Paris

Just bought some of this a few days ago-I need to try it.

I Heart Paris…

So…. were you hiding tea from yourself or others?

I stashed them in the tin because I usually carry it around with me in my purse so I would always have tea if needed (tea emergency LOL!), but I forgot they were in there.

That’s an awesome idea! I have a huge purse and I never use even half of it. You are brilliant Dinosara. :D

Whoa! That sounds like a truly horrific few days!
I am so glad you are on the mend.
Hope you will be feeling in tip top shape soon.

Yikes! I echo Hesper’s comment. It’s good that you’re (slowly) getting better. I hope you continue to take it easy.

Oh I’m so glad you’re starting to feel better! That’s awful. I know what you mean about the “advil or morphine” as pain management options. So ridiculous. There are lots of options!

Thanks, guys. I can’t wait until I feel fully like myself again. And omgsrsly, that really was very annoying. Give me a break-not everyone in pain is pretending, and not every painkiller is habit-forming.

What an awful sounding few days. I’m glad you’re getting better. Take good care of yourself, Keychange. I recommend libral amounts of tea.

That sounds horrible! I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better now.

Ya know, I thought we hadn’t heard/read anything from you for a few days. I was thinking you might be sick. I’m glad you are beginning to be on the mend. Get lost of rest and the always good advice from this group… drink tea :)

I am so glad you’re better and I am so sorry you had to go through all that! I am sending lots of hugs your way!

Thanks guys! let’s hope this never happens to anyone ever! LOL

Poor thing, feel better!

Hope you feel all better soon!

You guys are all so sweet.

Big hugs to you, sweetie! What a couple of days you’ve had. I hope you continue to mend swiftly!

Thank you! so far so good :)

Yikes, hope you’re feeling better!!

Thanks. I’m getting there, I hope :D

Feel better soon and take care of yourself :-)

So much love, thank you.

That’s because you’re very loveable missy :-)

Glad to hear you are still alive and feeling better.

So glad to see you here and hope you’re back to your normal self soon! It’s too bad when so many people abuse the medical system that they won’t give meds to those who actually need them. Hope you’re feeling back to tea time soon!

Glad to hear you’re feeling better. That sounds so awful. :|

I have one sachet left of this and then I’m out. I need to do a H&S order soon on this one!

I was going to say I am glad you are feeling better and then I continued reading only to realize one symptom left but another took it’s place. In that case, I will say that I hope you feel better soon!

Thanks! I can stop complaining now. Paris took my headache away. Or seems to have! :D

And Tuscanteal – if you’re only looking for Paris, check Chapters – sometimes you can get it from there. Also, I think other places in Canada do too… (Just to save you the outrageous H&S shipping fees)

Yay! Tea makes everything better :)

My prayers to the universe:
1) that you feel better soon.
2) that we may never run out of Paris!

Yay! You’re feeling better. Yeah I can ship to the states… I’m sure if Miss B wanted a vacation, I could step in a tea mule, as I live about 20 mins from the American border.

LOL @ Keychange. :)
And that’s awesome Tuscanteal!

And a second like for that cutie mug! :)

too cute, I love the fox

It is cute! I saw an owl one just like that, wish I knew the website.

Cup of Tree: http://www.svtea.com/Owl-Tea-Infuser-Mug/productinfo/A1739/ !!!!

Also — it looks like there is a bird one too (Put a bird on it! Portlandia!) http://www.svtea.com/Owl-Tea-Infuser-Mug/productinfo/A1739/

Ooops – that should have been http://www.svtea.com/Red-Bird-Toile-Tea-Infuser-Mug/productinfo/A1781/ I was thinking too hard about how funny Portlandia is (awww who’d throw that out!?!)

wow thanks for the link! yay! haha put a bird on it!! oh god portlandia lol

the bird one is kinda cute too. man I really want the owl one!!

that is really cute!

Oh, I love the birdie one! The owl is cute, too. My daughter and my BFF would want that one.

Hmmm, your honey plan is making me wonder if combining decaf Paris with a soupcon of Elyse’s Blend would produce similar ToL-esque results. I might have to conduct a controlled study this weekend.

Hmmm, so you can really tell the difference eh?

Admittedly not all the time, and Paris is as close in the sachet to the loose as I’ve ever seen. Maybe its the amount of leaf? In any case, its tasty!

Wonderful to know! and yes, I think controlling for leaf amount will always make you at least feel as though there’s a difference.

The Decaf Paris is good too.

Oh! I LOVE this tea!
I have been waiting for my order to arrive, and I have been thinking about how when it does arrive how I want to try it iced!
Now I know it will be just as delicious as it is hot:)

I have read The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot but was never able to finish Crime and Punishment. I hope the tea helps you to hang in there :)

If you have some floral tea and a Lapsang Souchong, throw a pinch of Lapsang (or other smoky tea) in (just a little) and you’ll have a smoky tea that’s like a Russian Tea. Then, put in a tablespoon or two of strawberry or cherry jam and stir. Eat the jam and sip while reading. (Fr. Basil at the Russian Orthodox Church fixed this jam tea for me)

thanks for the support inguna , and thanks for the great idea Bonnie ! I do have a bit of LS (mainly for cooking), and I’ve heard about the Russian jam in tea tradition. I think I even saw it mentioned in the novel. Why didn’t I think of it? I know there’s been a mention of sipping tea with a cube of sugar between ones teeth (sounds messy to me!). And there’s more than a few samovars making an appearance. And the kind housemaid Nastasya who saves the households’ tea and resteeps it for Raskolnikov. I’m not quite halfway through it yet, and this is really my first foray into Russian lit. Maybe not the easiest place to start, but I am enjoying it so far :)

After reading this it is making it very hard for me not to go there and get some haha :)

glad you enjoyed this one :)

You have to try some charchar! It’s so yummy :D

And I’m pleased I liked it too Sil, although that means a Harney order may be imminent in the future…and I really don’t need more tea. Haha

The perfect tea to start trying from Harney’s! I love this tea & your tasting note!

