Two for Tea

It is wintertime.

A nice cup of tea would be nice.

I discovered that I like Earl Grey tea.

And though Twinings is the known tea brand,

I prefer the Coles house brand Earl Grey to Twinings.

At the office, they have a wide selection of tea in the pantry.

I was told that green tea is good for your health.

I tried it.  Ummm... I don't like it.

My friend says I'm the first Asian she's met

that doesn't like green tea.

Depending on the tea (and my mood),

I would add milk and sugar to my English Breakfast tea.

I wonder what London Eye would say to that.

 Whenever I take my tea

regardless of what flavour I choose

I think of Mother.

When we were staying at home with them,

Father would brew his coffee in the morning

while Mother would put water in the kettle

for her cup of tea.

I chanced upon these two specialty tea strainers

in one of the stores this morning.

I thought they were super cute.

(Definitely not essential, but cute nonetheless.)

On the left is Mr. TEA.

"He's steeped in fun."

When Mr. TEA is in the cup,
it looks like he's having a warm bath.

On the right is MANATEA.  

"It's mana-tea time."

This MANATEA looks like he's having fun.