What is in your cup?

[Poppaea]

I should not think they charge more here, I only do not find them cheaper than the others. No, sorry, just had a second look there are one that are quite a lot cheaper than Kusmis. Others are fairly the same price. You are right, I could save some. On the other hand, I saved some when buying the Kusmis as they were on promotion.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

This was my standards-have-to-have-in-the-house shopping not the fancy whities I am so fond of.

I bought

1000 g Assam by Windsor Castle
500 g Orange Pekoe by Windsor Castle (gift for my Mom)
500 g Earl Grey by Windsor Castle (gift for my Mom)
250 g Kashmir Chai by Kusmi
250 g Russian Morning by Kusmi

The Kusmis are extremly hard to resist due to their unique packaging...

Kusmi

I see what you mean! I added that site to my "tea" browser favorites folder.

[Poppaea]

And now imagine sitting in Mlle. Chanels rooms in the Ritz having a Samowar boiling next to you and one of those tempting little tins stitting next to it...

[astra]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

I am a hopeless spender! Just bought tea for 102€. Somebody has to put an end to this, I am not rich, just an ordinary sales person. Please me

See? It is very convenient to sleep only 4 hours per day.
You can read a book a day, flirt and drink a lot of good tea

Originally Posted by Poppaea

500 g Orange Pekoe by Windsor Castle (gift for my Mom)

Orange Pekoe? What tea?

Originally Posted by Poppaea

The Kusmis are extremly hard to resist due to their unique packaging...

True. Lovely tins. I would be very tempted. They are too expensive, though so, I can resist

Although, I am dreading going to London in the end of February.
Visiting many(2+2) premium tea shops saturated with London+ prices.
Knowing that, I manage to spend money on teas now?!? 3 tins and 2 packs by Taylors of Harrogate today

[Poppaea]

Taylors of Harrogate??? Who is this now? Oh, astra, you were meant to stop me, now I have to find out about Taylors of Harrogate! Shame on you!

[Poppaea]

ok, you are off the hook. It is not cheaper or other than Windsor Castle Tea.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Taylors of Harrogate??? Who is this now? Oh, astra, you were meant to stop me, now I have to find out about Taylors of Harrogate! Shame on you!

Don't blame me. I am a helpless victim

Stitchawl is the worst, throw in kindlekitten, ProfCrash and beppe and you get the gang of tea tricksters.

Off to brew some green leaves.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

ok, you are off the hook. It is not cheaper or other than Windsor Castle Tea.

Yes, Taylors of Harrogate are not cheap, but I bought the tins half price

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by astra

Don't blame me. I am a helpless victim

Stitchawl is the worst, throw in kindlekitten, ProfCrash and beppe and you get the gang of tea tricksters.

Off to brew some green leaves.

moi? *blink blink*

[beppe]

Originally Posted by dreams

Please tell me all rooibos is not like that.

Hi dreams.

All rooibos is not like that.

I drink plain rooibos of high quality (that is what my pusher calls it), loose leafs. It does not taste much. But it leaves a very pleasant mouth and it makes good company. I drink it cold even, and in hot weather I take it with me instead of the usual plastic water bottles.

In the office it is a very healthy substitute of coffee, that, good and stimulating as it may be, at the end of a "long" working day can give me the shakes and maybe worst. So, my friendly exhortation is : drink your rooibos plain, and get flavors from the herbal tea's.

[desertblues]

White wine and water. 0.40 off to bed.

Edit: no still typing away in my bed on my iPad. Have to put it down, as I always read in a few books before going to sleep. Currently reading Luka and the fire of life by Salman Rushdie, a born storyweaver and Collected novels Saramago, Anne McCaffrey and some spiritual for my soul.

[astra]

Originally Posted by dreams

Oops, sorry. Seriously though, I had a really hard time finishing the cup. Thank you for letting me know that they are not all like that. Maybe, I will try another kind. More plain and not flavored?

I meant to reply and have forgotten, until beppe replied

I agree with him. Rooibos with flavours are different. I ordered a sample pack a few months ago. About 12 samples of rooibos+flavour. My verdict - straight rooibos only.
Then again, apparently I am like that with all teas. Black, green. Only straight teas.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Taylors of Harrogate??? Who is this now? Oh, astra, you were meant to stop me, now I have to find out about Taylors of Harrogate! Shame on you!

dear.
I buy my tea from a droghiere. A drugstore. Down town Milano. Apparently a very serious establishment. Traditional, whatever that means, maybe that people buy tea there since a number of years. Nothing fancy. But he has the stuff. He takes the tea that I want from big cans and put it in paperbags and write on them what the tea is. I pay about 4 or 5 euro for 50 gr. Maybe double for some fancier stuff (by the way that's the price for extragood foie gras, of course with tea you go a much longer way, while with 50 gr of foie gras you get about a couple of bites).

