Tea in the morning

I am been quite the AM coffee drinker.

I appreciate my tea in the afternoon because I find it comforting. While I'm at work I can't exactly curl up on the couches by the wii lounge for a little zen time, so I find it where I can.

I've been drinking this wonderful Healing Heaven loose tea (green tea with all kinds of good stuff added to it) from the T Salon downstairs. At $13/3.5 oz it has lasted me for some time now though the initial purchase seemed steep.

When in college my tea of choice was rooibus. I love, love, LOVE that deep red, mineral, herbal, floral aroma that the dried leaves from South Africa create in my mug.

But, today, is a different day.

After I opened my work "pantry" (literally the shelf above my desk is filled with olive oil, sherry vinegar, a 2008 Sauvingnon Blanc from Medlock Ames (unopened), Petron (unopened), honey, vitamins, 2 types of tea and sugar in the raw - not to mention several work binders, notebooks, and some back up betas of The Cooking Loft & Bobby Flay) I found the forgotten bag of fig & anise tea from my friend Marni.

Marni, I have to brag, is our fabulous wardrobe stylist from Hawaii. While she doesn't look Hawaiian, per say, she has this beautiful, tropical aura surrounding her that gives off an exotic je ne sais quoi. Last Christmas she gave me this loose tea and I savored every drop it gave me.

So today, I am happy to report that I'm savoring yet another cup and it's everything I could possibly need right now.