Ewa

Ewa drank Coconut Pouchong by Golden Moon Tea

Second steeping!
Still delicious!
I just want to make a giant pot of this, set it on my desk and keep refilling my cup all afternoon. I would obviously have to think of a way to keep the pot warm (samovar) that would not involve fire (…electric samovar?) and did not cost over a hundred dollars (…I got nuffin)

2010-04-21 16:46:44 -0400

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Rabs 2010-04-21 19:02:38 -0400

Hmmm…get bit by a spider mutated by radioactiviTEA?

mrawlins2 2010-04-21 19:07:50 -0400

I don’t know if this would be what you needed, but tea cozies keep tea pretty warm for awhile. My mom has one and she said that you can keep a pot warm for several hours. Here is a link: http://www.englishteastore.com/tea-cozies-snuggie-cozies.html.

Ewa 2010-04-21 19:15:19 -0400

ooooh, tea cozies, of course! I wonder if I can knit one…

Rabs 2010-04-21 19:21:41 -0400

Check out Ravelry.com. I searched really quickly and found at least one free tea cozy pattern. What I think would be awesome is to combine a tea cozy pattern with one of their Cthulu Hat patterns for the coolest tea cozy ever!

Ewa 2010-04-21 19:24:57 -0400

Ha! not only can I knit one, I can knit one SHAPED LIKE AN ELEPHANT. Or a jack o lanter, or a cactus or an…artichoke? Seventeen pages of tea cozy patterns, Ravelry? REALLY?

Rabs 2010-04-21 19:32:05 -0400

ROFL! 17? I just glanced and didn’t look at the total. The elephant one made me think of Cthulu…

Ewa 2010-04-21 19:43:19 -0400

Well the last two pages kind of switch over to tea cozy hats, but still! excessive! Sadly, I can’t do the elephant one because I need one that’s open at the top since that’s where Ivan’s handle is ;_;

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I’m a Pole who grew up in Texas, is currently a graduate student in California studying Japan. How’s THAT for random?

Being Polish, my family has always drunk a lot of tea, and I am no different. I may drink more tea than water. On the other hand, I can’t say that I’m very particular about it; I’m generally pretty careless with steeping times and water temperature and I don’t even have a proper teapot (mostly because the lid broke during the move to California ;_;).

I always drink my tea unsweetened and I only add milk in the case of the most egregiously chai-ish of chais. (not really a big fan of milk in general)

Given that so many of my entries seem to be about my morning tea, I felt I should add something here about me and mornings: I fail at mornings. I fail at them a LOT. Therefore I often also fail at proper tea making in the mornings.