1/15/08

I think I'm going break down and buy some more tea from Adagio. Although, since I'm off today maybe I'll go into Teavana, just to check it out, since it's a "random Tuesday" and it is unlikely to be very crowded. Their little shops are small. Or maybe I could go to a tearoom/teashop, like Kalesia...or somewhere else. I'll have to look at the teamap website, to see what I can find.

Meanwhile, I'm home today, drinking more Irish Breakfast. It does come on strong! Even though I used far less than the last time, I understand why people talk about it being strong. Whew! It's also more astringent that I expect, too. In fact, it's strong like coffee is strong. It of course has a different flavor than coffee, but it has the taste kick that coffee does, yet isn't as bitter as coffee. It would make sense to drink coffee with milk and sugar, and I can see why you'd do the same thing to tea, yet, this tea doesn't need the milk or sugar as much. I have the impression (inaccurately, I'm sure) that the poor would have preferred tea to coffee because it's easier to drink without milk and sugar. When I think about this, though, I realize that the French didn't go this route. Just the English. Of course, tea would have been cheaper than coffee because of the trade monopolies that the English had with India and China, in a way that the French did not. Or the Italians, etc. Interesting...