I'm getting the Thanksgiving decorations out.
This is the teapot I use during November.
I know the oak leaves and acorns around the lid.
I'm having a cup of Tazo Wild Sweet Orange tea today while I go over some museum notes.
The *new* (remodeled and in a new space) China gallery is now afford and that way I want to rethink my food and feast tour.
I've found that it doesn't matter whether I'm giving a circuit to adults or to children, if I can say them a full story they'll remember the while I'm talking about or will at least remember their travel to the museum!
One of the stories I came across is about Oolong tea. The name Oolong dates back to before the Ming Dynasty when it was yet an unnamed bush. One day when the scrub was in full blossom a tea planter picked some of its leaves and tried making a tea with them. He drank some and also offered it to his neighbors. His neighbors were especially charmed with the tea, so the tea planter invited them to make the tea. One morning at dawn, a tea picker saw a black snake silently coiled about a limb of the unnamed bush. When the tea picker drew near, it slid away. Remembering the serpent and thought that it was attracted by the delicious scent of the tea leaves, the neighbors called the tea Wu-long. "Wu" means black and "Long" means dragon or snake. (In Chinese the sami phrase is exploited for dragons and snakes. The name, black dragon tea, has been used ever since, by growers and connoisseurs alike.
That's only one of the stories. I take so many to take from!
There are many tea parties in blogland.
For tea cups on parade, please visit Teacup Tuesday and the hostesses Martha and Terri.
Wishing you well, a JOY filled day, and a wonderful cup of tea.
"Teatime is by its real nature a compounding of small luxuries arranged in social symmetry. And although tea for one is sure a fine thing, the accession of a lot of good friends to share it with ensures the solid is bigger than its parts." ~Author Unknown
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