Monday, December 10, 2007

A London Fog, of Tea

I have been giving a fair share of my thoughts, and that's saying something, to tea as of late. I have been wanting to drink tea for a while now. This is in part because I have a crystalized ice tea problem. The other part is I like hot drinks.
However, I have run into a slight dilemma. I have a fair amount of choice and I'm an indecisive creature at best.
This might help someone understand my predicament.
We have:

8 boxes of Earl Grey (Harrods, Stash, Williams and Magor, Jacksons of Piccadilly, oh and Harrods #42, dear lord St. Dalfaur, oh found yet another Dilmah, holy freaking smokes Edinburgh Tea and Coffee Company)

4 boxes of Chai Tea; white, red and black( Stash, Western Family, Celestial Seasonings, and President's Choice)

3 boxes o Morning Tea (2 are Harrod's and Jacksons of Piccadilly)

2 boxes of Afternoon Tea ( Harrods, and Jacksons)

2 box and bag of Yorkshire Tea (Family Tea Merchants)

2 tins of Camomile Tea (unidentified and Tetley's)

3 boxes of Green Tea (some japanese and Reward)

2 boxes of Honey Citron (Celestial Seasonings)

1 box of Sleepytime (Celestial Seasonings)

1 bag of Mango Darjeeling Black Tea (Celestial Seasonings)

1 bag of Rutherford Rose (Acquired Taste)

1 box of Kiwi tea (Yogue)

1 box of Christmas Morning (Stash)

1 box of Assam Tea, hey that's me (Harrod's)

1 box of Lemon Zinger (Celestial Seasonings)

1 box of Wild Jumbleberry Herbal Tea (Compliments)

1 box of Empire Tea (our favourite, Harrod's)

For a grand total of 35 containers of tea!
Please forgive me for not looking at the back of the cupboard or in other cupboards. I also didn't have the heart to count individual tea bags.

I think I'm allowed to say, we are steeped in Tea.

7 comments:

Rachel Penner said...

feel free to invite me over. I'll help you deal with the overpopulation of tea that seems to be happening.

Sam said...

I think I could start a shipping company, Little East India Trading Company. I could import tea to my friends.

Rachel Penner said...

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
wonderful!
I'll take some. earl grey for me!

Sam said...

what type? as you might have noticed I have 8 different kinds.

Rachel Penner said...

suprise me

Jilly said...

Sam, this post totally reminds me of your house! I read it to Kym when we were visiting in winnipeg and she said "Yeah, the Glasgows house is magnificently cluttered". It was a classic moment.

Sam said...

haha this is true Jill. "Magnificently cluttered" is a nice way to put it. What I loved most about that photo is the fact I didn't have to set it up. It's just like that.