Redpossum
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Along with general dissatisfaction with the quality of coffee, I was also disagreeably surprised at the low quality of tea here in BsAs.
I tried La Virginia and La Morenita, both of which are just bad. They have that stale, musty taste that tells you they have been badly warehoused, badly transported, exposed to excessive temperatures, or are just old and stale. I tried Green Hills and that is a little better, at least it's not stale, but it's insipid and boring, with no real substance.
Even the tea at the Birkin last Friday, in spite of its very nice presentation in a truly lovely glass teapot and cup and saucer, was stale-tasting. In sharp contrast to how good their coffee is.
This morning I went to a new cafe near my house, ordered tea, and was delightfully surprised. This was a truly premium cup of tea, fully on a par with Taifoo. It had the light, delicate, floral, almost perfumed flavour that comes only from the tops of the tea plant, and only lasts as long as the tea is very carefully taken care of. Looking at the bag, I saw El Fundador was the brand. So I asked the waitress, where can I buy this. She consulted with the owner and came back to tell me it's a commercial brand that they get from their coffee supplier, and she doesn't know if it's available retail at all.
Any thoughts? What would Ayn Rand say? Should collectivists concern themselves with the quality of their own tea, while the masses are forced to drink mediocre tea?
I tried La Virginia and La Morenita, both of which are just bad. They have that stale, musty taste that tells you they have been badly warehoused, badly transported, exposed to excessive temperatures, or are just old and stale. I tried Green Hills and that is a little better, at least it's not stale, but it's insipid and boring, with no real substance.
Even the tea at the Birkin last Friday, in spite of its very nice presentation in a truly lovely glass teapot and cup and saucer, was stale-tasting. In sharp contrast to how good their coffee is.
This morning I went to a new cafe near my house, ordered tea, and was delightfully surprised. This was a truly premium cup of tea, fully on a par with Taifoo. It had the light, delicate, floral, almost perfumed flavour that comes only from the tops of the tea plant, and only lasts as long as the tea is very carefully taken care of. Looking at the bag, I saw El Fundador was the brand. So I asked the waitress, where can I buy this. She consulted with the owner and came back to tell me it's a commercial brand that they get from their coffee supplier, and she doesn't know if it's available retail at all.
Any thoughts? What would Ayn Rand say? Should collectivists concern themselves with the quality of their own tea, while the masses are forced to drink mediocre tea?
