” Modern chick lit is known for following the ups and downs of 20 and 30-something women who tend to be heterosexual and white. The settings tend to be British and American cities. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Steep’s … Continue reading S2E7: Brain Candy →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books picked for Women’s Month! Kyrie also gives an overview/history of Women’s Month.  This post does contain affiliate links for companies we have partnered with.  Your clicks and purchases help us fund our operating costs.   Tea Time During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink a whole leaf white tea … Continue reading S2E6: The Future is Female →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss classic chic lit, but instead of doing what they usually do (discussing each book), they instead decide to show the differences/similarities of the two authors, as well as discuss parts of the books. As always, they’ll give a brief description and history of Chick Lit. During their discussion, Kyrie … Continue reading S2E5: Austen vs. Brontë →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books by Black authors as well as some history on Black History Month! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Gingerbread Chai Tea. What’s so great about Plum Deluxe’s tea is that everything is perfectly flavoured–Andy does a great job of making things blend so smoothly. It’s … Continue reading S2E4: Black History Month →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books for reading during the dark of winter, which are also books you could finish in a day for the Modern Mrs Darcy 2018 Reading Challenge! Dark of winter reads are those that just suck you in so that you don’t want to do anything else but curl up, be … Continue reading S2E3: Dark of Winter →

This week, Kyrie and Cori continue their selection of French vs. English, with Kyrie picking a book based in France, while Cori picks a book based in England. Which book/country will they enjoy the most this time? During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink an Earl Grey from Flagstaff’s locally owned tea store Steep. The … Continue reading S2E2: Battle of the Countries Part 2 →

Happy 2018, Book Friends! We’re excited for this new year of reading and recording and sharing our thoughts! Thanks for returning and listening along. To start off the second season, Kyrie and Cori go head to head in book battle with English (Kyrie) vs French (Cori). Because Kyrie is an Anglophile and Cori is a … Continue reading S2E1: Battle of Countries (and Grumpy Old Men) →

This week, Kyrie and Cori conclude their first season with the continuation of Native American Heritage month books! Tazo tea sent them some sweet dessert tea to try, so Kyrie sipped on the Vanilla Bean Macaron and Cori sipped on the Lemon Loaf. Both were delicious and could easily be used to curb that sweet … Continue reading Episode 17: Fiction Native American Stories →

This week, Kyrie and Cori read nonfiction books about Native Americans in honour of Native American Heritage Month. Cori has prepared her version of a pumpkin spice chai latte using Tazo Tea’s Pumpkin Chai. Kyrie’s pick, Neither wolf nor dog : on forgotten roads with an Indian elder by Kent Nerburn explores the reservation and … Continue reading Episode 16: Native American Heritage Month–Nonfiction →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the books they selected for the horror/scary genre, as well as what the heck the difference between horror, thriller, and suspense genres! Here’s a sneak peek at the findings:  all deal with fear.  During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Yogi Cranberry Spice Probiotic . It’s a bit bitter, … Continue reading Episode 15: Horror scary stories →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the books they selected for the thriller genre, as well as some history on what a thriller book is! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Tazo Organic Peach Green Tea. Although not usually fruit tea fans, we typically like the combination of peach and green.  Maybe it needed … Continue reading Episode 14: It’s close to midnight…something evil’s lurking from the dark →

This week, it’s lucky episode 13 and Kyrie and Cori discuss spooky/scary books to get ready for Halloween! Kyrie and Cori pick books by the same author, which was a complete oversight, but also pretty cool to see the author tell two different stories. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Jasmine tea because Kyrie … Continue reading Episode lucky 13: Spooky scary stories →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the Sci-Fi genre, well, Cori mostly discusses Sci-Fi, as Kyrie has a raw voice and doesn’t want to talk too much!! Sci-Fi has so many facets to it, so Kyrie and Cori have done some research about this genre. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Echinacea Plus because … Continue reading Episode 12: The imaginary world of Sci-Fi →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss a genre they both love–Magical Realism! As usual, listeners are given a brief overview of the history of magical realism along with some classic examples.  During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink their own beverages, with Kyrie drinking a delicious sweet beet juice (we recorded at lunch time!) while … Continue reading Episode 11: Enchanted with Magical Realism →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the Banned Books they selected, as well as some information on what causes a book to be banned, example of other banned books, and a brief history of banned books! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Numi Earl Grey tea. Kyrie picked The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe … Continue reading Episode 10: We like banned books and we cannot lie →

Hey Book Friends!  We had a technical oops.  Here is the full episode for you to enjoy! This week, Kyrie and Cori continue their exploration of reading Hispanic/Latino authors in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Kyrie and Cori meet over their lunch time so they each bring their own beverages. Kyrie’s pick: Shadow of The … Continue reading Episode 9: Hispanic Heritage Month – Fiction →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss non-fiction books by Hispanic/Latino authors to honor Hispanic Heritage Month. Cori gives a history lesson about this heritage month. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori shake things up and drink Yogi India Spice. It’s a lighter version of Chai tea, and would be delicious during the winter time when … Continue reading Episode 8: Hispanic Heritage Month – Nonfiction →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss bestsellers they selected, as well as some history on what makes a bestseller a bestseller! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori shake things up and drink fermented tea known as Kombucha! They try humm coconut lime kombucha–it’s delicious and feels like there is a party in the mouth! Not … Continue reading Episode 7: Simply the best… better than all the rest? →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the creative nonfiction/literary journalism they selected, as well as some history on what creative nonfiction/literary journalism is. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori have brought their own coffee to sip on cause this week has them needing a bit more caffeine this morning. Kyrie’s pick, Immortal Life of Henrietta … Continue reading Episode 6: Creating Factually Accurate Narratives →

Disclaimer: We’ve accidentally made our first mic error by having it turned all the way up, so it doesn’t sound that great (our fault, not our editor extraordinaires ). We apologize for the inconvenience–we’re more bummed about it than you are! To make up for the poor sound quality, here’s pictures of Coco (left) and Apollo … Continue reading Episode 5: A Mysterious Read →

This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss the short stories they selected, as well as some history on what makes a short story a short story! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Trader Joe’s Harvest Blend Herbal Tea – seasonal. A delicious blend of fall flavours that really make you feel warm when you drink … Continue reading Episode 4: Do These Short Stories Change Kyrie’s Mind? →

Today on Episode 3, Kyrie and Cori wrap up their initial book recommendations to each other. Cori reviews the last of Kyrie’s recommendations including: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and The Circle by Dave Eggers. While Kyrie completes the final two of Cori’s recommendations for her, which include:The Guernsey Literary and … Continue reading Episode 3: Book Matchmaking Successes and Misses →