Teaviews Profile: Jamie
I'm Jamie. My husband and I live in Maine with our hard working cat Penny (she's the boss, if you're wondering). We moved to Maine a short while ago and built a house here (ourselves!), but are planning to return home to the west coast as soon as possible (to build another house!). Maine is a beautiful place, but we miss our rain forest northwest tremendously and realize we were already home the whole time we lived there. Sometimes you range far before you discover what's in front of your face.
I've always enjoyed tea, but haven't always been a huge drinker of it. In high school, our journalism room was always stocked with peppermint teas, in particular, but others made their way in as well. I had a great fondness for all of the Stash Teas, especially orange pekoe and Earl Grey, which seemed highly exotic to me at the time, and in college became interested in loose teas, mainly herbal, after starting to shop at a local co-op which had a fantastic bulk department with literally dozens and dozens of teas to try. Some work at a restaurant after college really started opening some doors for me tea wise, and I remember some amazing teas blended by a Seattle company, the most amazing to my palate of which was called Wu Wei...I'd love a cup right now! I do not recall the tea company's name, or know if they are still in business. It wasn't until I quit drinking coffee altogether about three years ago that I really started exploring teas, especially white tea, and also, recently, green teas, both types of teas have both surprised and intrigued me with their tremendous variations in flavors and stengths and even their moods, if such a word can be accurately used. I've also discovered a real interest in learning more about the geographies and histories and peoples of the areas where the tea we drink is produced. I'd describe myself as a real proponent for locally grown and raised food, and I'm seldom as happy as when in the veggie garden, but despite my concerns about certain implications of a highly globabalized world and economy, it still seems to me that the truly singular flavors of the world are meant to be exchanged between cultures, as they always have been, and are one of our most wonderful opportunities to share, learn, savor and experience a world of many peoples and cultures that still have tremendous uniqueness. It's a wide wide world, let the tea drinking commence!
Jamie's Favorite Tea Products
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9/10Recent Posts by Jamie:
| Review: Zhena’s Gypsy Tea Coconut Rum | 30 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: TeaGschwendner Earl Grey No. 69 | 27 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: James Norwood Pratt The New Tea Lover’s Treasury | 25 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: You, Me & Tea Quangzhou Milk Oolong | 23 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: Teas Etc. Mango Nut | 23 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: Zhi Tea Tropical Green | 20 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: Zhi Tea Earl Grey Choice | 18 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: Zhi Tea Turkish Spice Mint | 13 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: TeaGschwendner South India White Oothu | 12 Jun 2009 | |
| Review: You, Me & Tea Organic Golden Monkey | 11 Jun 2009 |
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