The Carthage, Missouri square is about fifteen minutes from my front door and is an anomaly in this part of the world—a real working town square with more storefronts open than closed; lots of antique shops and art emporiums, an old fashioned honest-to-pete hardware store, and The Pie Safe. Pie. Oh, such pie.
And also at the PIe Safe…a display shelf with a small assortment of teas from Savoy Tea, a nice little shop in northwest Arkansas. Husband surprised me after a strength-sapping workweek with a chicken pot pie, a mini pecan tart, and a tin of Caramel Buttercup. Doesn’t that sound cheerful?
Caramel Buttercup lives up to its name! I’m not sure what kind of black base they used—keemun or congou? I’ll have to pay more attention to that next cup. The caramel is mild but not artificial, and it’s the butteriest butter flavor I think I’ve ever had in a tea. I kept thinking I needed to wipe my mouth with a napkin.
If I were at the actual Savoy storefront, I might have chosen something different for myself, but it’s a fresh and fun new tin to play with. Next cup, with milk!
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Savoy is a company that caught my eye years ago, and I’ve still never gotten around to ordering from them! It’s so convenient when you can find things like that locally!
The place and the tea both sound delightful. What a sweet gift!
I’ve seen this company but never ordered from them either!
Rogers/Bentonville Arkansas is only about an hour away (also home of Crystal Bridges art museum—you gotta go), but we don’t have routine reasons to run down there…I haven’t been since pre-plague. The Savoy shop is adorable and (at least the last time I was there), had little open-and-sniff samples of everything. Their specialty is flavored, but I’ve gotten some very good quality unflavored black tea there, too.
Thoughtful guy :)
Savoy is a company that caught my eye years ago, and I’ve still never gotten around to ordering from them! It’s so convenient when you can find things like that locally!
The place and the tea both sound delightful. What a sweet gift!
I’ve seen this company but never ordered from them either!
Rogers/Bentonville Arkansas is only about an hour away (also home of Crystal Bridges art museum—you gotta go), but we don’t have routine reasons to run down there…I haven’t been since pre-plague. The Savoy shop is adorable and (at least the last time I was there), had little open-and-sniff samples of everything. Their specialty is flavored, but I’ve gotten some very good quality unflavored black tea there, too.
Thoughtful guy :)