Thanks Tea Sipper! It definitely was the best one to start with, delicious :)

misslena…don’t talk to ME about not needing more tea…if i factor in all the teas i can’t add to steepster because it hates new teas…i’m pretty close to 275 gah!

Haha woahh that is a LOT of tea! I could never decide what one I wanted to have it I had that many, I have enough trouble with close to 70! But lots of variety at least :D

A majority of my friends go out of their way to have a cup of Paris, since it’s always in stock (perhaps I’ll start charging them for it). It’s a nice tea. Very smooth, rich, mellow(?), creamy and dessert-like. It has definitely helped me reduce the amount of sugar/desserts these past few months, so I find it necessary to have it around.

It does go well with Keemun, Ceylon, and Assam teas. However, with an Assam, I would use more Paris than Assam due to the smokiness that Assams tend to have.

This just appears to be a very popular flavor combo. Our little Savoy shop down in Arkansas has a Paris Morning that has the bergamot-caramelly thing going.

Hay, ashmanra, I don’t find a Paris entry under Tin Roof Teas! Did you ever get to try theirs? Or is H&S’ so perfect that you didn’t bother?! I’m about to take a trip to Paris (so to speak) and have been reading-up on others’reviews—and there are a lot of them!

They had me try a tentative copy cat blend in store once but it was one of their first attempts at replicating Paris. It was honestly unpalatable at the time and I think they realized they were not on the right track yet. As far as I know, they never created a copy cat blend to sell. Even when I search for blackcurrant teas on their site, nothing comes up.

They have a smashing Moroccan Mint that they create in house and are a great source for lots of Teageschwendner blends, usually under the same name.

I dislike zucchini, but my family loves it. So try eating it raw with lemon pepper on it. Baking it into zucchini bread or muffins, put it in any kind of stir fry or casserole, shred it into a coleslaw.

bread stuff is off limits for now :( but I did see a recipe for brownies that involves zucchini that will be back in later, and I’m sure I’ll still be picking zucchini then. I’ve actually never eaten it raw so I’m going to have to try that! I always saute it and for some reason raw it has never appealed to me, but at the same time I’ve never actually tried it to know for sure.

Zucchini tater tots or pancakes! Or hollow out larger ones, add spicy sausage, marinara and parmesan then bake. Or dice into fry sized strips, coat with egg and panko/parmesan blend with lemon pepper then bake on a cookie tray. Om nom nom!

Dice or slice them, blanch them, cool them and freeze them. :) Then you can eat something else for a bit and no food is wasted.

I envy the time you get to spend in your garden. I don’t get home from work until the Mosquitos come out. I’m certainly not doing any gardening then!
As for zucchini, you can make a nice light soup. Onion, garlic, broth, zucchini. Cook. Blend. Cream if you want. Eat.
You can add whatever flavors suit your fancy. Also nice chilled.
And just another shout out to zucchini pancakes. With feta. So tasty.

I tried to do a whole 30 in January, I maybe made it two weeks and definitely had a few chocolates in there, lol. I’d like to try again sometime!!

I’m waiting for my veggie garden to start growing. For zucchini I’ve used a julienne peeler to make “noodle” for chicken “zoodle” soup, or with an avocado cilantro sauce…. You could maybe layer it like you would eggplant to make lasagna too!
I didn’t read the other comments yet so I apologize if these have already been suggested :)

I think combining everyone’s ideas is going to be best…chop up, freeze, make these pancakes in the future. Also in the future: not let these silly zucchini grow so much!

I wish the garden had benches or something because it’s such a nice spot. But man the mosquitos were not fun. That was the middle of the afternoon too, I thought I’d be safe! But the standing water was that bad :( I’m waiting for the stuff on my patio to grow. I at least have all the herbs available but I’m kind of disappointed that the tomato plants there have just grown upward and done nothing otherwise. Maybe someone sprayed around there for bees without saying anything :[

I love to make stir fry with shrimp, onions, bok choy and zucchini; and zucchini-potato latkes with tzatziki!

You can also cook zucchini blossoms. Nip that problem in the bud… Literally! :D

I’ve had them tempura fried before…I have been so tempted to pick some of them on the ones on my patio since they had so many more but now I think it’s purposely dropping ones way too early on me on purpose. Though zucchini from there will actually be a normal size so clearly I need to go after the garden ones haha.

Grate them and pat dry. Mix in a few beaten eggs,salt and pepper pepper and fry like latkes. I’d experiment with pancake batter, grated zucchini, lemon and cardamom.

Grilled zucchini is delicious!