I wasn't expecting the bright flower in the center of the leaves!The tea was a light green tea, a little sweet but very mild. It smelled earthy and nice. I liked it.
This post's theme word: stipule, "leaf-like outgrowth."
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Flowering tea
I had this very neat tea at Moonbeam in Kensington market. The dry tea was in small, wrinkly, brown balls -- like little dried-leaf turds. But when one was placed in my glass of boiling water, it flowered quite beautifully:
I wasn't expecting the bright flower in the center of the leaves!
The tea was a light green tea, a little sweet but very mild. It smelled earthy and nice. I liked it.
This post's theme word: stipule, "leaf-like outgrowth."
I wasn't expecting the bright flower in the center of the leaves!The tea was a light green tea, a little sweet but very mild. It smelled earthy and nice. I liked it.
This post's theme word: stipule, "leaf-like outgrowth."
Valentine's day gingerbread
Happy Valentine's Day.
Octopus! Fish!
This post's theme word: mawkish, "excessively sentimental, especially in a false or childish manner," or "having a nauseating taste or smell." Sorry.
Octopus! Fish!This post's theme word: mawkish, "excessively sentimental, especially in a false or childish manner," or "having a nauseating taste or smell." Sorry.
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