1/29/08

My son knows that I drink tea. It's amazing. He's 2 and a half! When I drink it, he says "TEA!!" he shouts everything when he gets excited. He's still learning how to talk, after all. He tastes it, but doesn't have more than a small sip...but he points it out when he sees it. It's very cute.

Oh, and here's my Adagio correspondence:
Hi Russell,

Thank you for your note. Unfortunately, we cannot make any substitutions at
this time, but we are considering putting together an oolong starter set-
thank you for the suggestion!

Please visit us again soon,

Adagio Teas
http://www.adagio.com


From: "Russell Hires"
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:45:07 -0500
To: michael
Subject: When you were offline (via LivePerson)

Hello! I'm wondering if it's possible to get the starter set with the oolong
teas instead of black or green. I will be making a purchase no matter what,
but this would be a wonderful thing if you can do it. I have a friend that I
will be sending this to, and she is a big oolong fan. Thanks so much for your
wonderful site!

Russell

1/28/08

I ordered tea for my sweetie in Vermont. An oolong sampler from Adagio. And the tea guide.

Separately, on the weekends I have been drinking the Irish Breakfast tea from Twinings, just the way they say to: one per person, and one for the pot. Teaspoons of tea. In fact, it became utilitarian, rather than an experience, like driking coffee. I miss my other loose teas.

I went to adagio to order more tea, and came up with $64 worth of tea! But I realized that I don't drink tea at work anymore, and so I don't need so much, but it didn't make sense to order the smaller amounts, either, because of how much smaller they are. I know tea keeps for a while, but still, it didn't make sense to me to buy it all at once, and since I eliminated buying smaller amounts, I ended up with nothing. It was mostly 4 ounces at a time, rather than 1 ounce.