Having suppressed my love for tea all these while in the
back alleys of my mind, it has come full bloom. I recall those times when stalls at Queen Victoria Market display their wide
array of tea blends, packed in a paper bag and sold by 100grams.
things about life. Firstly it teaches me
to be thankful to those who picked these leaves that have given me this opportunity
to enjoy. Also the cup of tea is telling
me to sit back and hang up those legs for a couple of minutes in a busy
day. A good cup of tea equals an
appreciation for natural and wholesome produce which tastes excellent and keeps
us healthy.
milk every morning. Barely remembering
how the tea was made. I’m picturing
vaguely a cloth tea strainer, a tea-stained stainless steel jug and murky Tonle Sap coloured tea.
Then,
Darjeeling
was a name I was trying to categorise as Indian or English! Now I have
amassed
a reasonable collection of loose leaf tea in the pantry. Most of these
teas were bought during travels
abroad. Genmaicha from an Asian grocer
in Vancouver and English Breakfast from a tea merchant in Victoria. If
you can’t bring the city back with you, the closest you can get is a
box of tea -Vancouver in a box of tea.
Taumaranui. While snooping around some New Zealand food merchants, I came across this company, CHAI. What attracted me most to purchase 4 packs of
tea to be shipped all the way from this place I can hardly pronounce is the
founder’s passion. Maybe that is exactly
how I feel about tea and its limited choices here in Malaysia.
First CHAI brew, called the CHAI Nova
is a house blend
claimed to be the most popular. Stunning
dark gold colour poured into my first cuppa. It does taste good with
the usual dollop of organic honey. Now three more packs to go : Jade
Fusion,
Chamomile & English Breakfast.