Mariage Freres
Lapsang Souchong Imperial

I was on IM with Cyn and he mentioned that the Lapsang Souchong had just hit the water.

I then felt the need for a similiar thing to start some Lapsang brewing at my house. It is such a unique tea, smoked over smolder pine needles in some part of China. As my friend first noted, it smells of the campfires of our youth. I should note that we grew up in an area with lots and lots of pine trees. We did not grow up in China however.

A campfire was always started by gathering up well dried out pine needles. It was easy to get those to catch fire. Make a small pyramid of sticks over the needles so that they would catch fire next. Those were good days.

"We're going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And some day we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steam-shovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up."
-Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (via wikiquote)

Tazo Green Tea with Ginger (purchased from Starbucks)
Green Tea with Ginger

I just checked my counter and I have had 999 visitors to date. Hopefully #1000 will comment. I would be interested in finding out how that one (or any of you) found out about the blog.

I only recently discovered the Green Tea with Ginger mix. It is an excellent tea for anytime except early am or late pm.

I know tea goes well with a few mixes. Anyone care to comment about another favorite blend?

• Orange


• Ginger


• Other tea (like Stash's red and white fusion tea

I am thinking of donating all of my 2006 and 2007 earnings from this blog to Doctors without Borders. That's a $1.77 so far, we'll see if I can improve on that.

"being regretful early will be advantageous, being regretful later is of no use."
-John Ziegler (via wikiquote)

Wal-mart's Great Value (GV) brand
black tea

I'm still drinking this Wal-mart tea as my morning tea. I've been a little bit sick and just don't have it in me to appreciate some of the excellent teas that I have in stock like:

• Rishi Teas 100% organic green tea with ginger


• Mariage Freres Lapsang Souchong Imperial


• Any of a variety of regional teas from my local bulk foods store

"Most people seem to think legalized gambling is immoral and destructive. I see it as simply a tax on people who are unable to grasp basic math."
-John Ziegler (via wikiquote)

FooJoy China Classic
Oolong tea

Ugh. This is one of the worst teas on the planet. I've had it for years, but I just haven't been able to get myself to drink enough of it to be done with it. That is about to change.

Why don't I just throw out tea I don't like? I guess there are a few reasons:

• I'm cheap and can't stand to not get the maximum value out of anything.


• I think I may start to like it if I drink more.


• In a post apocolyptic era -- that tea might be pretty valuable!


• It is a constant reminder to make better decisions in life.
  

What do you do with tea that you've paid for that you don't like? Please comment below.

A vicious teacher is just a vicious teacher, as a vicious neighbor may happen to be. But a vicious mother - means that the whole world is vicious.
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Wal-mart's Great Value (GV) brand
black tea

I started drinking this as my morning tea about a month ago. I expected this to tasted bland like a lipton tea. I was pleasantly surprised when I drank my first cup.

This morning I got up and started heating up the water as I'm trying to wake myself up. I started to reach for the Stash orange spice black tea, but opening up the foil wrapper just seemed like too much trouble. I reached up a little higher and grabbed one of the GV paper wrappers. The wrappers practically fall open.

If you choose to comment, please note your morning tea or coffee this morning and how you like it. I like mine with 1 splenda.

The most powerful tool to lift families out of extreme poverty is to grant micro-loans to women.
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