March 1, 2009
On Saturday afternoon I tasted Organic Goomtee 2nd Flush 2008, from Aura Teas. It was darker, more earthy than the very delicate TeaLogic Darjeeling Goomtee I’d had a few days before. My first cup, taken with milk and sugar, was very satisfying – and with a bit more body than I’d been used to with [...]
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February 8, 2009
A colleague and I went to Murchies’ for afternoon tea. Murchies’ is a Canadian institution, and like many Canadian institutions finds itself struggling to survive in the modern world. The store has an old-fashioned feel, from its vast selection of aesthetically neutral tea cozies to its displays of expensive tea pots over-decorated with the floral [...]
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