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Well said, Storm!
I too am a big fan of Sri Lankan teas and consider them my "go to" teas. Really love Kenyan Milima too - Deep and aromatic just as you described with a subtle note of spice. Harney & Sons Tea Company over on this side of the pond makes a fantastic blend of Kenilworth Ceyon and Kenyan Milima called Big Red Sun. I believe you'd love it!
Sipping on a rooibos with lavender tonight. All is right with the world. :)
I really do need to get into gear and look for some of these more exotic rooibos teas!
From what I have seen written here, I believe that I will try tea before bedtime. I am an occasional insomniac and I would appreciate one that will help put me in "dreamland" (aside from what has been discussed here).
Cheers!
I'm a former (and still occasional) insomniac and I find rooibos with milk soothes and settles me ready for sleep. However, I took it on partly as an active attempt to set a routine. Worth giving it a go, though, even if just to enjoy the tea! :D
I am not an insomniac, but always find it difficult to settle at the end of the day. Reading an interesting - but not too interesting - novel always helps. If I don't go to sleep at least I am having fun snuggling up in bed. I don't drink actual tea after noon. A warm drink of Rooibos or such like before bed is a nice routine. Here at this time of year I also make a hottie for my poor cold toes. Camomile tea is recommended by many, but I find it upsets my allergies. Sneezing and wheezing is not conducive to sleep.
And from the land of St Dommy the Dog, I should also say I have my old dog at my feet sharing the sunlight when I sit in my study drinking my morning beverage.
Our ambassador told me there's a big discussion on tea drinking in Canada, so I thought, how could they organize a tea debate without inviting me? I had to come!!
*arrrives in a tea-shaped car*
Oh and everyone in Canada is welcome to have a drink in my tea club!
Our Tea Rooms
We have two tea rooms! They are located in the shade of the Yggdrasil tree and are known for their tranquility. On the first floor the tea room opens up into the garden with a pond,and on the second floor the tea room has a deck that presents a view of the tree canopy.
Here are our Tea Sets
We have a lot of different tea sets but my favorite is a gift from former Yggdrasil resident Pyongwangpyoichohwan! It is made of Yixing clay and brews the most wonderful cup of tea! The cups are very little, aren't they cute?
Desserts and Snacks
Oh did I mention? The Tea club is located next to a confectionery and a cake shop. We often have desserts and snacks to go along with our afternoon tea sessions just like in K-ON!
Cakes and scones go best with English tea and red bean cakes and mochis go best with Japanese tea! Solitude and reflection goes best with Chinese tea! What should we pair Indian tea with? Let's find out! Make your recommendations to me! *nudges NeoPacificus to provide some free cakes* ;)
Me with Urd
Here is me having tea with Onee-san, she normally drinks sake but on this occasion she can't resist having Green tea with me!
Animals in the Room
A little kitten lives in the cupboard of the tea room in the ground floor. Her name is tama-chan! And there's a teddy bear who guards the entrance for us, in case scary invaders come in! They are Pebbles (left) and Tabby (right)!
Around the place
A gift from Lae which we planted in the garden ^^;
How to join the Tea Club?
Come join my tea club! Just let me know and I'd add your name below!
Members:
Darjeeling san (St. Gloriana Girls Academy)
Orange Pekoe san (SGGA)
Assam san (SGGA)
Goddess Relief Office
Have fun with it
Vrolondia
Edwin rosario
Tzuland
Sternberg
Improving wordiness (=coffee drinker spy)
Aerospace Forces
Readia
SteamPunkFishToo
NeoPacificus (=provider of cakes)
Allemeine II
Arthenia
Barapam (=supplier of cookies)
Parkplace (=never fear, Canadian doughnuts are here!)
New Vinland
Campfire road
Aaronian fleet
Stuffed stuffing
Konashen
Tzarsgrad
Particle
Laes (=gifter of nice sakura-looking tree!)
