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.
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.
Very unique place and contemporary.
ReplyDeleteDear Phyllis,
ReplyDeleteIs 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
That teapot looks like one Jane would love!
ReplyDeleteLooks 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.
ReplyDeleteLooks 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!
ReplyDeleteRuth
The tea sounds delicious and the place sounds delightful.
ReplyDeleteLots 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!
ReplyDeleteNancy
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!
ReplyDeleteInteresting way of categorizing teas. I have not seen a sugar spoon like that one either.
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