Tea Party (No Really), Dessert, and D&D

This is the last entry I have of the house visit and it’s mostly food and tea, but who minds photos of food? I sure don’t! Will brought with him some tea from his stays in China for us to taste and enjoy and then to add to our ever expanding tea cupboard. (And I used to not like tea, but more on that later.) Those of you interested in photography/photos of every day life, China, and backpacking hiking through exotic places, Will will (haha) be blogging about his trip back this summer, so keep an eye out! And now back to tea.

I used to hate tea. But really. I would try to drink various kinds due to the amazing health benefits or for herbal naturalist remedies like Chamomile when I couldn’t sleep (Witch doctor wannabe, remember?) but I’d have to wait until it was practically stone cold and plug my nose while I drank it. I just don’t enjoy hot beverages of any kind, really! But the man of my dreams happens to be an avid tea drinker, and the entire nine years we’ve known each other he’s sworn to convert me.

I woke up this morning with tea on the brain. I still wait until it’s lukewarm, but I like it. What I’ve learned about my tea drinking habits is that I don’t like herbal tea. Green tea is great and so is red tea. (OH, oh is it ever.) I haven’t been able to handle black tea yet, though. ANYWAY. Before this blog post becomes entirely about tea, I’ll just say that these were delightful. I was surprised that I liked every single one! Though my favorite was without question, the Pu’er (cooked)! This is probably going to sound really strange, but it tasted like a Japanese tatami mat (畳). Okay, I’ve never actually licked a tatami mat, so I don’t know what those taste like. But the smell of the tea was very earthy and very reedy and really really reminded me of those mats, and I happen to love that smell, so I loved this tea.

If it wasn’t already eleven I’d have a cup. But since it is eleven, I won’t, and I’ll wrap up this crazy tea post by sharing photos of our desserts and our D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) party. It’s not really D&D since we’ve made up our own campaign and world and system (NERDS) but it’s best explained that way. Besides, they play as supernatural detectives in the future. It’s totally not as nerdy as it sounds, I swear. Or is it?

Seven layer carrot cake, WHAT.

   

My sister’s crazy plate sized crepe with ice cream and fruit.

   

This is his, "Hmm… I’m suspicious" face. Or maybe it’s his, "I’m eating cake" face. One can never be too sure.