[Tea Review] Leaf and Pearl Milk Tea July Monthly Box Review

I love hot tea, but I also love the not so hot tea drinks as well! Milk Tea is all the rage right now, and I cannot get enough of it! I learned about a company out of Georgia that is producing different flavored Milk teas, and the owners love cosplay and fandom, so why not give this company that seems awesome a try!? And I am so happy I did! I placed an order for their July box (after looking on their site and being super sad I missed out on the Sakura Matcha flavor, because OMG Sakura flavored stuff!) I figured a variety box that comes with the pearls and straws to drink it all would be perfect. The box was $25 and contains three flavors, 2 dry mix and 2 flavor syrups of each one, six straws and enough bobba for all the drinks. So all together you get six drinks out of this box.

The flavors in the July Box were, Coffee Matcha, Mango and a new flavor for the box Sea Salt Coconut. Each box comes with a set of directions printed on a single sheet of paper, so super easy instructions to get you drinking Milk Tea in no time!I started off with the Mango flavor first!

After reading the instructions (and realizing I had no ice cubes in my freezer... ugh) I decided to go ahead and boil the water for the bobba since they would take the longest to do, and make the water for the milk tea in my kettle. 

Mixing the powder then the syrup didnt take too long so I was able to put the mixture in the fridge to cool off a little before adding the milk and pearls to it.    

It took about 15 minutes for the pearls to finish, 

After all that I added milk and got this amazing creamy mango fruity drink, which was amazing. The flavor is great, very creamy and has a wonderful mango taste to it. I am not a huge fan of mango flavored stuff but this was still good, and I will defiantly be finishing off the other packet of it very soon! 

Next up I made the Coffee Matcha flavor, this was the one I was most excited for in the box since I LOVE matcha anything. I decided to try and make this one frozen so I did a little prep before making it and froze the milk into ice cubes this time. I made it the same way as the Mango, but for the step of adding the milk I threw it all in the blender (except the bobba!) and blended the matcha mixture and the milk frozen cubes into a wonderful frozen concoction! Oh my goodness this was the best thing ever. The matcha and coffee compliment each others flavors so well and it was like heaven drinking this! I want to make the other packet just writing about it right now.....

So goooooooooood!

The last flavor in the box was a flavor that had its debut in this monthly box, the sea-salt coconut. Each month subscribers get to try a new flavor before it is released on their webpage. This is a really cool idea I think! I was not so sure about this flavor since I am not a huge coconut fan. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of this. It is creamy and tastes great. It does not have a strong coconut taste. It has a refreshing sweet taste but isn't over powering. I was sure I was not going to like this one and I ended up liking it a lot, it is probably my second favorite flavor from this months box! 

I would highly recommend checking out Leaf and Pearl, whether you just pick your own flavors from their large variety of Milk Teas or sign up for their monthly box, if you like milk teas and don't want to have to go out for them every time you get that craving for bubble tea, then getting the supplies and making them at home is definitely the best option! You can find their webpage here and their facebook page here. 

[Conventions!] (Re)Generation Who 2

(Re)Generation Who 2 was my 6th convention this year. I work for the convention running their press department, and I love every minute that I am there! Along with running press this year, I also did an interview, played Ukulele for the Davors Variety show and had a book release party for my new Unofficial Doctor Who Cookbook, "Shut Up and Eat 2! The Unofficial Doctor Who Series Nine Ready to Dine Cookbook"

(Re)Generation Who has such an amazing atmosphere. The fans are excited to be there, the guests are excited to see the fans and everything is so inviting and fun! Everyone who works for this con wants to see all the attendees happy and smile about their interactions at the con! It's that simple. And from what I saw throughout the entire weekend, that seemed to be happening!

I arrived at the con on Thursday and did a few con related work things, and also got to see a Pug!!! Like I cannot go anywhere without seeing a cute squishy face puggy!!!

My amazing friend Cassandra who worked for press this year! She was wonderful!!!!

