{"id":2576,"date":"2015-11-14T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2015-11-16T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T15:12:18","slug":"entertaining-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/entertaining-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining For the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>We absolutely love the holiday season. Not only do we get to hang out with all of our favourite people and stuff ourselves silly, we also get to share our favourite holiday tradition: tea!<\/p>\n<p>Planning on entertaining guests this season? Here are some great ways to add tea to your festivities:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A taste of winter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2619\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining For the Holidays - DAVIDsTEA Steep Thoughts\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_MorningTea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Start the day with some personal time. Curl up on the couch with a blanket, a good book, and a cup of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/chocolate-chili-chai-1\" target=\"_blank\">Chocolate Chili Chai<\/a><\/u>. This spiced black tea will get you in the winter spirit and give you the energy you need to get through the day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brine time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining For the Holidays - DAVIDsTEA Steep Thoughts\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_Turkey-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to make your turkey dinner extra special? Before roasting, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachef.com\/view_recipe.html?recipe=289\" target=\"_blank\">brine your turkey<\/a><\/span> in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/lapsang-souchong-star-org\" target=\"_blank\">Lapsang Souchong<\/a><\/span> base. This fine black tea will give your turkey a rich and smokey flavour that\u2019ll leave your guests craving more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Yes you cran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2617\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining For the Holidays - DAVIDsTEA Steep Thoughts\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_cranberries-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No turkey dinner is complete without cranberries. Try something new this year by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrecipes.com\/recipe\/spiced-tea-cranberry-sauce-10000001547047\/\" target=\"_blank\">infusing your favourite cranberry recipe<\/a><\/span> with your favourite tea. Our top picks? <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/redberry-tonic\" target=\"_blank\">Redberry Tonic<\/a><\/u> and <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/chai-mighty\" target=\"_blank\">Chai &amp; Mighty<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Eaters Digest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2618\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining For the Holidays - DAVIDsTEA Steep Thoughts\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_DigestiveTea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying that our eyes are sometimes bigger than our stomachs. Fortunately, there\u2019s always <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/le-digestif\" target=\"_blank\">Le Digestif<\/a> <\/u>to soothe any tummy troubles.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Call it a night<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2620\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining For the Holidays - DAVIDsTEA Steep Thoughts\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/054-EntertainingForTheHolidays_in-article_NightTea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With your guests gone and the leftovers put away, the only thing left to do is to kick back, relax, and catch some well-earned z\u2019s. Before bed, mellow out with a cup of our super-relaxing <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/mother-s-little-helper-org\" target=\"_blank\">Mother\u2019s Little Helper<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/the-big-chill\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Chill<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>We absolutely love the holiday season. Not only do we get to hang out with all of our favourite people and stuff ourselves silly, we also get to share our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[313,314,83],"class_list":["post-2576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-entertaining","tag-holidays","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}