news & notes

  • Little Woods’ Shop Third Anniversary

    Three years. Wow. That’s first big milestone right? We are so excited to be celebrating Little Woods’ third birthday. Join us on Saturday, April 27th from 3-5pm (details below). Not everyone knows this, but Jason and I have dreamed of owning a tea shop on “a main street like the one in Ames” since we…

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  • Little Woods Gallery: Winter Wonderland

    This winter the owner of Little Woods, Kristin M Roach, took a trip into her favorite woods and emerged with a new collections of works. We are pleased to debut her first public exhibition of her photographic work. Traditionally Kristin’s works use multimedia methods based in line to create emersive environments. While these photographs may…

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  • Holiday Happenings at the Shop

    Every holiday season Little Woods gets into the spirit with a mix of live music, social fun, tea sampling, and -of course- sales! Here are all the fun things happening around our shop in Downtown Ames, Iowa. Any sale discounts will also be reflected online. Go to the bottom of the list for holiday special hours…

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  • Tea Debut: Oasis & Cerise Citron

    On Friday in the shop, we stocked the shelves with our two newest blends. Andrea and I were both smitten with coffee cherry tea and quickly envisioned blends that would play off its earthy cherry notes. Oasis is a delicious combination of coffee cherry tea (cascara) by coffee flour, coconut flakes, elder berries, and indian…

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  • Experimenting with Coffee Cherry Tea

    Since it arrived, everyone in the shop has been dreaming up new ways to use Coffee Cherry Tea. Of course all the usual tea steeping ways. Iced tea with an elder flower syrup is phenomenal and definitely a favorite. Coffee Cherry Iced Tea 7g coffee cherry tea (heaping teaspoon) 4oz just boiled water Steep 5…

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  • Brewing: Coffee Cherry Tea (aka Cascara)

    This is some exciting news. We’ve partnered with Coffee Flour™ to bring their new Coffee Cherry Tea to the US online retail market place. In addition to selling Coffee Cherry Tea online, we are developing a new line of herbal tea blends featuring this unique ingredient. Our first two are debuting this Friday. We’ve decided to…

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