loose tea
seventh in a wanton-tea orgy of Thursday posts about taking tiffin with (black) tea in the NW USA.
Thursday Tiffin #7: loose tea
The Perennial tea shop in the Pike Place market is a decidedly bounce-inducing pleasant suprise. Especially pleasant for someone who likes to wave her not insubstantial nose over the leaves while inhaling before prising open her wallet. Me. The leaves can be seen, smelt and ordered by weight. This is infinitely more sensuous than the Republic of Tea boxes laden with fancy words and bright colours selling a lifestyle dream rather than an aromatic experience.
Loose tea just sounds so wonderfully naughty, how can you resist?
No prizes for guessing where I opened my wallet…
Remember that you can find quality good teas in big city specialist shops within the NW USA. All is not lost!
November 23rd, 2006
Looking at that picture I wonder what Earl Grey Cream is – I’m an Earl Grey man myself, although also very partial to Lady Grey (which I assume some American without understanding how peerages work has mislabelled Princess Grey…)… what a pretty shop, all it would take to make it perfect is a set of jars on the other wall from which you could buy a quarter of sherbert lemons, rhubarb & custards and humbugs… now *that’s* a shop.
AF.
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