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[mediaprophet]

I'd forgotten how much I love these little, delicate jasmine pearls. If only they weren't so damn expensive

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[young_egotist]

Is it really worth it, though? Aren't there teas that are just as good for cheaper and easier to find? Jasmine tea is jasmine tea, right? I mean, can you really tell the difference between full jasmine leaf pearl and not? Does the bitterness really change that much with aging that the average person could appreciate a young and fresh tea?

[mediaprophet]

To answer your questions in turn, under the assumption that you're not making a snarky rhetorical jab

[young_egotist]

Hmm. Change a few words and that applies to wine. ;) Though I am more than willing to go out of my way to find teas that are just as good for cheaper, and I think splurging for the primo stuff is definitely worth it every now and again.

[mediaprophet]

I said wine was like tea or coffee or scotch or beer, after all :)

[mediaprophet]

Thanks. There are so many kinds of green tea, some are flowery and some are bitter and some taste like grass clippings. I guess there's one for everyone.

[bosantibe]

I wish I were going way out East, but alas, no. Amusing to me, cooking has made me less likely to ever leave the house on account of now that I make a good portion of my favorite dishes I eat them less often and almost never at a restaurant. So, in the case that I might say to myself "let's go to a restaurant and get some..." the sentence never finishes because I can't think of anything I'd need them to make me. The food I would have gotten out of a microwave pack I can now make better than said quick meal, though it takes more time. Before I was perfectly free, liberated from creating the foods I enjoy, from the responsibility of ensuring I eat something of great quality, prone to a pleasant surprise when on occasion a restaurant would make a fantastic alfredo that is several cuts above all the rest, but now it all rests in my hands

[mediaprophet]

Tea restaurants like Teism or College Perk or English Tea House do a great job with it most of the time. I still like to go to College Perk just to try some of their tea blends; I'm hooked on their Aztec cocoa & red pepper tea blends.

[bosantibe]

Aztec cocoa, sounds interesting. I'm not much for pepper, but what kind of flavor does this concoction have?

[mediaprophet]

It's mildly spicy, tastes like black tea and bitter cocoa, and very delicious.