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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I hope astra doesn't return to us with empty pockets! I know he has been excited about this buying trip for awhile!
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LOL! I'm almost as excited about the trip as he is, and I don't even get to go! Just thinking about having access to all those teas makes me giddy. There is a 'Mariage Freres' shop on Kyoto's equivalent to '5th Ave' but the prices are right up there with Armani, Gucci, and Rolex. They keep their teas in small old fashion milk cans, and the walls of the tea room must have 100 or more different teas. But the prices are so ridiculous here that I never have the urge to even go in any more. I'm not about to spend $75 for the same tea that I can get for $20, especially for a tasting test. (They don't sell samples...) I could go into their tea room for a cup, but even that runs about $10... although it does include a cookie.
If I were let loose in Fortnum & Mason, or in any of the other Tea emporiums of London, I wind up spending the rent money. Fortunately my kid is already out of college or I'd spend his school money too!
Stitchawl