It’s a sunny day so I’m not going to be on the interweb long, but wanted to share two interesting bits from the NYTmes I’m at work today at the teashop, and sit surrounded by beautiful teas with politics on my mind. Which is funny, because exactly the same intersection has been encountered by a few of the public critics/pundits I like to follow.
James Fallows, the political writer with the Atlantic Magazine who has been living in China for almost 2 years now, made a quick observation about tea preferences among his Atlantic colleagues here. And following the links, you eventually come to Corby Krummer’s bit that’s actually about tea, but opens with a well-deserved swipe at the stage-managed or “astroturf” (as in, fake grassroots) protest tea parties across the country on Tax Day.
I’ve already sent a gift box of teas – including my favorites, Vanilla Citrus Oolong and Shiso Sencha, but also a superb premium-grade Dragon’s Well and Gongfu Black (the leaves are picked and bruised by hand!) – from Arogya Teas in Westport, CT to a friend working in the White House and my friends at Digital Democracy. I may just end up making a habit out of it since tea is so hot these days.
Oh, and I watched this YouTube video today, which almost made me cry!