tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10129853.post114113430807291694..comments2023-10-23T13:01:12.765-05:00Comments on Four Obsessions: perpetually shifting between cooking, reading, knitting and writing: Beverage news and memoriesKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113130840039776447noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10129853.post-1141829102641047992006-03-08T09:45:00.000-05:002006-03-08T09:45:00.000-05:00mmmmmm. The tea (and location sound fabulous). I d...mmmmmm. The tea (and location sound fabulous). I doubt I'll be visiting there any time soon (sigh--such is life with two tempermental kidlets) but thank god for mail order! Maybe I'll write a special request for some of "the Ingrid Blend"!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113130840039776447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10129853.post-1141389733717125102006-03-03T07:42:00.000-05:002006-03-03T07:42:00.000-05:00If you ever visit Vancouver, you must stop at Gran...If you ever visit Vancouver, you must stop at Granville Island (arts, crafts food place). There is a little hole in the wall tea shop with THE best teas. They have become so sccessful that the owners rarely have time to serve anymore but when I lived there I used go down and chat with the locals and try out some new brew. I am hooked on the english breakfast blend that Mark made for me one day which is a mixture of black tea from two plantations...Lovers Leap <BR/>(An OP (orange pekoe) grade of leaf harvested from the Nuwara Eliya region of Ceylon. The cool nights and sun filled days of the high elevations at Lovers Leap estate contribute to the nature in which this tea develops its best flavor (in the first new growth of early season harvest.) and Tarajulie (Harvested in the Tezpur district of Assam, India, this tea hails from one of the best orthodox tea gardens in Assam) .<BR/><BR/>Their webpage is http://www.granvilletea.com/shop/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10129853.post-1141308938149881552006-03-02T09:15:00.000-05:002006-03-02T09:15:00.000-05:00With all the grey weather we are having today, it ...With all the grey weather we are having today, it might not be hard to picture yourself overlooking a moor in England while sipping your tea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com