Thursday, January 17, 2008

What's up with weak tea bags?

I feel like everything in the U.S.A. is of a slightly shittier quality. I'll start with tea. I'm currently drinking Sugar Plum Spice, "a holiday herb tea", by Celestial Seasonings. This first cup is actually pretty good. Granted, I'm drinking it out of a styrofoam (cancer) 8 oz. cup. I try to re-bag it, and it tastes like muddled bath water out of Louie Anderson's tub. The point I'm trying to make is that European tea is re-baggable.

The best tea in the entire world is P.G. Tips from (who else?) The Brits. I was introduced to it during my month-long sojourn in London. It's basically the Coca Cola of England. I got a little bit addicted. It's best served with buttery scones and chocolate digestives. No wonder I gained ten pounds over there!


I can't decide if Celestial Seasonings is the real deal (i.e. mellow yellow granny wearing a patchwork skirt and hemp shoes brewing up a batch in Boulder, CO) or an evil corporate tyrant with great marketing. Probably the latter. The word on the street is that Boulder is full of assholes. If you don't have the perfect calf muscles and newest kayak, get out. I'm trying to find a nice, large-ish town with not a lot of assholes.

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