Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Lido Gallery and Jane Austen Tea

It's been on my "to do" list for a few weeks now to drive to the upscale city of Birmingham, MI, and I finally got there this week.  Lido Gallery, located in Birmingham, is where a friend told me I could find some special teas.


They offer five categories of "Steep Show Teas."

Literary Collection [Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, and Walt Whitman].

Royal Collection [Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinette, and Napoleon Bonaparte]. 

Artist's Garden Collection [van Gogh, Bruegel, Klimt, Henri Rousseau, Monet, Gaugin, Hokusai, and Da Vinci]. 

Tea Notes Collection [Bach's Symphone in Strawberry - herbal, Beethoven's Honey Spice Sonata - herbal, Mozart's Almond Marzipan - green tea].

The Body, Mind & Spirit Collection is their largest with 11 tea selections.


The teas range from $13.50 per 2.25 oz. bag to $16.00.  Mugs accompany each tea for $12.00 each.

Jane's Regency Rose Green Tea


Tea Description:  "Green tea leaves flavored with garden rose petals evoke a proper cup of 'sense and sensibility.'"


I purchased this unique "sugar spoon" at the gallery for $3.50.  It looks like a small ladle.  I had never seen a sugar spoon shaped like this before.  Have you?


In addition to rose petals, the tea also contains Egyptian calendula petals, chamomile flowers and sweet leaf.  The tea leaves have a floral aroma both dry and wet, and a delicate floral taste. It needs no sweetening, and is a lovely dessert tea.


The Jane Austen mug has a quote on the reverse side:  "We have all a better guide in ourselves if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."  ~ from Mansfield Park

Lido gallery was a fun place to visit, and I will probably return for other teas.


9 comments:

  1. Very unique place and contemporary.

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  2. Dear Phyllis,
    Is that your teapot and saucer? Love them.
    Looks like an interesting place to go. Fun graphics on their packaging.
    Like the quote too.
    Happy tea drinking, Ruthie

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  3. That teapot looks like one Jane would love!

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  4. Looks like a great place for a tea lover to visit. I like the mug and tea you chose. My first time to see a ladle sugar spoon, but it makes sense because it might not spill sugar on the table like a traditional sugar spoon.

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  5. Looks like a fun place! Great teas...bet you had a lot of fun! I really don't think it is a sugar spoon...but that doesn't say you can't use it as such! So glad you got to visit such a fun place!
    Ruth

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  6. The tea sounds delicious and the place sounds delightful.

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  7. Lots of tea to choose from! Sounds like a fun place to shop. You live near so many great places to visit! Darling teapot in the picture and your new Jane Austen mug so pretty!
    Nancy

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  8. That indeed looks like a fun place to visit, and as an Austen lover I thoroughly commend you on your purchases! I've never seen a sugar spoon like yours -- just lovely. I wonder if this is a new thing and we'll be seeing more of the shape? I'll be on the lookout!

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  9. Interesting way of categorizing teas. I have not seen a sugar spoon like that one either.

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