✨What you missed in June


Natural Lifestyle Monthly

✨ What you missed in June

Hey Reader,

here's your recap of what you might have missed last month on Blue Tea Tile​ Natural Lifestyle Blog and YouTube Channel.

Natural Home

How to Live Life Naturally While Traveling

You have your systems, habits, and routines at home to maintain your llifestyle standards: whole foods, less waste, and plenty made from scratch. Travel can disrupt the systems you had set up. So how to keep your lifestyle standards while traveling?

Nordic Midsummer

For Nordics, Midsummer is a magical time. Dancing around the bonfire, casting night spells, and gathering seven flowers to discover your future husband – sorry guys, the ladies get so much more out of Finnish Midsummer traditions...

Tea & Infusions

Vanilla Matcha Latte (Hot or Iced)

Whether you are new to matcha or already enjoy it as part of your daily tea moment, vanilla can soften matcha’s earthy notes and create a smoother, more approachable flavour. I’ll show you how to make a vanilla matcha latte step by step...

Honey-sweetened Iced Black Tea

Make and sweeten your own iced tea with honey to avoid artificial sweeteners and shop-bought iced teas filled with white sugar. Making your own iced tea is simpler than you think and a perfect summer cooler...

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Sonja

Hi Sister, I'm Sonja

I’m a Nordic girl married to a Moroccan husband and mom to a curious little adventurer. After over a decade in fine dining, I left the busy restaurant life to embrace slower, more natural living. Now I help women simplify their routines with from-scratch recipes, natural wellness tips, and sustainable ways to create less waste and more contentment.

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Natural Lifestyle Letters

If you are looking for Nordic simplicity in homemaking and natural living, tea and infusion recipes, and you are seeking ways to balance your energy naturally, well sister, you have arrived in the right place! You can be sure that when I am being too strict, straightforward, and overorganized a Nordic girl, my husband gives me a bit of a Moroccan easygoing, life-hugging perspective to take it easier. With that balance, the Blue tea tile blog, YouTube Channel and the weekly Natural Lifestyle Letters broadcast are built on.

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🌿 Natural Lifestyle Letters Reader, making iced coffee from scratch is crazy simple. Here is what you basically need for a lightly seasoned and sweetened iced coffee made with a French press for two: 2 tbsp coffee grounds (15 grams) 1 tsp sugar (optional but rounds the flavour nicely) 1/2tsp cardamom or cinnamon (optional) 150 ml water (130 grams) Heat the water, brew the strong coffee with seasoning and sweeteners in a French press. Let it steep 3 to 5 minutes. Then to make it icy and sweet:...

Cup of Ivan Chai tea with the homemade fermented fireweed loose-leaf tea in a jar.

🌿 Natural Lifestyle Letters Reader, do you ever wish you could enjoy black tea normally, without checking what time of day it is because it has caffeine in it? I stumbled upon Ivan Chai when I was studying more about teas and herbs (you can find my reading suggestions here). Ivan chai is an infusion made of fireweed leaves (also known as willowherb) that have been turned black with the natural process of oxidizing and fermenting. After the process, the flavour is similar to black tea, and...

A youngg girl holding a white plate with white rose petals to dry for flower tea

🌿 Natural Lifestyle Letters Hi Reader, Many edible flowers can be enjoyed far beyond the garden. You can gently pick a few fragrant petals, dry them, and save a little piece of summer for the months ahead. When collecting flowers for tea, always make sure they are edible and haven't been treated with pesticides. Harvest them on a dry, sunny morning after the dew has disappeared, then spread the petals out on a tray or sieve in a well-ventilated place until they are completely dry. At our...