August 17th, 2007
Tea Loving, I am.
Am I the only one that KNOWS tea tastes better out of a China Cup?
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August 18th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
No, you’re not alone. The art of serving and drinking tea is an integral part of (no, not my coaching but it’s an idea to be explored) of Chinese culture.
I like this link where that cultural element is explained in a very detailed way. After reading all the articles on this page you are somewhat of a tea-o-logist…. teeheee!!!
http://www.belloweb.com/biz/ChineseTea/Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.html
The ceremonial element is of course inspiring and teleports you to times in which tea was served not just in almost transparent porcelain cups but where it was served with the amount of spirituality (”spiritual ET”) and established in you, from the morning on, a direct link to your vital energy “chi” (”ener-CHI”).
Tea inspires to sing and rhyme…
http://www.sippingtea.com/teapoems.html
I love the blends you can buy at “Le Palais des Thé” and I have a few favorites, i.e. “thé des moines”, “thé du Hammam rouge”, etc. and it’s there that I found out that some tea is compressed in cakes and eaten … imagine, eating tablets of tea, like chocolate? Now I didn’t explore that far yet…
Maybe one of these moons….
August 18th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
“Janey put the kettle on, let’s all have tea.”
Indeed. The serving and drinking of tea is an art.
It can be made ever more artistic and creative and uplifting.
There is much simple abundance in the making, serving and drinking of those leaves, that we can grow with.
Let’s honor tea and all it gives us.
Tea serves us.
Tea served up many smiles this morning when I talked about it with my friend Yvette. We both make tea all day … and we love it!
Yvette prefers black tea, and has recently gotten into Indian Chai, but Earl Grey remains her standard. Generous with the milk, rarely skimmed, and the amount of sugar depends on the size of the cup, in a mug a heaped teaspoon, in a proper tea cup a flat teaspoon.
Oh I love sharing beverage preferences!
(I love the way Yvette says, a “proper” tea cup … yes, we are not alone … she knows)
Yvette loves the bergumont in Earl Grey. It’s one of her favorite smells. She told me about bergumont candles that she got for her birthday, which made her realise that she is in love with that smell.
We found out that we’d both also had coffee aroma candles, because we also love the smell of coffee.
We discussed how beautifully comforting it is to hold a cup of coffee or tea, feeling how warm it is, and breathing in the aroma.
In one of Yvette’s art pieces she remembers comparing soul connections with a lover to the aroma of coffee connecting with a coffee lover.
Yes, coffee is indeed sensual. If you allow it!
In this Cyres Cafe Culture, I would love to explore more of Chinese Culture. We can also bring it into our C food discussion.
Where is “Le Palais des Thé”?
Tell me about “thé des moines”.
I love tea bread. Have you had that?
Cyres Conversations are a tasty, fragrant treat in my delicious days. Thank You.
How blessed are we that we get to play in this game?
More tea, Lydia?
Jane
Tea-o-logist … with bags of teahee!!!
August 18th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I see you enjoy tea bread, I have not had it. Sadly enough.
I’m not very keen on modern Chinese culture as it rings with competitive markets and historical traces of bloodshed but I choose to turn my attention to what wonderful blessings there are that we can enjoy, because the Chinese Emperor Shennong in 2737 BC discovered it for China, and “cha” was one of the serendipities I enjoy so much about our constant state of growth and expansion of knowledge.
Read more about how it was discovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tea_in_China
Ancient Chinese secrets are still to be discovered and eventually, when people will finally realize that they are being pharmaceutically scammed into believing that modern medicines have all the cures, they might find out that what Europe and America yet needs to discover could be a life-extending discovery indeed. Now, I won’t go into the depth of the connection to Germanic roots, simply because I don’t know. Some questions were raised recently about fossil finds that brought to light that the DNA of the fossil people found in China had more indicators toward Germanic roots than Asian…but that it’s another story, into which I won’t go now. What I will mention is, the Chinese and Tibetan medicines knew for instance Wolfberries and their beneficial traits for
over 5000 years. Let’s not speculate as to how much we could still find out if we truly were looking.
http://www.medicalpoint.com.au/wolfberries.asp
I agree, tea is a celebration and although I don’t practice the ceremony religiously, I love having a hot cup of tea, I love coffee and its smell also but let’s be honest, the blends and flavors of tea are just aromatic tea-ra-py…compared to the coffee aroma, although a true coffee-o-logist would disagree.
