On Just How Much Tea It Is Appropriate For One Person To Own

Hey there everybody in Internet Land - I know that it's a Saturday, and I don't normally post on a Saturday, but I didn't post last night (due to an awesome Mutants and Masterminds session - thank you Squiggles...) and so I figure that I'll make up for it tonight. I have been, for a little, while a member of a 20-something's blogger website - both in order to make some new friends, because who the hell doesn't like that?) as well as to improve my blogging technique (and thus amuse you more.) It's all for you, babies!

Anyway, it has been suggested (by people from the 20SB site) that I do a little bit of an "about me" post. So...I've given it a bit of thought, and I've decided that it is something that I should do. But not tonight. I mean, I need a little bit of time to plan this kind of thing. Plus - I don't even know what you want to know about me! So, guys, let me know what questions you'd like to me to answer, what kinds of details you would like me to cover, and just how much personal information I should divulge...

Thus, for now, you get a request that was posted by LeakySpider on Thursday night's blog. For those of you who don't read other peoples' comments...well...shame on you (hehe.) LeakySpider wanted me to go into a bit more detail about the kinds of tea I have, and my experiences there-in (I assume - I mean, why bring it up if you didn't want me to go into an ever increasingly elaborate amount of detail about the entire scenario.) Before I do this, however, I should prepare for the task in front of me...So, I'll be right back. I'm going to make some tea...

Okay so I'm back. The tea has been made, the tea has been consumed, and I've even had a little time to eat dinner as well. Hmm - Okay so I may have just slipped away for a moment there, in between that last sentence and this, to put on the kettle for another set for everybody. Tea, at my house, is quite an important thing, it would seem. Of course, it wasn't always this way, oh no-no-no. Why, I can recall a time when nobody in this house even knew that tea existed (okay, so I exaggerate slightly - they all knew of, and quite adored tea, but still it was not consumed in my abode...) I remember it like it was only two weeks ago...

Stare At This For A While - You Should Get That "Flashback" Effect Going On...

A fortnight ago today I was clearing up my kitchen, having one of my fits of obsessive re-arrangement, when I felt quite like tea. So I did what any self-respecting person would do - I up and made myself some gosh darned tea! But this, I felt, was not quite enough, and I decided that it was high time (or tea time, or high tea) that I put my teas on display so that I drank it more often. And thus the tradition began, and now we have it every single night. This is, you would think, all well and good, but wouldn't we get sick of the same old drink every single night? Well, first off, the English haven't gotten sick of it in all of the years they have been drinking it (nor the Chinese, nor the Japanese, and so forth...). Secondly, we have so many different kinds of tea here that it borders on the silly.

Oh...I'm Just Admiring Your...Um..."Tea Collection"

Seriously - every time I go to the supermarket I come back with a new type of tea. And, just in case you think I'm exaggerating, the above photo is actually a picture of my tea collection - that's right, I broke with my usual convention and have actually uploaded my own images instead of stealing one off the net! In the image above the astute observer may notice the following varieties of tea: Vanilla Sleepytime (thank you Scott Pilgrim); Morrocan Mint Green Tea; White Tea; Rose Black Tea; Lemon and Lemongrass Green Tea; Prince of Wales; Blackcurrant Scented; Traditional Afternoon; Lapsang Souchong; Darjeeling; Russian Caravan; Chai; Irish Breakfast; English Breakfast; "Creativity" by Alchemy (it comes in a test tube!) - And at this stage, I'm sick of listing teas, so you can just identify the rest from the picture. Probably not the biggest list that people have, but still - I feel it's kind of impressive.

Anyway - tonight's tea experience had us consuming the following teas (because, I mean, you pick a tea and you stick with it for a night...commitment people...): Spud is drinking Apple & Cinnamon Tea; Encey is supping upon Chamomile, Honey, and Lemon; Kylie is having Blackcurrant Scented Black; Squiggles has Prince of Wales; Elmo has (after deciding that it wasn't too hot for tea after all...) Traditional Afternoon; and I have a great cup of Green with Lemon and Lemongrass.

The Tea That We Decided To Drink (Less Elmo's, Because He Thought It Was Too Hot At This Stage), Plus My Teapot

Truly, this is a splendorous evening. And it gets even better because we just managed to convince Emma (who has always stated rather emphatically that she is the most anti-tea person on the planet) to try Alydd's Apple & Cinnamon - and she really enjoyed it. We made Emma drink tea. Oh frabjous day, my dear readers, caloo-calay indeed!

Emma Was Not Impressed That We Forced Her To Enjoy The Tea...

Elmo Was Too Busy Playing Pokemon To Have Tea The First Time...

Spud Is Reasonably Classy With His Apple & Cinnamon Tea

Squiggles, However, Enjoys His Tea Just A Little Too Much

But yes, I don't think that this blog really needs a moral - rather I shall end it with a question for you all. What are your favourite kinds of tea? What kinds of tea should I endeavour to try? Is there a great place online, or near you, for buying tea? If there is, maybe I'll make a trip to buy some one day (or, you know, just order a shipment...) But this, of course, all relies on you leaving your answers to my question (oh - and the ones I asked at the very beginning!) in the little box below...Night all...