Tea with Sanzo and Goku!

[ditch_gospel]

I had a bit of Christmas money I'd been saving, so I decided to treat myself to some nice tea. Browsing through Adagio's shop for cherry flavoured teas, I happened to come across Saiyuki themed tea blends in their Fandom Blends catalogue. It was like accidentally meeting a good friend in the most unexpected of places, so I couldn't resist ordering

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[laurose8]

What a nice surprise! Thanks for sharing, and those good pics, too.. The Golden Monkey addition was a great idea.

Not being a bergamot fan, I'd have thought the Earl Grey was more Ukoku than Sanzo.

[ditch_gospel]

I've been enjoying the teas so much. And I wanted to share such a fun fandom related find.

Ahh, I love Earl Grey. Yeah, I could see it being an Ukoku tea. Maybe even double bergamot? I'm kind of wishing that Adagio teas had more flavours to work with.

[fujiko1601]

Is that teacup hot spring? :p fun!

Lovely cups, delicious tea and Saiyuki dolls, what a nice combination.

[ditch_gospel]

Haha, yep! San-chan just has to make sure not to ruin his tissue paper skirt. Er, I mean robe.

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[befanini]

Ahhh that takes me back to the sakura tea that i_am_zan sent to me. This was fandom in the good old days: tea and the Saiyuki boys!
What a lovely spot of sunshine. Thanks for sharing ♥

Eeek the chibis! Herrow you two! :3

[ditch_gospel]

Ahh, the lovely sakura tea. That would be very appropriate for the Gaiden boys.
The good old days! I miss them. Remember when we obsessively added our votes when TokyoPop held that contest? The nostalgia!

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[wongkk]

What a great find! These photos made me smile but actually, dear K, shouldn't you be ordering Gunpowder tea for Sanzo? Just so that he can really call the shots ha ha

Gojyo needs rooibos (red tea) and Hakkai? Well, there is something called Chi Tea which is - appropriately - green. So that should do.

And then there's dragon tea 龍井茶 for Jeep!

Thanks for showing the photos of the tea ceremony. I shall be drinking a cup for you here tomorrow morning, just to join in.

[ditch_gospel]

Yikes, I'm sorry my reply is so late. (>_<)

Yes, gunpowder tea would've been perfect! I love all of your other tea suggestions, too. Ah, someday I'll need to put together another ikkou tea party.

And I received your lovely card from Blackpool, with the beach donkeys. It was a cheerful surprise in the mail. Thank you for thinking of me on your travels, dear KK!

[wongkk]

Hello - I'm always late here too so please don't apologize!

I'm glad that you enjoyed the donkeys. They seemed genuinely quite content with their lot and were friendly with the children queuing for rides and with their handlers so the animals seemed to be well-treated. I have some photos from the trip which I will try to email sometime.

Actually I am off to visit the post office later today - I find it difficult to grab internet minutes so sometimes writing a card gets done with less delay (the mail system can add the delay for me ha ha)

It is summer here, dear - grey, raining and warm enough to feel sticky. I don't suppose you ever have such summer days there!

[ditch_gospel]

My class had to go out to a farm some time ago to work with the horses, and the donkeys there were also lovely and friendly creatures. There were a pair of them who wandered up behind us in the field to say hello.

Thank you so much for the package of yummy herbal tea and snacks and the card from Shropshire. The poem postcard reminds me of your own poetry images that you used to share in your journal. And I'm happy that you've been getting use and enjoyment from the Saiyuki shirt!

It's been too hot here! Huge thunderstorm yesterday has thankfully cooled it off.