WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP AS CHILDREN WE WERE POOR SO WE COULDN'T AFFORD SODA'S. I WOULD SIT ON MY GRANDPA'S KNEE AND HE WOULD POUR COFFEE IN A SAUCER AND FILL IT HALF FULL OF CREAM . THE CREAM OR MILK WAS A LUXUAY THAT CAME FOR OUR OLD COW. WE WOULD KEEP THE CREAM AND MILK COLD IN A STREAM THAT RAN BEHIND THE HOUSE. ALSO THE SAME WITH TEA, MY MOTHER AND SIX SISTERS NEVER LIKED THE TASTE OF COFFEE SO THEY DRANK TEA , WHEN WE COULD GET THAT ALSO. THAT IS MY JOY WITH TEA AND COFFE TODAY. THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPE'S AND FLAVORS. SOME I REALLY DON'T LIKE BUT I WILL TRY AND TASTE THEM ALL IF GIVEN THE CHANCE. THAT IS HALF THE FUN OF LIFE. TRYING THINGS BEFORE YOU DON'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO TRY THEM AT ALL.

JUST RECENTLY I PURCHASED SOME TEA. IT IS HAND WOVEN WITH SILK THREADS WHEN PUT IN HOT WATER LIKE ORDINARY TEA IT BLOOMS. IT IS DRINKABLE BUT IT HAS A FLOWER THAT UNFOLDS ON THE TOP OF THE POD. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PATIENCE THAT IT TAKES TO PRODUCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MY NIECE WAS AMAZED AT THE SIGHT AND THE TASTE WAS NOT THAT BAD IT TASTED LIKE THE FLOWER. ALSO IT WAS HEALTY FOR YOU AND MAKES A REALLY DIFFERENT GIFT. I REALLY HAD FUN WITH THIS.