Greetings Steepsterites! I have returned to the nest laden with loot and some of it even tea-themed. The boyfriend gave me 1½ tea-themed present this year. One of them is this set of Roy Kirkham cups in the Please Shut the Gate series(*), which I had hinted rather strongly at (in fact I felt like I had lobbied so hard for it that I didn’t actually expect to get it at all) and the promise of a Bodum Chambord fancy-pants super-kettle which means I’ll be joining the horde of temperature-setting kettle owners. IF, you know, it ever shows up, which is why it currently counts as half a present. So far I’ve got a drawing of it. It’s been a month underway though, so like my still unaccounted for packages from Kusmi and 52teas, it should hopefully arrive soon.
Obviously the choice for this first cup of tea upon returning home is the Bai Lin Ju Hong that I would have had before leaving on the 24th had I had time for it. I’ve been saving these leaves for a while because I couldn’t really bear to part with them, but they have now been decupboarded and I fully plan to replenish the supply the next time I shop at TeaSpring.
The orange note in this tea is really quite spectacular, I think. I’m beginning to wonder if it might actually turn out to be one of my favourite orange teas even though it doesn’t actually have any citrus-fruit in it at all.
.(*) http://www.roykirkham.co.uk/products/xple1035x6boxed_please_shut_gate_set_of_six_louise_large_mugs_in_fine_bone_china.php
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