Spice Tea

Yesterday I met up with a friend and went to my favorite tea shop. I had my end of the year 10% discount coupon. You know that is dangerous - at least to my credit card. Even though the public health emergency is long over, we still can't order pots of tea there. I don't know that we ever will be able to again. Thanks for ruining that part of the experience COVID. We did get our paper cups of tea to drink instead, it's just not the same as sharing a pot of tea with a friend. Oh well. We both ended up getting the same tea to try. Spice tea. It's described as having a blend of the Orient's finest black tea and exotic spices. I didn't take any pictures of it since it looked like black tea in a disposable cup. The first whiff when I took off the plastic sippy lid (I don't drink tea with that in place, it just ruins the experience and hinders the enjoyment of the aroma) was of cloves. When drinking the brew, I could taste the cloves, but the main spice flavor was cinnamon. Thankfully it was not a sharp, harsh cinnamon, but the best cinnamon tea I've ever had! One of the other dangers of going to this store is buying teaware. You know that's a big draw for me. Since I couldn't justify spending $127 on a Japanese tea set (even with a 10% discount), I decided I wanted a washi paper tin and a matching cup.
I eventually want to paint the cupboards in my kitchen a color other than white. I want to go for a warm color, possibly a shade of orange. I loved the traditional crane motif, and the red and pink flowers looked smashing with the carrot colored cup. That was the color listed on the receipt. Now I have 4 sencha cups. Peach, dark pink, light pink, and carrot. Now to get back to crafting and wishing that this place wasn't so cluttered with craft supplies. I tell people that the second bedroom is for crafting. The reality is it is the room where all the craft supplies I'm not using get piled while the rest of the house is my craft room. People who don't have hobbies don't understand how this works.

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  1. Poppy CrockerDecember 4, 2022 at 11:38 AM

    I know what you mean about COVID ruining some of the in-person food and drink experiences that we used to love. A store in our area used to have an oat mill so customers could freshly mill oat groats into flakes. I loved it because the texture was so interesting (creamy soft outside with a light crunch in the center) and it tasted really fresh. The machines got taken out for COVID concerns, and they're never coming back. I'm pretty sure the company that was responsible for providing the groats and machines to stores is now out of business.

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    1. Lace makerDecember 4, 2022 at 11:48 AM

      That's too bad. The company that made the brandied apricot tea that I liked closed shortly after COVID started. I don't know if they went out of business because of the pandemic or if it was going to happen anyway.

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