Wednesday 8 December, 2004
All in a day's work
Weather was actually quite nice today, so after the morning's activities which included letting in the manager to test the smoke detector and falling asleep on the sofa while watching Star Trek, I ventured out to do something that was long overdue: to buy a shower curtain.
So I walked down Denman to this nice interior decorating shop on Robson, and while walking there I finally visited the attractive looking tea shop on the way. It seems that although tea infusers are in every supermarket, finding loose leaf tea is challenging so I was happy to finally find a shrine dedicated to good tea. I picked up some sweet Moroccan green tea (mmm... mint!), some fragrant apricot and peach tea, and some Baroness Gray (variation of Earl Gray with cinnamon that I haven't seen before, or tasted, yet). Wonderful little shop, not just selling tea in packets, also brewed tea with cakes, really calming and nice place.
After choosing the shower curtain I explored the little shops on Robson and found a decent butcher with lamb and free range chicken (although only whole, not in pieces), and a very good baker from whom I bought some gorgeous bread. I queued in the post office to post a parcel for Dragon, and picked up a blueberry smoothie and some fruit from our corner green grocers and headed home to eat some lunch.
After which I discovered that although I had the shower curtain to prevent the bathroom from flooding, it wasn't much of a use without the curtain rings... so one more shopping trip in store before that one is sorted.
Posted by kolibri at 8 December 22:00, 2004Ooh, how lovely! Do let me know what Baroness is like, once you've had the chance to sample it.
# 2 - Moira (on December 9, 2004 05:30 AM):
Yeah, tell us all! I love cinnamon but haven't managed to spot any tea with it.
# 3 - Chu (on December 10, 2004 11:48 AM):
Moira, try Spice Imperial, for instance, if you can get a hold of it. Delicious!
One of my favourite teas at the moment, seems to complement the winter weather perfectly.
Some apple crumble and spiced Indian types of teas could also possibly cater to your cinnamon needs.
And if you want to go all the way, see Whittard of Chelsea's web site. They have an all cinnamon flavoured black tea and they deliver overseas :).
I promised earlier that I'd tell how the Baroness Gray tea turned out. I'm pretty obsessed when it comes to tea - buying, tasting, handling and storing it. For example, I never keep tea in the original bags it comes...
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