My love for tea has only started in my 40s. My parents drank a very strong tea every night after dinner when I was growing up. I always found Orange Pekoe to be too strong of a tea for me...still today, I will only drink it if there is nothing else...and very very weak.
I enjoy herbal tea / green teas much more.
It really started with a cup of green tea that I would get in little tea bags at the supermarket.My favorite being Tazo teas.
Then one day, hubby and I went to meet our grand daughter shortly after her birth,
in Calgary, Alberta...that was 2 yrs ago.
During the week we spent there, we rented a car to revisit our beloved Banff in the Rocky mountains. For lunch I ordered an Organic Maghreb Mint Green Chai tea (quite the mouthful!!). It was a loose leaf tea served in a pottery tea pot. I fell in love instantly with this delicious hot tea and asked the server if it was possible to buy some of it to bring back home with me.
I was so happy to be told that the tea was produced in Banff and that I could buy it at a store just down the street from the restaurant!
Naturel Teas are also available online. They will ship anywhere in the world. I am currently drinkin the Well Throat tea to keep hubby's cold at bay!
Back in Ontario, I began to look for interesting loose leaf tea and I find lots to choose from Teopia. There are lots of those stores all over.
My parents gave me this wonderful cast iron tea pot a few Christmas ago.
It has a filter for the loose tea leaves.
And a warmer in which I put a tea light to keep the tea warm.
I love this little tea pot.
I have a few bundles gifted by a good friend waiting for next tea time.
Watch this Youtube video and relax.
I leave you for now to sit and enjoy my warm cup of tea.
