Anyone who has known me only in my adult life would be surprised that I used to only drink tea. Today, I drink coffee every day. I spend way too much money in Starbucks and Costa and recently Ollie got me a french press for our flat. Here's the thing. After I graduated college and got a job, I realized that coffee would be what fueled me through my job, which was all physical labor. I used to work in a stable, cleaning out the horses stalls and feeding them. There were other aspects to the job, but basically I've always been an equestrian and I was offered the job without even a job interview straight out of college. With the economy and lack of jobs out there, I didn't bat an eye before accepting the job. But that's the past and I ended that job a year after I began it.
When I was 12, I began drinking black tea; English Breakfast. It all began when an acquaintance of mine in middle school brought some to class for an international foods day. She made the tea and asked if I wanted milk and sugar. I asked if that was how she would drink it and she said yes, so I gave it a shot. I was shocked that it tasted so good. At that age I thought tea would taste bitter, like coffee.
So that's what began my tea drinking. Of course I was very limited in what kind I drank. It wasn't until I was in college and discovered David's Tea and their amazing free samples and hundreds of options of loose leaf tea that I actually realized the many options I was missing out on. Eventually when I met Ollie he was SO impressed that I was a tea drinker. He thought tea drinkers in the US were rare. I wouldn't say they were too rare, but the only other person in my family that regularly drinks tea is my stepmother, who I'm having tea with right now. We both just tried Rooibos for the first time. I ordered some loose leaf teas from David's and they gave me 3 free samples, so we used her teapot. This Rooibos had cinnamon and cardamom, it's called Coco Chai. I had yet to try it because Ollie is hesitant to buy Rooibos, since it isn't actually real tea, it's part of the tea plant, but not the leaves.
Our tea collection in Wales is pretty extensive. Off the top of my head I can list the loose leaf we have: Irish breakfast, English breakfast, Glengettie, Mango Ceylon, Lapsang Souchong (although I'm too afraid to try it), Assam, Assam 'Adventure', green flowering tea and many more. I also have an extensive collection of bagged tea-I love fruit tea.
However, here's the thing with tea. I love it, but I love coffee more. However for me, what I want first thing in the morning is coffee. Until I get my coffee I can't have anything else hot to drink. At night though, I want tea. I use tea to wind down and coffee for caffeine. Where as Ollie drinks coffee when he craves chocolate, or something sweet and he gets a mocha latte. Then, in the morning he has his morning tea rather than my morning coffee. I love coffee and I love tea. Tea was my first love, and remains in my life, but coffee and I are more serious. :P
My dad, stepmother and I went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. In the middle of our meal one of the waitresses began sweeping the carpet near us. I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of sweeping carpet in a restaurant. I was laughing so hard I began to cry and shake, something I do when something so funny I can't stand it. The last time this happened to me I was at a friends house and we were watching Black Swan-one of the parts where the bouts of schizophrenia was scaring the hell out of the audience and we paused the film to see a woman standing in the background. We thought it was so funny because we kept pausing the film to try and figure out who this woman was, but couldn't figure it out! Here, I took a photo of it at the time and you'll be able to see what I'm talking about. I'm not even entirely sure who this is. Is it Natalie Portman's character imagining her evil self? Is it Winona Ryder's character? Maybe one of you can figure it out. See below. Creepy. The woman who's back is to the camera is Natalie Portman's character, Nina. Spoiler alert: a lot of the film is her imagination and you have no idea what information that's given in the film is true or if it's Nina's schizophrenia.
Some of you think I might be crazy for posting that photo, but I'm honestly curious if anyone recognizes this part of the scene. Okay, I'm off to continue watching TV with my dad. I'm currently in the states until next weekend. Happy Saturday!
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