Spent the day studying my brains out. Even though I was exhausted b 10pm, by mind was still whirling! Time for some chamomile. Ahhhh. Sweet, apple, mango, sleeeeeepy. I’m very lucky that chamomile relaxes me so much (with my husband, it’s like he drank any old tea!) I was sleeping after a few pages of my bedside book.
I love to cook, bake, read, paint, knit, do needlework, and garden. I need my coffee, but I LOVE my tea. I work at an Art School, and attend a large public university doing post-bac work (my BA is in English). I’m interested in the liminal spaces between art and craft, the academic and the practical, the individual and community, and the old and the new. I’m currently exploring these ideas through the disciplines of education, literature, history, and psychology.
I enjoy writing tasting notes, but have decided not to numerically rate teas as of 9/14/10. For an explanation, see my looooong tasting note about Mountain Malt from the Simple Leaf.
My favorites:
Chinese black teas
A good “milk and sugar” English style black
Earl Grey (classic, and in all variations!)
Vanilla teas (classic, and in all variations!)
Jasmine, Rose, Violet and other froofy, flowery teas!
An Occasional Oolong
Flavored Rooibos
Herbal Tisanes
Collingswood, NJ
Every time you log this I check to make sure it’s on my shopping list. Must get me some. I love mango!