{"id":2456,"date":"2008-06-07T05:34:13","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/Blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2008-06-09T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T00:35:30","slug":"one-lump-or-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/MainSite\/?p=2456","title":{"rendered":"One lump or two?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Perhaps it has a wee bit to do with my British birth and ancestry, perhaps not,\u00a0\u00a0but one of my favorite “vanilla” things in life has always been to enjoy a nice cup of\u00a0tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not long ago I discovered Harney & Sons<\/a> and I have become\u00a0quite an enthusiastic\u00a0fan.\u00a0I initially picked up a can with 20 silken sachets of their Earl Grey Supreme <\/a>\u00a0in a specialty market and\u00a0it was like finding bliss in a cup.\u00a0 This was truly the most delicious cup of tea I had ever tasted!<\/p>\n

The can pointed me to their website and I proceeded to spend well over an hour perusing their wonderful on-line store,\u00a0trying to decide how to narrow down my many interests to a reasonable size order.\u00a0 In the end I decided that I deserved to grab samples of every variety of Earl Grey that they offered, a 50 count bag of the Supreme, the Dragon Pearl Jasmine\u00a0AND the 8 slot linen chest!<\/a>\u00a0I placed the order\u00a0right before I went to Chicago and was delighted to have them here when I returned. Never have I tasted such delightful and flavorful blends!<\/p>\n

Hell, I even decided it was time to learn to make a “proper” cup of tea, meaning fully boiling the water and letting it steep a full 5 mins\u00a0rather than getting it from the hot water “cooler” and dumping my cream and sugar in moments later. (“Daddy Myke” of my Leather Clan\u00a0would be proud since he and Angel\u00a0bought me a proper kettle for Christmas\u00a0and Danni Boi got me a lovely large tea pot.)\u00a0I even showed My Brett how to heat the teapot before pouring the water in to steep the tea.<\/p>\n

This morning My sweet Brett let me sleep in\u00a0late, even though I so inconsideratly\u00a0woke him up in the middle of the night last\u00a0night. \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0\u00a0And when I was ready to wake up at last, he had prepared and brought me up a pot of tea, complete with cream & sugar on the side, the cup and saucer, spoon and a raspberry turnover\u00a0all on a lovely breakfast tray.\u00a0 I love the way that man\u00a0romances, pampers and cares for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As I sat in bed enjoying this treat\u00a0I mused to him him much I would love it if we could visit Harney & Sons tea shop in Millerton some day.\u00a0 He immediately popped onto the web and checked their address and discovered that it was not all that far away. Less than 2 hours later I was\u00a0standing in this wonderfully elegant\u00a0little tea shop.\u00a0 He bought me a fabulous two cup thermal tea pot\u00a0that keeps my second cup piping hot while I enjoy my first, as well as 2 more varieties of tea. Then we\u00a0treated ourselves to a cup in their Zagat rated tasting room along with a scone plate with jam and clotted cream.<\/p>\n

I was in my british glory and misted up thinking about how much I would have loved to have brought my dear mother there.\u00a0It was an wonderfully perfect afternoon and I look forward to visiting again and again!\u00a0 But in the meantime, if someone was looking for ideas of something to buy for me, a gift certificate<\/a>\u00a0from Harney’s would ALWAYS be welcome! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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