Chrysanthemum Tea...

good morning friends!

 

have you ever sipped chrysanthemum tea?

i hadn't before today.

according to one source it is good for

cooling internal heat...{inflammation?}

&

aiding the ability to digest oily food...

 

my son's new mother in law gave me a tin of chrysanthemum tea...

another gift from taiwan

{i know..i am so blessed with gifts!!!...and grateful!!!}

 

i have christened my new teacup...

 

 

 

there is an art to making green tea.

thankfully when my new extended family visited recently

i had the sense to ask mrs t how to make it properly.

i was going to just make it like black tea

and found out that would have been an embarrassing mistake!

i'll post 'green tea making 101' tomorrow'....would you like that?

 

living in an old house,

sometimes something really weird happens,

like a window just fell out of mr p's bedroom

and just missed the concrete!

 

 

what the?

 

fortunately it landed on some longish grass

around the side of the house where i used to have a vege garden,

before the neighbours put up shade cloth along the fence

which shut out the morning sun..then the dogs got into the area...

now it just needs a good whipper snip.

 

i've been sipping away here...

and just before i go i thought i'd let you know

just how chrysanthemum tea tastes..this one anyhow...

mmm! it has a mild full bodied green tea flavour

that hits the soft palate at the back of the mouth

and the aroma fills your senses luxuriously

almost herbal and almost floral.

 

 

 

just as well i have a tin full to enjoy!

 

naturally Carol xox