As I’m writing, the delicious perfume of Thé des moines soothes and relaxes me. It gives my writing an elated grin, which of course you can only “see” when I describe it as “otherworldly” or perhaps “transcendented”. It amazes me how ignorant my spell-check is, it underlined the last word with red dots and doesn’t recognize that thé is the French spelling of tea.
Anyhow, now as I tried to explain, the scent of this tea is difficult to describe. It’s also relative as each has his own sense of smell, it’s individual. You can just imagine how it works wonders on your vibrational levels… not surprising that the recipe is inspired by a tea, which Tibetan monks created, and that should explain the name, which translates to “tea of the monks”.
http://www.bienmanger.com/2F1849_Pot_Des_Moines_Gift_Set.html
I don’t usually believe much in advertizing a particular name but this time I have to, it’s the only place where I can find this tea. It is located in Brussels, the following link will indicate where (there are two boutiques of Le palais des thés” in the center, one down town, one up town).
http://www.palaisdesthes.com/fre/quismns/boutiques.htm
We ARE blessed indeed and internet is making it possible.
Enjoy the noodles!!
Tea-sing!!!
August 19th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Aaahhhhhhh Tea Bread. A delicious moment to be had. To be sure, this is one of the great recipes for it:
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/irish-tea-bread,1131,RC.html
If anyone reading this makes this recipe, please share your yummy thoughts about the experience.
So Lydia, what tea would you include?
Feel Yvette would choose Earl Grey.
I’ll put the kettle on. Let the celebration evolve.
Love that tea inspires coming together in conversation.
I am reminded of speech lessons, when to warm up, we would exercise with, “bed spreaders spread beds and bread spreaders spread bread”! Say that three times fast!
We want more intelligent spell-checkers, that appreciate cultural diversitea! Must be multi-lingual! And be happy to make tea! And thé!
Tea-hee!
Life is supposed to be playfull!
Lydia says “Enjoy the noodles!!” because as we connected last night I was about to eat oodles of noodles! Had been planning on eating noodles at that time, even before our conversation about Chinese Culture began *big grin*
We HAVE to have a discussion about noodles at some point!!
Let’s always be looking, Cyres Spotting, knowing that we never get it done and feeling good about that.
Jane
Pioneer-at-Heart
August 19th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Thanks for having me for tea, Jane. And yes, you’re right Earl Grey with sugar and milk please
Ah…there’s nothing like the smell of bergamot
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamot_orange ).
August 19th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
You’re so welcome, Yvette. Wonderland awaits You.
The Cyres Tea Party is open
We could all use our sense of smell more to raise our vibration, both in our imagination and in our reality.
Jane
Through The Cyres Glass, waking up, and smelling the coffee
August 19th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Delightful party. Thanks for inviting me. I wonder if you can say this one! –Sweet sagacious Sally sadly said she saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing southward Saturday. I would have to sum up tea in one word. Comfort I turn to tea when I need TLC. Have you ever warmed your hands round a cup of tea? Have you ever had an incky black sweet cup to STEEL you for what might lie ahead? Is there any troublesome situation which is not made just a bit better by hearing the words, “I’ll put the kettle on’? I do not now have a favorite tea. I did once, but I’ll get to that in just a moment. You see, I see tea as a comfort smorgasbord. There are many many many sides of “me”. I have a closet filled with a cup for each one. Indeed there are many unopened and forgotton boxes. That doesn’t stop me from buying more. hahahaha No. Sure doesn’t. But who’s to say what I might fancy tomorrow? And I do revel in my choices when I open the door to choose. In general I don’t do well with a lot of choices. The simplier the better. But with tea my world turns topsy-turvy. I want that perfect cup of tea for that perfect delicious moment. Coffee says GO! DO! Let’s get em Tiger! Tea says, no, Stay. Just be.
