What is in your cup?

[Latinandgreek]

Leftover Hallowe'en candy. Oh wait, that's what's in my mouth, not in my cup

[captkjaneway]

Following the Nespresso double espresso at home to wake me up, I now have a nice mug of Iron Buddha sitting on my desk at work

[Stitchawl]

I have seen the morning burning
golden on the mountain in the skies;
aching with the feeling of the
freedom of an eagle
when she flies;
turning on the world
the way
she smiled upon my soul
as I lay dying;
healing as the collors in the sunshine
and the shadows of her eyes;
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNrmTzUq6CE )

Good morning, all. It feels like Sunday but I guess it isn't. Holiday today so everyone is home from work, outside washing cars or tending flowers. I'm inside drinking Yorkshire tea and eating fruit. Still feels like Sunday.

Originally Posted by silvan4now

drinking some herbal tea that smells bad and tastes even worse....

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I would say that that accurately described every herbal tea that I have ever come across

I find herbal teas smell too fruity or flowery, rather than 'bad.' Except for Valarian, that is. Horrible smell, but after several attempts I actually grew fond of the smell...

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Technically, any tea that is not made from the tea plant is an herbal. So Matte's, Chai's, and the like are herbals. (shrugs)

Is 'Chai' really a herbal? I always figured it was a black tea with spices and sweetened condensed milk added to it. (Chai being the local word for 'tea' anyway.) All the recipes I have for making it at home say 'begin with x tea bags...'

I would say most of the standard herbals (anything sold by Celestial Seasons) I find disgusting.

Hear! Hear! Having tried my best to like their very first major tea, 'Red Zinger' back in the day, and failing, I've yet to taste anything they make that I like! Proof that the majority can be wrong!


Stitchawl

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Leftover Hallowe'en candy. Oh wait, that's what's in my mouth, not in my cup

Decaf coffee in my cup, while curled up with my blanket.

**OK, OK, Halloween candy on the plate beside me, too.**

@ Stitchawl - what Holiday?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by dreams

@ Stitchawl - what Holiday?

It's called "Bunka No Hi" That translates roughly to 'Culture Day.' I celebrate it by eating yogurt, but I think there is some other meaning...


Stitchawl

[afa]

Nothing, as I don't have a cup on me.

[pdurrant]

Coke Zero #1.

[Iridal]

Espresso in my cup. Getting ready to go to Ikea so I can refurnish the study that has been transformed in a reading room!

[astra]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Getting ready to go to Ikea so I can refurnish the study that has been transformed in a reading room!

Reading room is a very cosy idea

Cuppa #1 Assam Numalighur (F&M) at 06.30
Cuppa #2 English Breakfast (Emporium's blend) with breakfast
Cuppa #3 Yorkshire Gold ....

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by astra

Reading room is a very cosy idea

Reading room? I've always thought how funny it's a place exclusively for reading. I read everywhere in the house Kitchen table, lying on the couch, sitting on the stairs, lying in bed, sitting at the door, on the roof, by windows

[astra]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Reading room? I've always thought how funny it's a place exclusively for reading. I read everywhere in the house Kitchen table, lying on the couch, sitting on the stairs, lying in bed, sitting at the door, on the roof, by windows

Your post speaks for itself

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Getting ready to go to Ikea so I can refurnish the study that has been transformed in a reading room!

Originally Posted by astra

Reading room is a very cosy idea

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Reading room? I've always thought how funny it's a place exclusively for reading. I read everywhere in the house

I have a 'Reading World.'
It's much cheaper as other people have to furnish it.

A small cup of Bigelow's English Breakfast tea beside me.


Stitchawl

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Reading room? I've always thought how funny it's a place exclusively for reading. I read everywhere in the house Kitchen table, lying on the couch, sitting on the stairs, lying in bed, sitting at the door, on the roof, by windows

Get married and have kids that run around screaming... then you will see the value of having a place to retreat too...

Cup is empty!! *sobs*

[ProfCrash]

Water with a nice 10 grain bread that I made last night. We now have four types of bread flour, and nine different types of grains in the house.

And two puppies who are having fun wrestling and running and really do not want to sleep past 6:30 in the morning.

We used to called the bathroom the library. It was the only place you were guaranteed privacy in a house with four kids, two parents, and a dog. I had a bath pillow that I used when lying in the bath tub, no water, reading.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I have a 'Reading World.'
It's much cheaper as other people have to furnish it.

Originally Posted by VydorScope

Get married and have kids that run around screaming... then you will see the value of having a place to retreat too...

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

We used to called the bathroom the library. It was the only place you were guaranteed privacy in a house with four kids, two parents, and a dog. I had a bath pillow that I used when lying in the bath tub, no water, reading.

In my childhood, teenager period, used to be the best library.... and to a certain degree still is
Bath was the next one, although with water because it was easier to justify an hour or more spent in a bath

Cuppa #4
Bojenmi.

Thursday is a gourmet market day, thus I bought pumpernickel rye bread to last till the next Thursday. I wanted to purchase Hoxton rye bread, but they didn't have any. Hopefully, next week