On Saturday, I headed to Senoia for the annual Holiday Open House at Carriage House Country Antiques and Gifts, the wonderful shop owned by my friend Nancy. It's by far my favorite local open house, as I always rack up on gifts for fellow tea lovers and family and (even non-tea-loving) friends. Saturday was no exception, and I left with a nice big bag of goodies as well as some new tea for me! Continuing with my quest to sample every peach-flavored tea on the planet, I picked up this Peach Apricot Tea from M21 Luxury Tea.
As soon as I unsealed the pouch inside the container, I got a whiff of something reminiscent of a freshly sliced peach, so I was quite happy about that. And when I prepared the tea, I was pleased to realize this tea does indeed have a complexity from the addition of the apricot flavoring. Lovely!
Nancy had "a little something" for me (and a few others, I noted) as I left, and my goodie bag included this sweet little "Tea to Go" tea bag pouch, which I thought was just charming! Nancy is a very generous person, and I accidentally popped out with something that had been on my mind. "You give so many things away at your shop, I don't see how you make any money here." She laughed and said, "Well, I don't make a lot of money, but I do have a lot of friends!" I wasn't surprised to hear that, and I would choose the friends too!
Nancy’s shop sounds wonderful! I remember you writing about her Christmas Open House in past years. Peach and apricot would be a pleasing combination, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteDear Angela, I can’t tell you how happy I am that you are still blogging. I was a faithful reader of yours many years ago. This morning I just found an issue of Victoria from September 1998. Oh, the nostalgia for the 90’s overwhelmed me. When I came to the page for the Wellbeck china, I immediately asked myself why I never bought that gorgeous tea set. Well, your blog reminded me that I could not afford the price of $150 dollars for the teapot, let alone the rest. I remember reading your story of driving all over Atlanta and laughing as I read back then, and again today. Now, you still have that gorgeous set and I hope you still have the tea cart. I wish you a wonderful day. Please use the pot and cups and Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute tea bag, much nicer than a ziplock bag! And what a nice friend you have—you must be a good friend to have so many!
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish I lived close enough to visit that open house! What a lovely saying on the tea pouch…thank you and Nancy for sharing…friendship is such a gift…let the holidays begin!
ReplyDeleteWishing you happy days and plenty of ‘ tea’ times, Virginia