Mountain High Chai!
Julie lives in Sacramento, California. Marie lives in New York City. They are sisters living 2,500 miles apart, united by their kitchens.
October 23, 2012
October 17, 2012
Tea!
I never used to be much of a tea drinker. I liked the idea of drinking tea, wrapped up in a
shawl on a cold, snowy Saturday morning with a good book in hand, but always in
the end it seemed infinitely more satisfying to down a cup o’ Joe with the requisite
tablespoon of half & half.
Cut to years later, when I started dating—and later
married—a tea drinker. No doubt influenced by his family’s Irish heritage, S.
would serve and asked to be served just a simple cup of Lipton, please. By
default, I started drinking Lipton.
A few months back, I participated in a three day juice
cleanse during which I was compelled to drink eight cups a day of green
tea. I found that I liked the mild,
soothing flavor, and then started to experiment with other teas.
A trip to the local market yielded a box of the delightful Better Morning Blend from Two Leaves and a Bud, a tea company
headquartered in Basalt, Colorado. With selection limited to just a few
flavors, I went online to order a sampler.
Two Leaves and Bud promises the experience of “whole leaf organic
tea in its purest, native form.” I don’t know much about tea, but I do know that
Better Morning Blend changed my
approach to tea. I’m looking forward to drinking my way
through the sampler.
Next up: a comparison of orange sencha,
mountain high chai, and pomi-berry.
-M
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