Summer 2019 – Dave and the Killer Kettle

Well, our Summer trek for this year has entered its final week.

Mrs. Teaist and Teaist Junior fancied some pool-based action, so we headed off to Ronneby and its famous spa hotel, Ronneby Brunn.

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Summer 2019 – Paging Dr. Shou

Personally, I blame the sea air.

In my experience it makes everything taste at least 20% better, and gives me a raging appetite that would shame a hippo that hadn’t eaten in a fortnight.

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Summer 2019 – The Strange Case of the Disappearing Flavours

“Where are the berries?”, said Mrs. Teaist. “You did, did you not, promise me berries?”.

She was right. I had, and there weren’t any.

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Summer 2019 – Tea, Interrupted

The flat tones of the light filtering through the curtains told me as I lay in bed that it was overcast. I sat up, pulled back the curtain, and looked out of the window.

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Summer 2019 – Part 2

kamjove on veranda

After the midsummer fun and games I was press-ganged in a benign kind of a way into a building project I’d been hoping to dodge.

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Summer 2019 – Part 1

teacup on a countryside fence

Well, here we are again.

It’s late June, and tomorrow we’ll head out into the countryside to celebrate midsummer with our extended family.

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Bergamot Oolong

Bergamot Oolong - dry leaf

I suppose that once I’d consciously dedicated a new pot exclusively to Oolongs I was subconsciously going to be biased towards that class of tea the next time tea and cash were going to be exchanged.

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Copenhagen Sparkling Tea – Blå

Copenhagen sparkling tea - bottle

“Found something for you on the way home from work”, said Mrs. Teaist. “Wondered if it might come in handy for Thursday”.

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David Rio Orca Spice Chai

Orca spice chai - tin

Mrs. Teaist was on the way home from work when she spotted this new-to-us instant chai, and decided on a whim to give it a whirl.

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Gan Zhi Taiwan Green

Gan Zhi - dry leaf

I received this tea as a free 4 gram sample that was kindly included in my May order over at House of Tea.

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