I have been stressed out of my mind for the past week or so. It’s starting to really affect me, too. Yesterday, I opened the back door right into my face. BAM! Big old goose-egg lump on my temple. The door was a bit sticky, too, so I really had to pull hard. You’d think I’d move my face out of the way, but no, I didn’t. And earlier, I had opened the medicine cabinet door into the side of my nose. Nice! And you’ve already heard about me ordering tickets for the wrong night. I’m not confessing anything else.
So last week, discovering that I was *gasp* out of good tea, I placed an emergency order to Porto Rico Importing Company, my ultimate tea source. I ordered 1/4 lb of my VERY FAVORITE BEST TEA EVER, the sublime Vintage Himalaya Darjeeling. If tea could be gold and purple and smell like hot wet stones after rain in an herb garden, and remind one of grapes and fall leaves and make one want to cry because it’s just so lovely, it is this tea. Absolutely divine. At $22 per pound, it had better be that good! And it is. I buy it a 1/4 pound at a time and save it for when I really need my tea fix. I ordered two other teas as well, as my ordinary every day teas. They are really good too. The first is called Golden Yunnan, and it is indeed golden and smooth and fragrant. The other is Golden Nepal, which is a Darjeeling blend. It’s rather smoky, which I love, like the dark side of Darjeeling.
So this morning, I’m guzzling my Vintage Himalaya, knowing full well that drinking an entire pot will give me the caffeine shakes later on. I don’t care; it’s worth it today. Hey, at least I’m not plying myself with liquor or potato chips. Or daytime tv. It could be worse.
I always feel rich after I get a fresh shipment of tea. gloat gloat gloat. . .
link please?
My favorite is Organic Russian Caravan.
Clean, fragrant, faintly floral.
Also Rooibus Ginger when I need decaf.
YOU got me hooked on loose tea. . .
http://www.portorico.com
I love rooibus–we used to have friends from South Africa who would make it for me–soooo good!
If I need decaf, I like Salada’s white tea in bags (GASP! yes, I said bags!) and I like Celestial Seasons Bengal Spice and Tension Tamer. Probably just because of the pictures on the box, though. I’m a sucker for packaging.
Dear Happy Tea Girl With Bump On Her Head,
You crack me up. I am actually a coffee girl overall, but enjoy tea on rainy days or when I am not feeling well.
I loved the pictures of Dr. Miles. He is so sweet.
And it was very fun at the concert/fireworks! I enjoyed the treat of sitting by you guys.
Okay, well off to work. And thanks for posting more wedding pictures. They are wonderful.
Much Love to You!
Me
Thanks for the tea recommendations! I usually drink Twinings loose Darjeeling (in a purple tin in the British section of the international food aisle), but could use a few luxury teas.
sorry you’ve had a rough week. your tea habit is probably more healthy than my ice cream & chocolate habit 🙂 trying to replace with walking on these GORGEOUS evenings though. off to tend my mac & cheese!! 🙂 love you!
Thanks for the link, Allyson!