Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Tea Time


On the rare mornings i have enough time to make tea or coffee, i find it makes my overall workday more bearable. Here's a cup of Chinese Keemun tea from Adagio that i picked up at the Fancy Food Show. It came in a premium tea bag with the full leaves in view.* The tea had a wonderfully smoky fall aroma, did surprisingly have a dry, chocolately finish and brewed into a nice reddish color. I'm a fan of robust Assam but am slowly expanding my tea world.

*Most tea bags are filled with "fannings" aka tea leaf dust. Loose tea is always a better bet.

posted by beXn @ 12:35 AM

5 Comments:

At 2:27 PM, October 05, 2005, Anonymous Tana said...

Did you see this?

I am right now sipping a cup of Adagio tea: looseleaf Earl Grey Bravo. I tried several of their teas, and have ordered the apricot and Earl Grey. Next up: mango and the Chinese Yunan Jig. Lovely stuff.

 
At 3:42 AM, October 06, 2005, Blogger Solarkat said...

Bexnnie,

I like Rooibos; did you try it the last time you were home? It's a really good herbal tea from a plant from Africa.

 
At 8:39 PM, October 06, 2005, Anonymous Catherine said...

Tea! Ooh, I love tea! Here's my collection, and I'll tell you a little sumpin' about each one on my blog because I can go on forever:

Loose: camomile, honeybush, rooibos, red raspberry leaf, earl grey creme.

Bagged: hawthorn berries, peppermint.

Have you ever purchased anything via SpecialTeas? http://www.specialteas.com/ I'm a woman on a mission (see my blog), and I'm thinking about ordering from them for a tea taste test.

I'm glad you like Keith's garlic! I'm flattered you took up my advice and sought out his garlic. Just so you know: I follow lots of your advice too. I love this blog!

 
At 6:32 PM, October 18, 2005, Blogger beXn said...

The post Tana linked to is really interesting; i'm waiting to read part II! There's an infinite amount of information to learn about tea. Perhaps we should all contribute to a group tea blog?

This winter i'm going to order loose tea from Adagio and Special Teas. I like the one kind of rooibos i've had (Rooibos Tropica from Teavana in NoVA) but i don't know much else about it. And lastly be sure to check out C's post on tea!

 
At 10:22 AM, May 30, 2006, Blogger Coca Blog said...

http://coca-blog.blogspot.com/

According to research, the chemical composition of coca leaves is more complete and rich in calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fibre, ash, minerals (calcium, phosphorous, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, ascorbic acid, etc.) and vitamins A, C and E than other food plants and infusions in common use such as coffee, tea, camomile, etc. Thanks to this research, it is nowadays recognized that the coca leaf contains more proteins (19.9 per cent) than meat (19.4 per cent) and far more calcium (2,191 per cent) than condensed milk, and that it is richer in vitamin B-1 (276 per cent) than fresh carrots

 

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