Hide on the promenade, etch a postcard
Jun. 6th, 2008 11:38 amA couple of years ago, I went to a "tutored tea-tasting" at the rather lovely Postcard Teas in London. Uncertain what to expect, I actually found myself sitting at a long wooden table, chatting and sipping a variety of green teas as the owner told tales of his tea-travels round the world. I enjoyed it immensely. I was just hunting around to find my write-up of it, but it appears that I mysteriously didn't do one.
Anyway, I recalled recently that I asked at the time how often these tastings were organised. The answer was really "as and when", and I got the impression that if I could round up half a dozen friends and find a mutually convenient day, there'd be one.
So... I was thinking that maybe I should try to round people up. I think that a couple of years ago it was about £10 per person, and kicked off around 6 in the vicinity of Oxford Street.
I make no guarantees about this, but if there's enough interest I'll communicate with Mr Tea and see what he says. Anyone fancy it ?
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It's briefly worth noting if you checked "tea is horrible" that the owner of Postcard Teas does not, in the accepted sense, like tea. That is to say, he doesn't like the bog-standard tea-with-milk you get in the UK, but can get quite excited about his golden oolongs and so on.
Anyway, I recalled recently that I asked at the time how often these tastings were organised. The answer was really "as and when", and I got the impression that if I could round up half a dozen friends and find a mutually convenient day, there'd be one.
So... I was thinking that maybe I should try to round people up. I think that a couple of years ago it was about £10 per person, and kicked off around 6 in the vicinity of Oxford Street.
I make no guarantees about this, but if there's enough interest I'll communicate with Mr Tea and see what he says. Anyone fancy it ?
[Poll #1200267]
It's briefly worth noting if you checked "tea is horrible" that the owner of Postcard Teas does not, in the accepted sense, like tea. That is to say, he doesn't like the bog-standard tea-with-milk you get in the UK, but can get quite excited about his golden oolongs and so on.
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Date: 2008-06-06 11:05 am (UTC):)
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Date: 2008-06-06 11:06 am (UTC)Which is not actually impossible.
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Date: 2008-06-06 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-06 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-06 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-06 01:41 pm (UTC)Surely he'd say "shuttup fool" or "I'm not going on a plane"...