Tea
Wednesday, April 11, 2007Sometimes I think that I should write a tea blog. Maybe, like this snazzy Candy Blog: http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/ . She gets candy from all over the world. I’d not mind getting tea from all over the world to review…
I’d really like to get my hand on one of these, but I’ll never, ever, ever steep it. http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgmenbr=175633&cgrfnbr=191370 Isn’t that so cool? The idea of people patiently sewing tea leaves together so that, when placed in hot water, they unfurl, bloom, is amazing to me.
The problem is that I think that when we get into things like tea, we feel like if we don’t conform to certain standards, like, if we confess that we drink tea from bags rather than loose, we’re showing ourselves up. We’re saying “I really don’t know about tea/my tastes are totally white trash/I have no clue whatsoever.”
So I tend to avoid that, because I don’t want to be thought of as less cultured. Which is a bit of a laugh, really, I hate pretension in all it’s forms, but sometimes I don’t want to speak because I’m afraid of people’s opinions of my cultural literacy/good sense/taste.
Ah well.
Currently I’m sipping Bigelow’s Raspberry Royale. It’s oversweet, but I think that’s because I over sugared it…so be careful. The raspberry taste is very fine, it actually does taste like berries. It also smells very nice.
My current favorite is still Lipton’s Black Pearl. It’s gorgeous…from the pyramid tea bag series, and it is just such nice flavored black tea…when you have a cup of plain black tea, you want something full and rich. And dang, the name’s just cool. My mother and I always try to imitate Jack Sparrow. Alright, actually, I just do, “It’s the PEARL!” and my mother tolerates it.Labels: tea
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