Artic fire tea

I'm not sure if you already know this, but I am a massive tea fanatic. Love it! Sipping on a cuppa tea makes me a very happy girl...especially if I'm sipping from a dainty little tea cup with it's own matching saucer. 

In my mind, tea is an all-occasions kind of drink. Well almost. When I'm having a late night studying, a cup of tea is there. When I'm enjoying something sweet for dessert, a cup of tea is there. When I'm out having breakfast with friends, a cup of tea is there. When I'm out and about in Northbridge and I feel like a cold drink, a cup of bubble tea is there. Tea is my faithful friend indeed. That is why, my something new today was exciting for me, even though other people may disagree. 

I brewed up a nice little pot of a blend of tea I got from Liquorice Gormet Foods In Joondalup. The tea is called Artic Fire and it is a blend of China black tea, mint and blue cornflower petals. I really really liked this blend. The flavours were subtle and a tiny bit floral. What I liked most was that there was no bitter after taste. It was just that lovely subtle flavour from start to finish. I think that no matter how long you leave it brewing, it won't become bitter. But that's just my experience. 

Not only did it taste good, but I love the blue petals in the tea leaves. It just adds a lovely splash of electric colour :)

Goji and acai berry tea

About 5 months ago I discovered a place called Liquorice Gourmet Foods in the Joondalup shopping centre. The place has shelves and shelves of self-serve confectionery, spices, loose leaf tea, coffee beans and dried fruit. On top of that they also sell bottled goods such as sauce, marinades and oils. But that's not it. There is also shelves of cookbooks and tea sets. The place is amazing. 

It seems like just yesterday when I found the place, and today was the second time I went back in. I was so keen on getting my hands on some tea. There were so many different types and I want to eventually try all of them; or at least most of them. 

I was a bit trigger happy today and ended up buying small amounts of about 6 different types of loose leaf tea. I bought the following:
Artic fire
Chai green
mango sencha
Goji and acai
Green guava and pomegranate
English breakfast (I bought it because I had run out of it at home, not because I've never tried it before :P I love EB)

This is just the wall of coffee beans & loose leaf tea!

The love the little blue cornflower petals.

After dinner I brewed up a small pot of the goji and acai. It was a lovely red colour and had a wonderfully sweet berry aroma. It tasted sweet, but it was still quite a strong flavour and had a bit of a strong after taste. I enjoyed this tea and I just loved how sweet it smelled. 

With summer coming up around the corner, I'm sad that I won't be as eager to enjoy a nice steaming cup of tea, but I do love these new fruity flavoured teas that I've discovered because they would taste great chilled :)

Surprises

When was the last time you did something nice for someone? Today I surprised my friend who took me to Sydney, with a flower arrangement. She once told me that a lot of the women in her workplace had flowers delivered to them and that it would be nice if that happened to her one day. So I planned for flowers to be delivered to her. Unfortunately when I arrived at her work place I found out that my friend had gone home sick, so I ended up bringing the flowers to her place. Not only did it make her happy, but it felt so nice to do something nice without any conditions. Pay attention to the little things that people say because sometimes you can use that to make their day :)

Another new thing that I tried today was check out a little cafe called Santi's. The decor is lovely, I paid a great price for a giant teapot of English breakfast, and best of all, they have a vegan lunch option! I will return to try it for sure. And, the place is also close to uni :)

The last thing I want to say about my day is that my dad and I were having a little D&M & he said to me "God helps you, together with your efforts". This really stuck in my head. What he was saying was that God guides us and points us in the right direction, but we need to be willing to go and do some proportion of the work. We won't get anywhere by just sitting around and waiting for the universe to work its magic.