Tea Bonanza

I'm not sure how many details I should write about our tea bonanza. I guess I'll start at the beginning. Mike and I have always liked tea. But when we first had loose-leaf tea at Lau Laan Xang in Madison we had to start brewing loose-leaf on our own. And, as you can imagine, we started reading about tea and "preaching" to our friends and family. We managed to convert Nichole and Matt to loose-leaf tea.

Things got exacerbated when Mike got an ulcer last year and has had to quit drinking coffee. It turns out that tea is easier on his tummy than coffee. So this fall Mike starting researching tea...every night (I'm not exagerating) he read about tea and looked for places to order tea from. Luckily (?) he found a place to order tea directly from China. And recently we placed an order for 11 teas (three varieties) and two teapots. The order arrived last week. We got 7 bricks of Puerh, 1 bamboo stick packed with Puerh, 2 bags of green tea, and an oolong. (I can't help but feel like singing "fiiiiiive golden rings.")

So I took a picture of Mike with the uber-ridiculous pile of tea (an investment by the way because Puerh appreciates with age) and thought I should share.