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Last night mom2fourtreasure's family and mine met for dinner. Our life ins. co. does these dinners twice a month where they give you $2-$4 off each persons meal. Last nights was Buddy's BBQ and our family of six at for under $20. Sometimes it's less than that depending on the resaurant. Afterwards we wandered through some shops. One of them that Geanine had been to before was called Black Bear Tea. This store sells bulk teas, teapots, etc. After sniffing a huge assortment of teas we each chose a few to try at home. The owner was very sweet and gave us each a free little baggy of some tea she wanted us to try as well as a free cup of "Tiger Tropical". I also bought a tea cup made my a local potter. This morning I just had to try one of my new teas, and of course I had to drink it out of that new cup. I enjoy the mug as much as I enjoy the tea, and if I don't like my mug I don't enjoy the tea nearly as much. My favorite kinds of mugs are pottery, and I normally buy them at yard sales. This one is made in the traditional Japanese style and is beautiful! It was all so beautiful I decided to take pictures of it for you.  Look at that tea! Have you ever seen tea like that? I don't remember what all she said was in this blend, called Salamander Fruit. Some of the ingredients are hibiscus, calendula, orange peel, currant, rose hips and I think papaya. I can't for the life of me recall what the blue is.....there are several flowers that dry that color but I don't know which it is. Here is what the steeped tea looks like, I tried to rotate this pic but it wouldn't stay that way when I put it on here. Hm.  Isn't that beautiful? Here are the fruits and flowers after they have steeped. I actually ate some of them trying to decide what they were, and they were good. I think this tea would be really good stirred up in some oatmeal!  Combine that beautiful pottery cup, a tea that is a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds, two rocking chairs on the porch (one of them containing your husband) and some warm springy sunshine and you have a recipe for a very pleasant morning. Amy |
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