My big work started on Friday, getting press running then recording and taking questions in the Frazier Hines and Companions interviews. Both of these panels were amazing, and once I have a chance to edit the videos I'll post them over on my youtube channel! I also got to have a really fun rehearsal with Cat Smith and Terry Molloy, since the three of us were playing in the Davors Variety Show together on Saturday!

Time to play some Uku!

Saturday was the day I was most nervous about, my first book release party for Shut Up and Eat 2! and the Davros Variety show, plus working for press all day and helping out on some interviews by taking questions.

The book release party was first, and it was so well attended, I had no idea there would be so many people in the audience, I was thrilled and it was a bit nerve wracking having a ASL interpreter repeating everything I said! Ginger and Kara were also in attendance and I was so happy both of the fantastic artists who worked on this book and believed in it could be there! 

After the book release party I headed straight to the Peter Davison "5-ish Doctors" panel. Kara was interviewing Peter Davison for it and it was a fantastic panel! The stories he told were amazing and the audience had a lot of great questions for him as well!

Next up was the "Tea With the Doctors" event. This is such a fun concept, and the fans that attend it always seem to have such an amazing time! I have never seen anything like this at another con. I have seen breakfast with the guests or other inclusive type events, but this tea is such a fun concept.

No photo of me as Osgood, so have one of Melissa holding a drawing Kelsey Wailes did!

After the Tea I sat in on an episode of Captain Kyle's Cosplay Spotlight as Osgood. Sadly I did not get a photo during the filming, but once the episode is released I will definitely post a link! (there is a pretty hilarious part where I am doing charades of Doctor Who villains!)

Another event I was really excited for was the "Davros Variety Show" I was asked to play Ukulele with Terry Molloy and Cat Smith, and of course I jumped on the chance, because I love performing and I rarely get to do so! So many other wonderful acts also performed, and the show seemed to really go over well! 

After the Davros Variety Hour it was some work, then the Dominic Glynn concert, I was very excited for this since one, awesome music, and two, I was interviewing him in the morning! The concert was lovely and even had a special appearance by Colin Baker!

Sunday, the last day of the con, but still lots of amazing panels and events going on! Terry Molloy did his fantastic "Acting for Audio" panel, that is always full of information. I have attended this panel/workshop every time I have been able too and I learn so much every time. 

At 1pm on Sunday I had the honor of interviewing Dominic Glynn for the "Music of Doctor Who with Dominic Glynn." This was such an enjoyable time talking about growing up with music and how he became a composer for film and television. I am so happy I was asked to do this interview. It was definitely a high light of my weekend!

Ly from Pixel Who. <3 this lady! 

The rest of Sunday was spent working for the con. But what an amazing weekend this was! I had been looking forward to it for months, and I was definitely not disappointed! So many of the staff I work with are like family to me, and I am always happy to spend a weekend working with them. I cannot wait until Intervention 7 and next years (Re)Generation Who!

[Geeky Food] Cold Stone Creamery Batman Vs. Superman Ice Cream Creations

Batman Vs. Superman came out in theaters this week, and there is a ton of marketing going on for this movie! Everything from toys, to some fun ice cream deserts at Cold Stone Creamery! I headed out to my local Cold Stone today to try one of the yummy ice cream concoctions (if I could have eaten two I would have trust me!)

    

There are three different creations, each after a character from the movie, Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. 

Oh Batman! It's so soon! 

And each comes with a cute little plastic ring depicting the characters symbol! 

The actual creation was super yummy. The batman one was chocolate ice cream, cookies and I think chocolate syrup. It was all crammed inside a waffle cone! 

If I get a chance to try another (I used a gift card to get this one, so technically I still have enough to get the other two if I want to eat that much Ice Cream in a few days......) I would really like to try the Wonder Woman one, since taste wise that one also seemed pretty yummy sounding! 

You can find out info about these ice cream creations and the Batman Vs. Superman Ice cream cake that they also have HERE!