Author: Leaf After Leaf
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Mutter Holunder
Mainz is known for a great deal of things to include a tenacious pro soccer team (Mainz 05), The Gutenberg Museum, and the Mainzer Dom (Mainz Cathedral). However, a little known gem that exists in this beautiful city is a little tea shop called Mutter Holunder which is a nod to German folklore and healing…
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Idsteiner Teeladen
On June 10, 2025 my wife and I were exploring Idstein with some of my wife’s friends from back home. I have a coffee spot here that I really enjoy but I decided to, on a whim, look on Google Maps to see if there were any tea shops in town. Lo and behold, there…
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Tea Shops
My wife and I love to travel. I have always loved to go into shops of the town we are visiting and explore the small businesses that are vital to that town or region. So, I am starting a series where I will be posting my favorite independent tea shops that I come across. It…
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How I Came to Tea
My first exposure to tea was like a lot of Americans: sweet ready to drink tea from gas stations and vending machines. Snapple, Brisk, AriZona—tea as a soft drink, mostly there for the sweet flavor. I’d pick one up here and there as a kid or in college, maybe once a month. It was background…
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