I buy small quantities (50 gr tipically). In any case the drogheria is on my way to work. I drink mostly Keemun and Oolong so of those I buy 100 gr at the time. He has only one Keemun and one Oolong (actually the Oolong costs a little more but not much, maybe 6), I have started with Sencha now so i will get that in large packages also, but then it is 3 teas in the main rotation and their individual use has to go down anyway, as the number of liters of tea that I might drink in a day is what it is.

I could not care less for the packaging of tea. I might care more for the packaging of other articles. But the ones that really interest me are not for sale anyhow, for money at least. I mean pocket money.

Tea is such a good thing. Simple and at the same time deep. There is no need for fancy stuff, both around it or into it, just water actually. Whow, after such a show of pseudo zen bs, i'll go and make myself a ... what, i was almost saying something to drink. a Tanqueray plain (he drinks that blue Imperial College stuff, Tanqueray is stronger and it has a stronger flair, that other one drinks those thick peat extracts, that one drinks microbrewery suds), but I gave up drinking. I'll smoke something than, no wait, I gave up smoking (12 October 2010). I'll ... Yes, that might be a good idea. Bye.

[Stitchawl]

Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together

Saturday morning and the sun is bright! I've a nice cup of Taylors of Harrogate's English Breakfast tea next to me, and I'm ready to face the day. This spring-like weather seems to be holding so we'll take a ride.

Originally Posted by astra

I confused it with your love for Fortnum & Mason's Ceylon

I'm an equal opportunity tea lover.
Taylors for some teas, Fortnum & Mason for others, Jackson's of Piccadilly, Ahmad, even Bigalow for one! Just please... no Lipton's Regular Label!

I will test them.....in a few weeks time probably. Have to finish English Breakfast from Bath's Tea House Emporium.

Why not a side-by-side comparison? That might prove interesting.

Originally Posted by beppe

I am using paper bags now. Mine are Japanese from ochapack.com, I got them in Zurich, 2 packs.Attachment 66045. They are particular in the sense that if my hands are not smooth they get stuck, in this way I know if I have to use more hand cream, expecially in this harsh winter.

Sounds as if you've gotten the really good quality tea bags, beppe! The ones I found that feel like soft silk to the same thing to my rough finger tips! However, it makes filling them easier, as I can pick one up with one finger rather than needing two!

But who cares, often the path is much more interesting that the destination ...

Ahhh..... the joys of being a Taoist!

Originally Posted by Poppaea

This was my standards-have-to-have-in-the-house shopping not the fancy whities I am so fond of.
I bought
1000 g Assam by Windsor Castle
500 g Orange Pekoe by Windsor Castle (gift for my Mom)

Hello Poppaea, nice to meet you!
What tea is this an Orange Pekoe of? Does it say on the label?

250 g Kashmir Chai by Kusmi
250 g Russian Morning by Kusmi
The Kusmis are extremly hard to resist due to their unique packaging...

I just saw these for the first time last week. Very pretty tins! Unfortunately, my shop only had three different teas, and all were flavored. Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid. I really would like to try that Russian Morning tea. It has the same mix as McNultey's Russian Caravan tea, but obviously the blending will be different.

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Taylors of Harrogate??? Who is this now? Oh, astra, you were meant to stop me, now I have to find out about Taylors of Harrogate! Shame on you!

Taylors of Harrogate is an old UK tea company that puts our some very, VERY nice teas. Astra likes their 'Yorkshire Gold,' and I like the regular 'Yorkshire,' as well as their English Breakfast tea. I'm not so fond of Taylor's 'Ceylon.' I prefer another UK company, "Fortnum & Mason" for that, and for their Royal Breakfast tea too. I seem to prefer the teas from tea companies rather than from tea retailers. It's sort of like buying one's wine from the estate rather that at the supermarket. Maybe I'm just a snob!

Originally Posted by astra

Don't blame me. I am a helpless victim

Stitchawl is the worst,

Gee... I get blamed for everything. I'm innocent, I tell ya! INNOCENT!

On to my second mug of the morn... East India Company's Assam! Good choice!


Stitchawl

[beppe]

Originally Posted by astra

True. Lovely tins. I would be very tempted. They are too expensive, though so, I can resist

Are they really? they are 125 gr, for 11 euros, that's not very expensive. it comes to about 20 cents for a mug, and if it is re-stippable (how do you like that) even less, compared to 40 cents for the tiniest cup of nespresso ...

Hi astra, i'd give you k's very happily but something in the mechanism is against it