There are a bunch of good choices for the tea lovers amongst us. A couple of my favorites: 1) The Chinese Gardens. They pour tea in there and will take you through a traditional tea pouring with some wonderful options in a serene environment. 2) Steven Smith Teas: Same guy who started who first started Stash, then Tazo has opened up Steven Smith Tea. It’s higher end, excellent teas and for $10 you can do a tea tasting of 4 teas where Simone tellers you about the teas similar to a wine tasting, I’ve never been to the Ptttock Zmansion Tea Room but I’ve hear it’s a great place to go for high tea. Where am I missing?
Well if we are going that direction I say just about any Thai Iced Tea! I can’t take a sip, it’s so addictive if it touches my tongue I have to drink the whole glass in one shot.
I generally think that Vietnamese food is excellent - and a good pho place is one of the joys of comfort food, but I find Bubble Tea to be meh at best.
What the hell is high tea? Is that where you make a tea out of the stems and seeds that you don't need?
I had a friend in HS whose grandmother lived in Flagstaff, AZ and he'd hitch down there and bring back bags of peyote buttons, which we made tea from.
When I lost a tooth as a kid it wouldn’t stop bleeding, the dentist said to put a moist tea bag as it would stop the bleeding. Worked perfectly!
I’m made magic mushroom tea but I haven’t done so in over 20 years. Tasted gross but sent me to the moon
more often i made chocolate milkshakes with the shrooms inside. A little bit goes a long way. When I was 19 I actually sold baby japanese red cubensis - stems were deep purple and a tiny mushroom the size of a nickel would be equivalent to an eighth of normal magic shrooms.
High tea in Britain was tea served at a high (dining) table, a more substantial meal with meat, cheese, etc. Regular tea was served at low tables (what we call coffee tables) and included sandwiches, bread and butter, cakes. Sometimes people says "high tea" because it sounds fancier when they are actually serving "low tea". As a tea aficionado I will keep all this information in mind when next I come to Portland. I go NUTS when I order tea in a restaurant and they give me a cup of lukewarm water and a tea bag!
