Enchanted Teatime: Connect to Spirit through Spells, Traditions, Rituals & Celebrations

by Gail Bussi

Make Any Occasion Magical with Tea Ceremonies, Rituals, and Recipes This delightful book of teatime traditions, celebrations, and treats shows you how to surround every cup with great joy and intention. Gail Bussi provides more than thirty recipes for refreshments, such as Butterfly Cakes, Dreamy Moon Bars, and Coronation Chicken Tartlets, and over forty unique tea blends, Borage Tea Cooler • Dandelion Divination Tea • Faerie Flower Tea • ImmuniTea • Jasmine Joy Iced Tea • Mood Lifter Tea Featuring comprehensive information on different varieties of tea and their properties, Enchanted Teatime teaches you everything about brewing the perfect cup. With insight on nearly a hundred herbs, you can confidently create your own custom infusions, learn to read tea leaves, and grow your own herbal garden. From seasonal rituals to astrological correspondences, you'll explore many ways to use tea in your magical practice.

Genres: Witchcraft, Nonfiction, Tea, Cookbooks, Spirituality

336 pages, Paperback

Published April 8, 2023

About the author

Gail Bussi is a writer, artist, kitchen witch, and professional cook. After running a catering company and writing a cookbook, she returned to her long-held interest in herbs and green magic. Gail has studied holistic herbalism, natural healing, and mindfulness.

Reviews

[Agatha · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was really hard to connect with this book. The author comes from a place of privilege and I feel that really played heavily on how the subject was presented. Steeping times were overly long and would ruin most teas. I found it frustrating that tea blend recipes were worked into paragraphs so it was hard to easily see what ingredients I needed. I did appreciate that it was stated that some herbs were best used under the direction of a doctor.

[Stella · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Kitchen Witch's book of tea. Some good recipes, and simple tea time/party ideas for connecting to nature and celebrating the seasons. I'm not as interested in the spells, rituals, and magical correspondences but others might enjoy that aspect more.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

A small reference with some tea blends and a few recipes for accompaniments.

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

I jumped into this book looking to get ideas on creative tea combinations. At my first, quick, glance, the paragraph form for recipes left me confused and not willing to “search” for my information. I decided to dedicate a bit more time. I picked a recipe (Fennel and Peppermint Tummy Tea), brewed a cup and sat with this book and found it delightful. I am looking forward to choosing other combinations offered.

[Juli Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved this! I'm generally a hard sell on witchcraft books with such narrow foci, but this one didn't feel overly fluffed up or redundant. I've already tried a handful of the recipes, which were fantastic. My only quibble is that this needed better copyediting, but that seems to be the state of most books nowadays.

[Emma Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hearthcraft has been something I've become very interested in over the last year. This book does an amazing job of showing the different uses of teas, even if that's just taking a moment to breathe.