Sabaton Amarth
Orioni 2
Jutsa
Join today!
Tama-chan awaits! *meow*
I love Canada! All I can say is JTF2 sees stuff that would make SEAL Team 6 wet their pants!
*passes around doughnuts for all the tea drinkers*
Yummy doughnuts! But now what will I do with the airdropped ton of Parle-G biscuits!
The jury is still out on what are the best snacks to accompany tea! Doughnuts (or donuts for the US folks) is certainly a great choice when tea is drank plain. A similar case exists in the Orient, for example, the Japanese like to eat red bean mochi when drinking green tea. The bitterness of tea and the sweetness of the snack makes the perfect pair.
It is more complicated for English tea since Westerners like to add sugar or milk to their tea. What are your preferences? I know even within Continental USA there are regional differences. In the North, if you go to a McDonalds and ordered Ice-tea, it comes without sugar. If you head south, it comes with sugar.
New Vinland and West klopstock
Thank you, ma'am.
I don't usually have anything with tea. I just drink it on its own. I don't know, guess I like the full impact of the flavour and feel it's its own reward.
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I've just polished off my second mug of tea this morning. The first mug was a Ceylon/Darjeeling blend. The second was Versailles Earl Grey - An Earl Grey/lavender blend with a whisp of vanilla.
There is nothing in this world that is more soul satisfying than a hot mug of tea on a cold and rainy day!
Had a warm toasted bagel slathered with honey-pecan cream cheese with my tea - Heaven!
Jammy Dodgers.
Nonsense!
The best snack depends on the type of tea, so no one thing is ever going to hold the top spot.
Can't argue with that! All we can do in the end is give personal preferences - and regional preferences, which I find fascinating to hear about. Can't say I've noticed such differences in the Land of the Long Weekend - except that various fancy chocolates and biscuits are given out with a cuppa (coffee or tea) in the city shops, but not so much here in the regional areas, as we are called these days. (Does that mean cities are not regions? And does that mean - as I have long suspected - they are not real places?)
Metaphysics aside, I did have a (English born) friend who imported English 'digestives' from 'home' (as my grandmother described that country she had never seen) because he couldn't find a local biscuit that didn't dissolve in his tea when he dunked it. Personally I never met a biscuit I didn't like better dunked in my tea - although I am restricted to the very occasional arrowroot bikky by my new friend diabetes. Plain arrowroots are still nice - and more so dunked! I do like donuts, but can't cope with dunking them in anything.
I usually have caffeinated teas only at breakfast with a bowl of porridge - plain rolled oats (nothing worth doing is quick) preferably soaked overnight, and only stirred with a wooden spoon when heating. Nothing added, not even the salt which my other, Irish Grandma would have insisted on. Quite happy with just some warm herbal concoctions on their own over the rest of the day.
I had a patient from Scotland whose family made a Scottish gift basket for me which contained McVitie's Digestive Biscuits -
Sublime! Especially with tea! :D
That they are, Fiddle. I not is you said "patient" – what's your profession if I may ask?
Hi Storm!
I am a nurse specializing in the care of dementia patients. I am also a hospice nurse, and have worked in oncology and psych as well.
As you might imagine, Storm, a good cup of tea is my best friend in the morning, at work and when I am unwinding after a long day!
Being a nurse has been extremely rewarding in spite of all the stress. It's wonderful to know that my work has hopefully brought a bit of comfort to someone in need. :)
Devil Heart and Stormaen
And pacquiao lost....another lost for my country. Good fight though.
Rhuz do you still live in the Philippines?
If you do you are much nearer by me that I had realised.
Sorry, but I no longer live in the Philippines. I kinda moved to Canada on 2012. Wait...do you live in the Philippines?
Devil Heart is our resident from the Down-under-verse! :D
Oh! Though I add she was born of the great north (Canada)! (Makes her even cooler but sh! don't tell her I said that! She's a modest one!)
*Cough* Tea, anyone?
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