Tea.

As you may or may not know, I love tea.
I'm becoming quite a snob or maybe a nerd. lol

Since I've been taking a couple of trips to Stockholm lately, I've been shopping tea in The Tea Centre Of Stockholm. It's a famous tea shop and they have great asian tea. I've been shopping from them online since last year but it's always nice to visit the real shop.
I'm always looking for a good Sencha and they have that! The most I find in other places are pretty bad and smelling too much like hay or some other herbs.
In the shop I bought Japanese Secha, Bai Mu Dan (Chinese white tea), Jasmin Pearl Mountain, Green Cherry, Shui Hsien Oolong and Söderblandning (the shops own famous blend), and a can of maccha.

I've also been trying some Yogi Tea. I love the Black Chai and the Choco Aztec Spice!
So yummy to drink with milk. It's like a dessert. I don't put any sugar in it. I don't think it needs it.
I like to take some cream in my oolong but all the green teas I never put cream, milk or sugar in.

Blends can be ok but I think they're often full of artificial flavours. I prefer drinking just pure tea.
I don't really consider the cheap tea bags (Lipton, Twinnings e.t.c) to be real tea. I'm so snobby. lol
Also I would never buy Lipton because it's owned by Unilever.

It's amazing how different tea can taste. Even if it's all from the same plant, depending on where it's grown and how it's processed after picking, it tastes so different. That's what I think is interesting about tea. If you're interested about learning more about tea, I recommend this great book (in Swedish). Te - från Sencha till Lapsang - Petter Bjerke, Vernon Mauris

I often go drink some great chinese tea at Mälarchoclaterie. They also have amazing chocolate. I love that shop.

At home I alway use my beautiful little tea pot that I bought in Japan for green tea. I like looking around in second hand shops for small tea pots. I almost never use big ones since the tea leaves can be brewed 2-3 times.
I would like to buy a plain glass pot and an unglazed clay pot. Tea pots can be pretty expensive so I'm always happy to find one second hand. I have a nice little collection now.

Some of my tea pots and my favourite cup.


 Wow, long post about tea. I guess that proves what a nerd I am. lol

Package from Japan arrived!

Arigatou Mika!＼(＾▽＾*)

I woke up when a postal delivery guy rang my doorbell.
Why do they always have to deliver packages so early?
Anyway, it was a great way to start the day.

I got alot of beautiful Yuzen origami paper.
And some beautiful presents!
A wallet, mirror and towel!
The wallet is perfect! It has a little chain so it can be used as a kind of small hand bag and it even fits my new Samsung Galaxy S! So I will probably use it alot. (＾▽＾)




ありがとうございます！

Horoscope

Your capacity to be tactless is matched today only by other people's ability to be equally rude. The planetary configuration indicates that you have every opportunity to set the record straight with someone who needs talking to. If this concerns a permanent relationship, the sooner the better. If it's only a light flirtation, maybe it's time to take the record off altogether and play another tune.

What's going on?

I wanna know.

But I just wait.

A little longer and then...

Just a thought.

I want to be the reality you don't want to escape from but I also want to be your dream.

Weekend is over but still vacation!

I bought a new phone! A Samsung Galaxy S! Finally! Wohooo! lol

I love it! It's awesome. 

There was a sale at Panduro (crafts store) this weekend.

50% off everything because they're moving. I shopped for like 1000kr.

Now I have so much stuff to make jewelry! Yay!

I had a visit from Ting this weekend too.

He sure sleeps alot. :p

Watched a few movies. 

Solomon Cane was pretty good.

And because Ting had never seen it we watched Legend with Tom Cruise.

That old movie is really well made. It holds up well even today! And it's great.

Now I feel like watching more old fantasy movies.

Trying to install software on my laptop now so I can connect my phone.

Well, I'll post some pics later, maybe.

More food and lazy sunday.

Heh. I'm proud of my cooking and that I am actually cooking again instead of just boiling eggs. lol
This is todays lunch and dinner.

Think it looks yummy?
It was. ;D
The bacon and onion fry was the best part. I love bacon.

Today is also laundry day. For some reason I really like doing laundry. Maybe it's the smell of clean clothes and how I feel exited about wearing them after they're all clean and fresh that does it.

I'm making some earrings too. I've got so many now. Soon I can start selling more and more. Looking forward to starting my own buisness and getting it going for real.

Dinner.

Organic beef, mushrooms and creamed spinach with cold green tea.

Things of beauty.

I love these leggings from Lindex. So much that I got two pairs. lol

Flowers I got from my aunt on my names day. So pretty!

Wooo! Vacation!

Three wonderful weeks of NO work.

The theme for my vacation will be "Creating Beauty".

This is todays lunch. Mmmm nom. :3

Sausage is not the most healthy food (because of additives) but it was on sale and it's so yummy. Mushrooms with basil and sea salt.
Green tea and some extra omega-3 and vitamin-D.

Today I'll finish the doll make-up, make jewelry, play FFXIII and maybe watch a movie.
I'm so in the flow.

Stockholm.

Pretty spontanious trip to Stockholm today.
I woke up 8 am and I was so tired on the train later but it felt right.

I like Stockholm more and more these days. ;)

Today I went to meet my new friend.
I bought some clothes and a top I would never buy if I was by myself but I like it and now I figured out the perfect pants to mach it with too.
After shopping we ate ramen at ki mama. They have pretty tasty ramen, a bit expensive but it's the only ramen place in Stockholm so, no choice. lol

All in all it was a pretty great day and I'm happy I could spend some more time with my friend.

Tomorrow is the start of a long new week of work but after that I have three weeks vacation.
I'll probably be in Stockholm alot. Hehe.

Good night!