Author: Mia Chen McMahon

DIY Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew 2 Ways

DIY Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew 2 Ways

Friends, it’s October 1st. Aka the official start of ~*spooky szn*~, the commencement of Thotmn™, and apparently…today is also National Pumpkin Spice Day???? I did not invent this holiday, but I was born for this holiday. If you follow me on Instagram (which you probably […]

Bubble Tea Recipe feat. Tea Bar’s Cardamom Chai

Bubble Tea Recipe feat. Tea Bar’s Cardamom Chai

Here’s the [bubble] tea.   Friends, if there ever was a foundational part of my identity, it is my love of bubble tea. In my personal food pyramid, bubble tea is solidly in the largest block on the bottom. Last weekend I had bubble tea […]

Sexy Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Sexy Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Alternately titled: How Swiss Meringue Buttercream Saved My Best Friend’s Wedding Cake Raise your hand if you’re really excited to eat a cake and then…proceed to scrape off all the frosting because it’s sweet AF. So sweet that all you can taste is chalky powdered […]

How to Make a Matcha Latte in 5 Minutes

How to Make a Matcha Latte in 5 Minutes

A no-bullshit recipe for easy breezy matcha lattes.

Matcha For Dummies

Matcha For Dummies

Sit down, kids. Class is in session. Alrighty, this is going to be a long-ass post because I got a lot of ‘splainin to do. Not mansplaining, but matchasplaining. If you manage to read through the end because you are a grown-ass adult who can […]

Paradise Park, Mt. Hood

Paradise Park, Mt. Hood

I spent my birthday week last year (August 2017) on the Timberline Trail, which circumnavigates Mt. Hood. Of the entire trail, Paradise Park is probably the most picturesque place we camped. I took these photos during the alpenglow of the early evening! 10/10 best dinner […]