I always tend to love the herbal/medicinal teas. The Allergy Soother you mentioned sounds like it would be great and is probably along the lines of the Throat Coat I mentioned. There's just something comforting about drinking a tea that is good for you, too. I also love chamomile tea, but it knocks me on my ass every single time. I'll drink a cup of it and before I even reach the bottom, I'm nodding off. I always keep a box of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra tea in my cupboard for nights that I just can't seem to fall asleep. A cup of it never fails to put me to bed.
I have three different strainers for loose leaf tea. My favorite is a deep cup-like strainer that hooks over the edge of the mug and sits instead with the water. It leaves plenty of room for the leaves to settle happily. I keep that one at work. At home, I have a miniature version of the one I have at work. The only problem is, I have to fill the cup up all the way to the top with water so the leaves are submerged since the cup of the strainer isn't very deep. I also have one of those little snap ball infusers like this (http://www.fantes.com/images/7614infusers.jpg). It's so easy to use, and it doubles as a spoon to stir my tea. I always end up with sludge at the bottom since bits and pieces of the tea leaves always escape through the strainer, but I figured they can't hurt me if they just look like pieces of sand and I can't taste them.
I totally want little tea cups and saucers. It's completely unnecessary and actually silly of them to want them because a mug works just as well and isn't as delicate or cumbersome to store, but I love the idea of a cup and saucer. I'd also love a tea pot with a built-in infuser, but I don't know if it would be worth the trouble to make a pot of tea when I only want a cup. And I know no one in real life who likes to drink tea. They all prefer coffee.
I desperately want to go to a Tea Room (http://stjamestearoom.com/home.html) here in town, but I don't have anyone to go with. Everyone looks at me like I've lost my mind to even think of going to a tea room with dainty sandwiches and fancy teas.
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Date: 2009-02-22 03:07 am (UTC)I have three different strainers for loose leaf tea. My favorite is a deep cup-like strainer that hooks over the edge of the mug and sits instead with the water. It leaves plenty of room for the leaves to settle happily. I keep that one at work. At home, I have a miniature version of the one I have at work. The only problem is, I have to fill the cup up all the way to the top with water so the leaves are submerged since the cup of the strainer isn't very deep. I also have one of those little snap ball infusers like this (http://www.fantes.com/images/7614infusers.jpg). It's so easy to use, and it doubles as a spoon to stir my tea. I always end up with sludge at the bottom since bits and pieces of the tea leaves always escape through the strainer, but I figured they can't hurt me if they just look like pieces of sand and I can't taste them.
I totally want little tea cups and saucers. It's completely unnecessary and actually silly of them to want them because a mug works just as well and isn't as delicate or cumbersome to store, but I love the idea of a cup and saucer. I'd also love a tea pot with a built-in infuser, but I don't know if it would be worth the trouble to make a pot of tea when I only want a cup. And I know no one in real life who likes to drink tea. They all prefer coffee.
I desperately want to go to a Tea Room (http://stjamestearoom.com/home.html) here in town, but I don't have anyone to go with. Everyone looks at me like I've lost my mind to even think of going to a tea room with dainty sandwiches and fancy teas.