Tea and the Seasons
October 26, 2010
It seems that Fall is finally here; the leaves are changing and falling, Halloween decorations are going up, and the crisp air lets us know that Winter is just around the corner. The changing of the seasons also brings about another change in my life: my taste for different teas. During the summer I drank lots of green and oolong teas, but as the weather cools I find myself drawn towards darker teas.
Without consciously thinking about it, I have found that I have slowly gravitated towards black and puerh teas (especially Yunnan Gold and Nilgiri Frost). During the summer, while deciding which tea to drink I almost always chose green or oolong teas, Black tea never even really entered my mind. However, now it is somewhat the opposite. I am thinking more about black tea and less about green tea. Don’t get me wrong, I still very much enjoy drinking green teas and will drink them occasionally during the winter, just not as frequently as I have been up until now.
For me, cold weather just means that it is time to drink teas that will warm the body and I’m looking forward to getting back into the world of black tea.
- Jordan
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