Boston

Sorry to hear about your mom – I will keep her in my thoughts.

I’m sorry to hear this, Rosehips. How scary and worrying! I’ll be thinking of you both and sending good thoughts in your direction.

:( So sorry to hear this, Rosehips.

Sorry to hear that! I hope everything will be alright soon!

So sorry to hear! I hope everything will be alright.

Oh, darlin’! Praying for you. You’ve had a bumpy, bumpy ride.

Oh no! I hope all goes well with surgery!

So sorry you two have to deal with this! Praying for you both tonight.

nine days behind on tasting notes but I hope all went ok with your mom…

Fine by me. Though I’m hoping toget to New York for a weekend to get some sample or smell stuff lol

Also…I apparently haven’t tried this one yet lol

Would you like to? I’ve got lots of this, SoHo and Florence. Can’t remember which you’d sent me. I’d better get you hooked so I can set the stage for a group order in a few months!

Is this the one with cranberry in it? I think I tried a sample of it awhile back & I recall thinking that cranberry wouldn’t be good, but it WAS!

Soho and Boston yes I’d love to. I enjoy Florence but obviously I’ve tried it before lol

I almost didn’t buy this one a couple of years ago because I already had Cranberry Autumn, but I bought it and found that it is totally different. I think I like this one even more than CA!

Yeah it’s the one with cranberry. It’s much better than the description (but then again almonds don’t get me excited).

And Sil, I guess I already promised you the Vanilla Comoro and SoHo, so will add the Boston and ship some day. :)

oh yeah… sounds good madam. clearly no rush on my end lol

Wow – sounds very nice! So, how quickly did you get your order exactly? I didn’t get any shipping confirmation for my Tuesday order yet, but maybe tomorrow……seemed like your tea came pretty fast!

in my opinion everyone EVERYONE needs to read this review and hit hit the like button. it’s important.

ashmanra, i am very glad you are okay. my mother is also a survivor.

Congratulations to your mom, JustJames! When I was diagnosed, my dear hubby was so rattled that when we went off he introduced me as “this is my wife who just got diagnosed with breast cancer!” At the car dealership, the receptionist called two other women to her desk and introduced them to me, saying they had all had cancer and were all survivors, and that I was going to be one, too. It was so encouraging.

isn’t it strange and remarkable the places where people pull together when we need them? complete strangers, that share wisdom and become friends and supporters. these are the people that we didn’t know but that we never forget. i have a few of those too. xo

In Denmark we have a huge screening program for cervical cancer. All women are supposed to receive a letter encouraging them to have a smear test done when they are between I think 23 and 50-something. Recently it was discovered that due to a computer glitch at some point thousands of people had fallen out of the program and had been invited for many years. Quite a scandal over here. Last I heard there were 11 women who had applied for compensation. There’s a public screening program for breast cancer as well, but I can’t remember at what age that starts. I think around 40 or something.

What an incredible story. I am so relieved that it had a happy ending, and ama lso relieved that your husband prodded you to go. The realization that I could lose a loved one in an instant is never far from my mind (as gruesome as that sounds), and I’m glad that people are taking their health seriously.

Good for you, happy you are healthy now! And great job encouraging others!

Wonderful review and so happy to hear of the happy ending!

Thank you for sharing your story!

Thank you, all! It is so easy to get checked, and so important. Because mine was caught early, it greatly reduced the impact it had on my life. Please get checked out! :) maybe a bunch of female relatives should make it a yearly party! LOL! Get squished and then have a good time!

Preach!

Also, for women under 30, they don’t advise mammograms because of the radiation, but definitely keep on top of self-exams and have an ultrasound if there is cause for concern (I actually just had one – it’s benign, fortunately.) I’ve known grad students who have been diagnosed and gone through chemo.

Thank you for that reminder, self checks are vital and need to start early as well. If you have breasts, check them. A friend of mine who is a P.A. Had a clean mammo and five months later found a large lump – a fast growing, aggressive cancer. She is fine now, because she did her self checks. A student’s young grandmother told me she found a lump and wouldn’t go at first, and when she finally went she had stage four cancer. Check! Go! Do it!

True, I have a friend who got tested every year as her family has that gene focused on the French Canadian population that predisposes them to breast cancer. Her mother’s side of the family have lost a frightenly large number of women to it. Despite all this loss, her grandmother remains one of the singly most positive people I’ve met.

Thanks for this post! My mom is also a survivor.
I like the ‘get squished party’ idea, as none of us enjoy these exams.

i scheduled my first one some weeks ago. Going on Monday

Great! and it really isn’t so bad, especially if you get the digital machines. The only one I really hated was two weeks after my first surgery they did one. OWOWOWOWOW! LOL! ,a inky because the plate was shoved into the incision under my arm. But other than that it has been fine. For the first few after the surgeries, and they do them more frequently then, I took ibuprofen before going and it really was no biggie.

Thank you for sharing you story. i really admire your positive attitude.

Glad it hit the spot today!

I think this one’s underrated. :)

Yeah, I consider this one of those “hidden jewel” teas. It’s really good but doesn’t get talked about a whole lot.

Agree with Incendiare compleatly. Yum.

Same here! I understand this is one of Michael’s personal blends, and it is a favorite of mine. The almond feels like a long hug from a good friend. The cranberry is the friendship! This is my quiet, reading a book tea.

Drool, this is good stuff.

One of my favorites, easily. Lovely fall cuppa.

Mmmm definitely.

I need to pull this one out again!

This sounds divine.

Shopping list!

This is one of my favs.

Agreed this is a good one. :))

I almost sent you a bunch and then I saw you had it in your cupboard so I didn’t. Had I known it was a cup size I would have sent more :P. Well, I have 4 oz of this so if you ever want more it shouldn’t be too hard to toss some into one of our many swaps.

I’ll keep that in mind for when I eventually use up what I get from Keychange. So far this is the only Harney tea I’ve found which I like, but I have a few more in my possession to try and some Fruits d’Alsace (sp?) on the way so I’m hoping there are a few more. I don’t want to pay the shipping price for just one tea…

Florence, soho blend, boston, all Harney keepers. I have a feeling caribe also, it’s on its away to me.

Nxtdoor, I 100% agree on SoHo and Boston blend! We found more teas we can share :P. However, you lost me with Florence.

Oh, rs, I’m glad you love this. I’m going to send you lots now! and then it’ll be out of my cupboard and into yours, and this means i’ll be able to buy more tea, and everyone wins!

I do love this tea!

I miss having this tea in my cupboard! It is really good with a tad of milk and sugar too.

One of my favorites. This is a shelf requirement, should I ever actually succeed in paring down my collection.

I wondered about the milk thing … I think there’s enough in the packet I can try it both ways.

I love doing desserts with this. Steeping it in cream and using that to top things, creme brulee infused with this, ice cream… all yum. :)

I am in awe of your foodiness! (I really do need to learn to cook with tea.)

This is a nice one. Always makes me think of fall.

Yes. =)

Idk what it is about it, but I will sip thru a cup like there is no tomorrow.

Definitely adding this one to the shopping list.