tea tours
Photo by wjpbennett. I recently watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in which Tony visited China. It was a great episode with one glaring and (in my opinion) huge exception: no tea! How can you have a show focused on food in China without mentioning or even showing tea? I love you Tony, but I think you broke my heart a little bit with that episode. I was reminded about this, somehow, when I checked out the Tea in London Tour website (mentioned by Steph here). It looks like a fantastic tour, though in all honesty the English tea experience is quite contrary to my reasons for drinking tea. English tea time has too much pomp and circumstance. One of my main reasons for loving tea is that it reminds me to simplify, to cut out the extra, unnecessary stuff. In my mind, the English tea party celebrates that extra stuff, with its saucers and table cloths and doilies and scones. Not that I can’t acknowledge those things are great, they’re just not my style. And so, I thought, wouldn’t it be awesome to go on a “Tea in China Tour”? I haven’t done any research to see if such a tour even exists, and with a baby on the way, I doubt I could arrange one for any time soon, but it’s a lovely thought. I would go to all the places Anthony Bourdain should have visited!
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