tea for two and two for tea

I just found this tea nerd blog on my search for more milk oolong tea and I am hooked. I have always been a big fan of tea and took great pleasure in tastings. I am very excited to be finding more tea blogs I really feel a kinship with. The ones I really like at the moment are halcyontea and  my steeped identitea

If you are interested in tea and don't know where to start I have two books I really feel do justice to the world of tea (in English at least) and they are...

 and the tea drinkers handbook

I spent a lovely afternoon looking though tea nerds flicker photos and blog posts



just read how he describes his tea, so perfect...

Shan Lin Xi (oolong) - This is the perfect tea for a rainy day. The dry leaf smells sweet and soft, with a bouquet of cool rainy air, apples, flowers, and vanilla. The liquor aroma is strongly vegetal but with enough floral sweetness to keep it balanced, while the flavor is more the opposite; floral and sugary-sweet with a slight veggie backbone.



It's raining here now and I have been saving up the last of my pu erh tea that I got in Paris at the Thes de Chine for a special occasion and I think I just found one

Paris had to be the first place I truly discovered the wonders of tea. This last photo is one I took when I was last there at this amazing tea house doing a tasting.