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[dianec42]

From Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down (dot com), "Wallace and Gromit inspired tea inventions"!

Must steal tea icon now.

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[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Wow. And no Earl Grey in sight... a man after my own heart.

Around the house we have a lovely set of 4 Harrods caddies containing Darjeeling, Assam, English Breakfast, and Earl Grey for my insane husband. We also have some (British-market) Twinings "Chai", which always confuses me because in Russian "chai" just means "tea"; and some Tesco's Finest lemon and ginger herbal stuff which we only ever seem to drink when we're home sick. (Tesco is roughly the British equivalent of Albertson's, if that helps.)

Much of our current stash has actually come from Britain, but then we were just there for Worldcon (and Stuart had to go to London on a business trip a few weeks ago). Our primary other source is Ye Olde King's Head shoppe in Santa Monica. I hadn't considered Cost Plus, that's a good idea!

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

I'm not a particular fan of Earl Grey... it tends to repeat on me. Darjeeling is my favorite. I distrust anyplace that calls themselves a tea shop that doesn't have it.

Cost Plus has gone down in their selection of teas. Of course, Starbucks is pointless. I suggest Barclays Coffee and Tea Company (http://www.barclayscoffee.com/) in Northridge (right near the mall, and less than 1 mile from our house). Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (http://www.coffeebean.com/) is feh!, as they don't appear to have loose tea so much (I'm sorry, but bags are only for when you can't get loose). Peets (http://www.peets.com/default.asp?rdir=1&) has a fair selection. For mail order, I prefer Stash Tea (http://www.stashtea.com/) or Adagio (http://www.adagio.com/) (the latter come in the nicest containers). Of course, when in New Orleans, I go to Royal Blend Coffee and Tea (http://www.royalblendcoffee.com/) in the French Quarter (they do mail order as well).