Koko-more
It seems the tea craze has swept over some of my colleagues, or at least they’re getting into it because of my incessant nagging. (Also, I might be making this post because of the irresistable corniness of the title.) Either way, we made the second trip down to Koko Tea this afternoon in Chinatown to gawk at the shelf of Pu Erh tea ranging in price value from two dollars for a little pack to over a hundred for the same quantity. Coo.
They have an okay website but the shop is this rustic little thing, imposing in that you feel like an intruder weaving through haphazard boxes strewn about and shelves jutting out here and there to peer at the walls of tea containers; you’re frustrated that you have to continually ask them for the price and description of what’s in them too, because you can’t read, and they speak s l o w l y to you because they think you’re (a) stupid (b) westernised (c) both.
But it’s addictive. You can’t help but pick a packet (say that five times fast) to bring home and sample because of how many variants you’ll find, and how within each category of tea, the colours unfold in an even wider array.
Hands up everyone who think I’m turning into an old lady. Scary, isn’t it. Yesterday, I carried tea out of the office to my car in a thermos. Ohhhh yes.
That image of you with the thermos carrying tea made me startle my colleague in the cube 3 rows down with a bark of laugher.
I like tea, but not so much the chinese types. I used to frequent the “Tea Spa” cafe at Raffles City Mall, with their various blends and infusions that you can buy and mix and match on your own. It’s a pity that it’s no longer around anymore.
Hey didn’t I introduce that place to you?
guys and Vic, tried green tea instead? The variety of green tea is ridiculous too, ranging from gritty and not so “green” tea, to very green smooth flavored tea. Plus, it works great with light touch of honey. Fusion? (half Japanese and half Western?)
you dork.
fal> Thanks, but am not the biggest fan of tea infusions. It isn’t tea. Hahaha. Watch as I trample like a merciless bigot over non-Chinese teas.
seamus> Ah yes, I do like green as well. Am currently drinking a green pu-erh. Very nice. Honey? What? Re: what I just said to falchion.
jun> (_(_)
im a tea fan.
at least 3 cups a day ( whatever teh wuality, i m not a tea tai tai YEt)
i wanan set up a place just to drink tea, and make it BETTER than tea o brew! IM NOT JOKING
Cy> Hahaha, all right, will do the Chinese tea ceremony for you one of these days, cool?
That’s refreshing. Someone who’s not into the coffee culture at the moment…
yes Vic, respect that you are a tea purist. No worries.