My favorite stay-cation stopover was downtown Springfield, Missouri—not new downtown with the ubiquitous mall stores and everything-looks-like-everything-else strip malls, the real downtown that’s working hard on renovating historic buildings and keeping the vibe alive. A few doors down from my husband’s desired stop (The Pizza House; hand rolled crust since 1958) is a little tea and spice paradise with lots of tempting Adagio samplers as well as privately labeled bulk teas (some of which I think may also be Adagio’s).
Sorry, long intro. If you’re still here, I was really searching for some good dragonwell and missed it if Chabom had any, so this was the backup plan. It looks authentically sench-ish, and the decaffeination process hasn’t leached all the flavor out of the leaves—a trick for green teas. Mild, of course, but will be a nice autumn switch from fruity, minty tisanes.
