Harrowsmith

Steeply in Love... WITH TEA

There’s something enviable about tea drinkers. They seem healthier and holier than thou. I’m more of a Team Coffee member, but I’ve definitely found solace in spicy ginger tea and surprise in the traditional sweet mint tea served in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis. Tea seems synonymous with nostalgia (Tetley and honey with Nan while playing crazy eights), travel, feeling better and, I don’t know, yoga and eating oatmeal.

A bath refreshes the body. Tea refreshes the mind.
– Japanese proverb

Tea houses are hot on the heels of hip coffee lounges, and

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