As I sit enjoying the quickly evaporating second week of Easter holidays it dawned on me, be it whilst i'm working or general day to day life, you can pretty much guarantee there will be a cup of tea close by and it's all thanks to green tea.
Ah, good old reliable green tea, before you there was only warm Ribena and the occasional hot chocolate. Up until my college years a cup of teas core purpose was for biscuit dunking and that was it. I enjoyed making a brew when family and friends required it, and was quiet proud to be told I was good at it, the practice was definitely helpful for my periods of working as a runner. When making tea the smell was lovely but sadly when trying offered sips the taste to me was either too sweet or too milky.
But that changed when I was introduced to green tea in a little Japanese restaurant nestled into the back streets of China Town. I finally got to try it when my friend had ordered her self an unlimited green tea to go with her meal and I was so enamored with the traditional tea set it arrived in, it persuaded me to want to try it my self. I ordered my own set and was ready to take the plunge! I remember to this day my first reaction was my nose wrinkling at the bitter taste, the reassurance from my friend 'that you'll get used to it' and the interesting grassy under taste kept me drinking and it's now a staple in my tea collection to this day.
I love trying different teas and frequently snap photos and share on my twitter. I'm going to expand my 140 letter limit and start sharing my findings here and just maybe some comics and art from between my tea drinking escapades as well.
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