My favorite tea used to be Earl Grey. And let’s just have a moment to honor the fellow. Hip Hip! ……..So one day I asked my secretary to order me a box of Earl Grey from her catalog of office supplies. But she didn’t order a box, she ordered a bag. A bag of teabags. 500 teabags. Somewhere around the 200th cup it ceased to be my favorite. I gave away the rest to someone who was quite pleased to have them. I suppose you CAN sometimes get too much of a good thing. I loved the Earl. Alas, we had to go our separate ways. He didn’t understand my many sides.
Being an American, I’ve never had the ceremony of tea. The pouring out, or cakes or bisquits to go with. No we unceremoniously drop the bag in the mug and slather the hot water on….but I love it just the same.
This year my garden has rewarded me with enough cucumbers for 4 families, and after handing them round to friends and strangers alike, I still have an abundance and so have taken to having a cucumber sandwich as my breakfast…which is the perfect match for tea. I prefer mine with a basil pesto, but did come across this recipe you might enjoy if your garden is bestowing upon you the same. Of course if you don’t need to feed 40 just cut the recipe. ……Now then,noodles. I like a nice spinich or egg noodle if you please. C-ya at the C-blog!
C-Ann
1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced very thinly
Salt
3/4 cup soft butter
2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
20 slices bread
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
Pepper to taste
Lightly salt the cucumber slices and place them in a colander to drain for 1 to 2 hours. Then combine the butter and garlic and apply to 1 side of each slice of bread. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon juice, olive oil, and pepper. Add the cucumber slices, coating them well. Arrange the cucumber on 10 of the bread slices, top with the other 10 slices, remove the crusts, and quarter. Serve immediately. Makes 40 tea sandwiches.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Hurray!
You have a VIP, Very Inspiring Person, Invitation. Like a Golden Ticket.
The Blue Carpet is rolled out for you.
Welcome to a-bun-dance.
Today we are wearing Mad Hats.
Mine is a top hat, per Mr Depp in ‘Charlie and The Chocolate Factory’. Deep blue, of course.
I raise my hat to you.
You add to our C Conversation elsewhere in The Blog Room, with “Sweet sagacious Sally sadly said she saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing southward Saturday.” *sweet smiles*
Love “Comfort”.
Also tea reminds me of The Cafe, “Cosy Certainty”.
I turn to tea. I like that. As Lydia says, tea-ra-py.
TeaLC.
Just Be. With Tea.
Aaahhhhhhh…
That’s one of the reasons I LOVE making tea for people. I pour TLC into every cup. I feel I’m giving something soothing and uplifting.
I love ‘window shopping’ for new cups. Spotting great design … and great humour.
Haven’t chosen the cups for The Cafe yet. Important.
Being brought up in England, and being me, I always look for a companion to my cuppa. A biscuit with every brew. Good thing I believe it’s all good for me!
(and soon we must talk coffee cake in all aspects!)
I am so thrilled you raise the subject of cucumber sandwiches, because I haven’t had a cucumber sandwich for years, and I so love them. Yes, one of The perfect accompaniments to a pot of tea … or a bag in the mug *big grin* Love diversi-tea!
I have never known anyone to grow cucumbers in their garden. Cool!
In a greenhouse? Under a glass frame?
Cucumber sandwich breakfast. Sounds good to me. I meander between savory and sweet breakfasts. I always start the day with a tea, or coffee.
More often I have cucumber with a salad.
I have only ever made cucumber sandwiches with white bread (got to be white, got to remove the crusts!), butter, plus salt, so I am thrilled to have this recipe. Thank You. Inspiration!
Yes, 40 would feed the Oompa Loompas.
Tea at The Big C has just taken on added dimensions. Love it!
Cheers!
Jane