lemon twist

finally i put my paws on some of my beloved lemon twist infusion.. sounds like i'm promoting twinings of london, but this infusion is definitely great :D just lemon grass, lemon peel, lemon flavour and a little prange peel, hibiscus and rosehips.. awesomeness.
on a different note, allergy is choking me.. it takes me ages to fall asleep and when i wake up my windpipe's on fire and my nostrils are on strike (plus i sneeze like crazy ahah) i'm not too much into spring really.

for the rest, what.. studying like hell extremely exciting things that involve differential equations, drawing and getting some artsy inspiration i wish i'll follow up (i'm looking forward to some painting, just need to get my paws on my tools eheh) drinking lots of teas and listening to music i didnt listen to in a while.. man i was a huge fan of savage garden back in the day :D
btw i cut my hair again.. whenever i tell myself this time i'll let it grow, then i get some sudden frenzy and go for the mohawk again ahah

book and a cup of tea

i love tea.

black, white, green, pu-erh, oolong, yellow, flavoured, infuses, rooibosch.. i tend to prefer loose leaf tea to compressed and the only tea in filters i drink is usually black flavoured vanilla of twinings of london (i'm so fond of that tea i wonder if i can find the loose leaf version.. i also love their lemon twist infuse, absolutely refreshing and tasty)
i usually have my tea with no sugar or other additions.. expect for the earl grey, which just calls for a cloud of milk or cream :D
i enjoy collecting nice containers and boxes for my teas, even though i cant find space enough to place as many of them as i'd like ^^ some of them are so cute.. same for teapots, i'm always forcing myself to not buy one more ahah

among the green teas, i have many faves i must admit.. i really enjoy some genmaicha right after dinner, that salty touch is so pleasant. i also like some flavoured bancha, i have a flowery one that never tires me.. as for the chinese i like jasmine chung feng a lot, let alone the everyday gunpowder special i drink a couple of cups a day :)

i'm a sucker for black teas like the already mentioned vanilla flavoured, the earl grey and the peach flavoured (i have a special peach and cream flavoured loose leaf tea by twinings that freaks me out eheh) i'm fond of the south african ntingwe kwazulu also, very particular and pleasant.

as for the white teas, i love the lin yun white downy and the xia zhou bi feng, so delicate.. and a good jasmine pearl.

i have tons of rooibos tea to drink in the evening (no caffeine and tannins is a very appreciable quality, besides it's rich in minerals and the taste is so good) or iced in the summer.. about this one, the only flavoured version i like is honey and vanilla.

i have some pretty good infuses of other kind also, even though some of them are more of a natural remedy (eucalyptus i need for the sinusitis for example)

said this, just a few pics on the subject :)

hojicha

ntingwe kwazulu

gunpowder special

genmaicha

eucalyptus

jasmine pearl

flowery bancha

summer peach tea

to me, peach is with no doubt THE fruit of summer.. yea i dont like watermelons and similar, which are also hard to find in other seasons, so i can concentrate on peaches ^^
surely a reason to be glad to spend the summer months at my family home is that our garden is pretty nice.. we usually have meals outside and absolutely pleasant, in the late afternoon, to sip some cool tea on our bench :)

peach iced tea

1peach
1l water
1tbsp lemon juice
2tbsp sugar
2tbsp earl grey loose leaves tea

bring water and sugar to boil. pour the water on the tea leaves, let steep for about 4min.
slice the peach and place it on the botton of a pitcher, spread with lemon juice. pour tea in the pitcher and let it cool.