Tea

[strange pier]

It kind of depends on what the recipient likes. I’m fond of Japanese green full leaf tea varieties like sencha and gyokuro.

I also like a nice light black tea like the Darjeeling varieties.

Hojicha is great in the evening as a little pick-me-up

I once got some matcha from there as a gift for someone who likes to make lattes with it

The nice thing about Arbor is that their packaging is backyard compostable, and they provide steeping instructions for their teas

Even great tea can be gross if you prepare it the wrong way

[silk wyvern]

Lovely

[silk wyvern]

Ohh I see. Well she's not a super drinker or anything, just really likes to brew a cuppa of bagged chamomile tea while reading. I've been nudging her into trying loose tea as I know from experience it's quite nice and also she could get to try new things like japanese or chinese teas

So I started looking at their herbals knowing she'll like those for sure

But I'm really interested in knowing what you'd get, maybe I can get her some of that to try something new

[silk wyvern]

I saw! Superb site, thanks for the pitch up

[silk wyvern]

Yeah she's patient to learning so I'm sure she'll get it down

[strange pier]

Herbals are generally easy to prepare too. If she’s someone who doesn’t do a lot of loose leaf, a nice gift might be a steeper and a thermometer to go with the tea

[silk wyvern]

Awesome possum

Thank you J, I'll look into those

[silk wyvern]

And this

I got her this teapot for one set

I'm unsure if it comes with a steeper already though

[strange pier]

That’s cute

You don’t need a steeper with a teapot really

If you pour out slowly, you can avoid too many of the leaves getting in your cup

Or you can steep the tea in a pot and pour it through the steeper (which is just a filter) into the tea cup

The thermometer is for getting the water temperature right for your tea, but if you’re doing black tea or herbals it’s almost entirely at boiling, so you wouldn’t need a thermometer

[silk wyvern]

poggies

Alrightt hell yeah

thank you very much, I'll let you know what she thinks when she tries em