I want to talk about tea today. If you don’t like tea, if you want to try tea but don’t know where to start, if you only drink iced tea (Long Island or otherwise), if you drink hot tea from a tea bag–I will say this until it’s drilled into your skull. Get someone to brew you fresh loose tea. Do it. Find someone that knows how and get them to brew you fresh loose tea. Go to your local Teavana or Capital Teas or whatever y’all non-East Coasters have…
I sort of accidentally got into a conversation about tea with a customer the other day. I have to say, talking to (pleasant) customers about mundane things is my favorite part of my job. But anyway, talking to that lovely gentleman about tea got me wanting to blog about tea. When I started drinking tea, the story of which I’ll come to in a moment, my mother was thrilled. Apparently she was a huge tea drinker and had wanted to introduce me to the magical beverage since I was young.…