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When in doubt…make tea.

Seriously. Well, as long as you like tea. Think about it. The process takes a couple of minutes to be done properly. That gives you enough time to…think of a clever retort, figure out what to do next, get your thoughts in order, regain your composure, or take a moment to rest your eyes after staring at a computer screen for hours. And when you’re done, you have a nice hot cup of tea. Perfect for warming up on a cold day, waking up when you need the caffeine, steaming your face when you have sinus trouble, or calming your belly when you’ve had too much grease. Or is that last one only me?

Alternately, you have a version of my favorite weapon right there in your hand. My favorite weapon is a nice hot cup of coffee, but tea will work just as well. Think about it. You have two weapons in one - one projectile (the tea) and one hand-to-hand (the cup.) In the event that your would-be attacker recognizes the mug in your hand for the most excellent weapon it is and runs away screaming, you can always still drink the tea.

Let it cool a bit first, though, so you don’t burn your tongue.

And now…I’m going to go make some tea.

tee hee…

This evening I managed to have dinner with my Husband during my dinner break. While I was there, I managed to work on my list a little bit. That’s right. As per: “81. Try 5 new kinds of tea.” I have now tried Pomegranate Green Tea by Republic of Tea.

My reaction: I liked it. It’s a bit sweet, but not in a Jasmine kind of way. I’d certainly try it again.

Right. Four more to go!

I love Chase’s Calendar of Events! It is my favorite reference source. Without it, I would have never known that January is National Hot Tea Month. Now, I have even more of an excuse to drink tea than usual. Yay!

Chase’s Calendar of Events, Tea

Look what I found over at I Can Has Cheezburger:

Is that not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? (Well, it’s close anyway.) All together now: Awwwwwwwww!

I Can Has Cheezburger

Obviously I am suffering from lack-of-tea

All I want to do is curl up next to my husband and fall asleep. Which makes me sort of annoyed with myself. Okay, really annoyed. Not that curling up next to him is bad, but it means that my nerves are mysteriously screwed up. No idea what I did this time.

Hmm…it would seem that I am overly harsh to myself when I show signs of “weakness.” I wonder why that is. What am I, a “tough guy”? Sheesh.

I need to take a chill pill. Or…get more sleep. Nah. Sleep is for wimps. Healthy wimps, but wimps nonetheless.

Anyway, I went to a special brunch for newbies at a different library this morning. It was nice…for all that it lacked Tea. We got to talking about programs and such, and as soon as the subject of outreach to schools came up my stomach tied itself in knots. ‘Ah yes’ I said to myself, ‘That’s why I changed jobs.’

For the record, I am so much happier in my current job than my last one. Just as far as the job itself goes. I’m just not comfortable leaving the library like they want Children’s/Teen librarians to do. Give me cyberspace any day. I’ll just meet folks online. I’m anti-social and I like me that way. (Okay, I’m not really all that anti-social. I just don’t see why I have to help people when they’re rude to me. Or…stuff like that.)

Okay. Enough random rambling. It is obvious to me that I have not had enough tea today.

I love tea. I know, that is a terribly shocking thing to discover. What? It’s in the title of the blog? Okay then, it should be fairly obvious. Anyway, one of my friends was surfing around the web the other day (as you do), and she ran across a thing of beauty. Apparently, the Park Hyatt in Washington D.C. has a Tea Cellar. Not a Wine Cellar, a Tea Cellar.

Their website says:
“Park Hyatt Washington’s new Tea Cellar features more than 50 rare and limited production, single-estate teas from remote regions of China, Japan, Sri Lanka and the Himalayas. The Tea Cellar’s sophisticated tea offerings, some of which are at the level of flavor and complexity of fine wines, not only introduce guests to the highest quality of tea, but also to the significance of water temperature and steeping time each tea requires.”

*thud*
If you check out their Tea Menu, you will notice that among their fabulous tea selection they have a 1985 royal reserve Pu-Erh Tea for $300 a cup. That’s just cool. For more information on Pu-erh Tea, check out the really long Wikipedia Article about it. Okay. This place is totally on my list.

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