this entry is full of bees!

[gibbous]

Not really, but it's full of a lot of other things (I can assure you it's not what you're thinking, thanks) and it'd please me if you were patient while I sorted through it all enough to spit it out.

First and foremost, the happiest birthday ever needs go to my mum, who can celebrate knowing I appreciate her for everything she has done and

Comments

[allotrios]

Firstly, congratulations. Your writing has become eloquent to the point of pretentiousness, JUST the sort I enjoy reading. You could write about the weather on a hot, dusty day in July three hundred years ago, but as long as you wrote about it like THAT, my attention would be riveted

[gibbous]

It figures that the one time I actively try not to sound pretentious, I pull pretentiousness off with ease. ;P

As for the water - it's a momentary obstacle, but I do wish it would hurry up and right itself. As for cold-water shampoos, they don't strip the oils right (and hot water just damages hair), so I need warm water in order to feel clean without the sensation of my skin being pulled tight over my skull. (I'm spoiled, I know.) Though if the situation demanded it, I suppose I could wash up in the river with the best of them ...

I really appreciate that tea you sent, novelty or not. (Who would've thought that whisky-flavoured tea would taste like ... whisky?!)

Also, thank you for that website! As a direct consequence, I now have no idea what to do with myself. Too many choices! I want to try them all! Though that Palm Court blend looks good ... and Sally's Secret looks amazing, because I've always liked rose and citrus together ... and and, and! (See what you've done?! ;D)

[feronia]

Tea! Nothing beats a nice cup of loose leaf Earl Grey. :)

We have an entire aisle of tea at work, covering everything in bag and leaf! My favorite at the moment is Lipton's Moroccan blend - peppermint with cinnamon and orange. Perfect for summer. In my cupboard at the moment are....

Twinings-
Earl Grey (loose)
English Breakfast (loose)
Rasberry, Strawberry and Loganberry (bag)
Strawberry and Mango (bag)
Lavender Earl Grey (bag)

Clipper-
Organic Black Tea (bag)
Organic Green Tea (bag)

Random Chinese-
Green Tea (bag)
Ginseng Tea (bag)

PG-
Normal Tea (bags)

Lipton-
Morocco (bag)
Peppermint (bag)
Lemon and Ginger (bag)

And I don't even drink the stuff on a regular basis. I am a decaf coffee girl!! :p

xx
Feef

[gibbous]

You work at Sainsbury's, yeah? (I'm so envious. It's been a long time since I've been able to call up tea from an aisle that big!) And really, the only way to have English Breakfast (regardless of which region of England you're talking about) is the loose leaf variety. Mainstream America has something against loose leaf, fyi, in case you ever visit. And there's only one flavour of decaf coffee: icky. I have yet to try one here that I like; I remember Germany having a decaf hazelnut blend that was amazing, but if I have coffee, it's usually caffeinated. Despite my sensitivity to caffeine. Smart, right?

Lipton's Lemon and Ginger is great for sick days - I think Constant Comment makes a lemon-ginger variety also, but I can't tell them apart.

[feronia]

Yes, I am a Sainsbury's slave!

The Clipper Organic Arabica Decaf is the best instant I have found, if you can get hold of it. The Lavender Earl Grey, despite being from a bag, is not to bad drunk black. It has a wonderful aroma.

I think America is typically coffee country. We Brits are of course famous for our tea. Maybe I should move over and open a little tea shop, serving elevenses. ;) X

[gibbous]

Ooh, lawk'a! And the little sandwiches...! xD

[bellecour]

http://www.swedishfoodshop.com/dryck/soder-te-losvikt?___store=us&___from_store=se

This.is.crack. I'm going to quit my job and devote my life to importing it.

[gibbous]

Directly into my cabinet, I hope! ;)

[happycrabmearii]

I second the suggestion for lavender earl grey by twinings - it's probably my favorite :) or for stronger, you could take any variety black tea and steep it with dried lavendar and add a bit of lemon - that's really good, too.

[happycrabmearii]

oh, and normally I hate lemon in tea, but for some reason it's pretty good with lavendar. I should say, lemon and sugar, just lemon would be a leeeeetle too tart. but I dunno, I usually put creamed honey in errthang...

[gibbous]

I usually put just a drop of milk in mine; darjeeling I drink black because the flavour is so mild and milk wouldn't really compliment it. I think Christianna had me taste the lavender kind, but I don't remember if I liked it, which worries me. It sounds like I would ... :/

Might as give it another go!