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24 March 2010
Since I realized that the unwanted weight that came along with smoking cessation would not go quietly into the night as I once thought, my quest to loose the extra 10 pounds has taken me down an oriental road in the form of drinking lots and lots of green tea. Real green tea. From China. Since I have been drinking so much of it, the quantity is slowly dwindling. This makes me nervous. I have scarcely had any other beverage and it is so yummy.
Therefore, I am putting out an APB on these five teas that I love so much. I would prefer exact replicas, but will settle for reasonable facsimiles.
| This is really amazing oolong tea. It is from Fujian. The label reads as follows: “Special Grade Oolong Tea, Made in Ruyi tea factory Anxi Fujian”. Truly, the best tea I have ever tasted. |  |
| This is also delicious oolong tea, but not as good as the kind made in the Ruyi tea factory in Fujian. The instructions are in both Japanese and Chinese. |  |
| I do not know what this tea tastes like. But I like the container- a tall cylinder, maybe about a foot in height. I wouldn’t mind having this much oolong tea. |  |
| This green tea consists of small leaves in bunches at times and they resemble sticks and twigs. The shape of them allows for a comfortable fit into my infuser and is best warm brewed. This is a medium sized square metal container. |  |
| This green tea is made of much larger leaves, usually whole and recognizable as leaves, even though they are dry. This is so delicious cold brewed, as indicated by the picture. |  |
If anyone has any idea where I can find something like anything that is above, please let me know as soon as possible.
Thanks!
To understand hockey in general is to recognize that the game holds a status in Canada similar to that of religion. A sacred, honored tradition that requires no less than the devotion of most if not all of the thirty-four million inhabitants. Pittsburgh has a strong hockey tradition too, largely because of our climate, but also because 19% of ice hockey players in the XXI Winter Olympiad are or were Pittsburgh Penguins at one point or another in the past. Our former player and coach, Ed Olczyk, provided half of NBC’s color commentary during the entire Olympics. We are proud of legacy.
How could I watch Olympic hockey and not root for team Canada? And when the Gold Medal game went into overtime tied at 2, I *knew* that Sidney Crosby would break the tie and win gold for his country. Make no mistake, the first 7 minutes, 39 seconds were rough… but when he got that puck in the net, I swear, I could hear all of Canada cheering if I turned my head just so and the wind was right.
Along with Ice Hockey, several dozen Curling games are played during the course of a Winter Olympics. I watched about fifteen round robin matches and all six medal matches. I was rooting for Team USA men’s, Team Canada men’s and women’s, Team Britain men’s and women’s and Team Norway men’s because of the pants.
Another amazing feat at these Olympics was the amount of gold won by the host country. A record was set in both the number of gold medals won by Canada in a Winter Olympics and the number of gold medals won by any other participating NOC in Winter Olympic history- 14. With amazing ease and cheers from an entire nation, Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian ever to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil in men’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls. It was a magical moment. The entire XXI Winter Olympics were magical. Not to sound too corny, but I sincerely wish that Canada could host every winter Olympics from now on. These were, by far, my favorite Winter Olympics.
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