Tea Time
I’m raising tea lovers.
Growing up, my parents weren’t keen on allowing my sister and I to drink coffee. It was an “adult” drink, and I remember secretly ordering coffee at McDonalds with my Sausage Muffin in High School. Joke was on me though: after all the time, coffee just tastes too bitter to enjoy. To this day, no matter what I’ve tried coffee is yucky. The amount of creme and sugar it required to be palatable doesn’t make it worth it. With that said, I greatly enjoy coffee ice cream, and a few drops of coffee in my milk. Oh… and Turkish Coffee — the way my mom makes it. That is delicious (on account of the pound of sugar, I’m certain goes in it). But it’s also a rare treat I’m exposed to every few years.
Shane similarly doesn’t have a taste for coffee, which is why you won’t find coffee in our house. We DO have a coffee maker, and will go out and purchase coffee when we have relatives coming to down (we’re not tyrants! ;p)
So, tea is has mostly been for me.
A few years back, for my friend Molly’s baby-shower we went to Lisa’s Tea Treasures (in Campbell), where one of the teas served was a Butter Truffle. I found myself yearning for it, only to discover that a tea house a block away from my office sold it. Here is where Tea Time entered my world. Butter Truffle was my gateway tea into high-quality, loose-leaf teas. As I progressively went back over time to refill my stash, I would take Griffin with me. One day we sat down for high tea there. Griffin became an instant fan, and has drank tea since.
And he’s kept asking me to do high tea again… with his brother.
The week-end after Mother’s Day, on (somewhat) of a whim, we went.
Now I have two kids at home that enjoy tea. Their favorites are: Lychee, Butter Truffle, Ceylon, and White Peach Pomegranate.
We’re slowly working on Shane.
A few random memories from our tea excursion:
- Storm discovered sugar cubes. No, I didn’t let him eat any straight… though he asked… multiple times
- A lady next to us broke a tea set. Can’t say I wasn’t relived it wasn’t MY kids
- Storm also discovered Bagel Bites. He’s a fan.
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