Nica's Blog

I like tea, that is real tea. I don't like herbal stuff. I find it hard to believe anyone really likes the herbal teas very much unless they are drinking it with tremendous amounts of sugar. Boil lawn clippings and add sugar and my guess is that you can manufacture something halfway palatable. I like green teas. On that topic I can recommend Tazo's China Green Tips which is sold through Starbucks. Oolong teas are good with a nice Chinese meal, but I really can't say I love the stuff. I so like black teas. I like black teas a lot, so when my husband asked me what "Orange Pekoe" is I was at a loss. I wasn't sure if it was a grade of tea, or an actual type of tea?

Wikipedia to the rescue. Any tea lover should read the orange pekeo Wikipedia entry. The best part is toward the bottom when it lists the grades of tea starting with "Orange Pekeo" and ending in "Super Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe". Given that FTGFOP (Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe) is jokingly referred to as "far too good for ordinary people", Super Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekeo must be for the gods. Save teas that good for when your super-fine-tippy-golden-flowery-friends visit.

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