My Tea Time

So when it comes to tea I have to show you my new tea pot,,,

just in love with how funky it is. 

Well,,in my family tea has a story and I guess it`s the case in all cultures,,tea has its respectable status. 

You invite people over tea, you serve tea at gatherings and meetings, you expect tea when you visit people and surly there has to be a cleansing tea cup after a full meal.

We as Chechens make tea using two tea pots , one for boiling plain water and the other small one is adjusted on top containing brewed tea.

My dad likes his tea with a slice of lemon and mom likes it a bit dark. We never add herbs mind some mint in summer and I recently started adding sage to it, especially in winter.

I just love my hot tea cup first thing in the morning and the most amazing part of the day is when hubby and I set in the kitchen and have our teas together after dinner,,,I really cherish that half an hour of the day.

My tea has people,,,long list actually ,,those are the ones that make the taste of it better.

And what is there better than an amazing cup of tea along with a good book?

My tea cupboard is full of all types of tea that  we always get  as gifts from visitors and relatives who go to Chechnya ( I told you tea has a story in my family).
The most amazing and cool tea gift I got was from my sister Ilham. It`s a kind of tea that changes its shape slowly once you pour hot water over it. I once read that it was given as a gift from the Chinese Emperor to Mary Antoinette and she just loved it.

A nice tea box,,, 

This is the strange tea bun 

look how amazingly it blooms.