More tea talk

[susandennis]

nezbitthecat sent me the most wonderful surprise gift that arrived today. It's a tea infuser and 4 tins of a tea sampler and a book all about tea!!! It's from Adagio and it's all so cool. I tried it all out with a breakfast tea (one from the sampler).

I thought that would be a good test since I kind of know what breakfast tea tastes like.

Now I know what *good* breakfast tea tastes like! It was so good that I don't have any left over for iced tea for supper. Guess I know what I'll be using the not-so-good breakfast tea for!

I do need some cucumber sandwiches... and would you make sure and cut off the crusts, please. Thanks,

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[joyce.livejournal.com]

Okay, now that you have an infuser, walk thee down the hill to Market Spice. Walk to the back wall, and regard the glass jars. Pick a few that sound good, and take them to the counter, and tell them "Okay, I want an ounce of this and an ounce of this and..." Most of their loose tea runs a dollar an ounce, so you can walk out of there with a ton of kinds to try for not very much at all.

Hehehe, another tea convert. This is going to be fun to watch. :)

[ctseawa.livejournal.com]

And when you're done with Market Spice continue down hill to Western (just about directly under Market Spice, but across Western) where you'll find World Spice Market. Go in, go down the stairs and pick a few more items from the tea canisters there.

I'll be happy to introduce you to two of my favorite places to buy Chinese and Taiwanese tea. One is Floating Leaves in Bothel.

The other, Seattle's Best Tea (not to be confused with the Starbucks-owned coffee chain), is near you in the ID. Go to the new gate near the tunnel entrance. On the North side, directly under the gate, you'll find Seattle's Best Tea without much identifiable signage (but a banner in the window). Make sure you have a lot of time free when you go, the lady who runs the shop will give you a very lengthy class in tea if you let her. Just let her know you're there to learn about teas and let her lead you through a sampling. (If she's not there the young guy who helps her will do just as good a job.) Of course, it's only courteous to buy some tea afterwords.

[susandennis]

Thank you!!! I think I'm set for now - I've got more tea options than I thought possible!

I've sent all this info to my phone for when I'm ready to poke around. Thanks so much for the detail!