Now to the topic at hand....

I am on a quest.

For the perfect cup of tea.

For many years now, I have been in love with the IDEA of tea. I even tried having teatime at my house when my middle son was a toddler. I felt I needed a calming half hour in my day at the time. I love the tea cups, the saucers, (I am looking for a really deep one, like a shallow bowl on ebay these days). The things you eat with the tea, the pot, the tray, the whole teatime philosophy.

However.

I have never found a tea that I really enjoyed drinking. And I pretty much had given up on the whole idea until recently. I cannot put my finger on what sparked the change, but change it did, and now I am auditioning teas.

I have a drawer full of assorted teas for guests. Herbal, Lipton, assorted, green, black, you name it. I recently bought a mixed box of Biglow teas and am taste testing them one by one.

I have tried Earl Grey. (nice) English Breakfast. (too strong) Lemon Lift (odd) and the current front runner, Constant Comment. Which is quite nice, but I can't say I crave it.

So I am putting it out there to my tea drinking friends.... What is your favorite tea?
Herbal or regular tea. And if you would please give a brief description of your choice and why you like it.

I stood in front of the teas in the grocery yesterday and was completely overwhelmed by the choices. I have a few weeks worth of ones to try in my drawer at home, but after that would be willing to try some of your recommendations.

Of course being an ice water muncher most of the time, this may be a leap that my body won't tolerate, but I am open to new ways of drinking!

Let the Teaparty begin!

Clean cup! Clean cup! Move down! Move down!