Thé Series Vol. 2: Collection of Teas

I hope the first instalment of the Thé Series was interesting to you. In the second volume, I thought I would talk about my own tea collection. To be very honest, I don't have that many kinds of teas, just the basic green and black teas, but I feel like this selection is enough to make me satisfied. 

I'm not a huge fan of sweetened teas, and is more of a plain-jane kind of girl. I like plain teas, simple tastes. I've seen a lot of blended teas and have tried them, but they were not my 'cup of tea. *wink wink* 

Decaffeinated tea is a definite essential in my cupboard. As a person that drinks tea 24-7, I really need tea without caffeine so I don't stay up all night. I also drink tea to get myself warm, I'm not a hot chocolate or coffee kind of girl, but a good cup of tea would comforted me.

I had been blessed to not have menstrual pains (yes, I'm going into that department), but for some reason, I started getting cramps 6 months ago. It hit me every single month from then on. I did some research into it and found that chamomile tea actually helps ease cramps. Then on, it had worked wonders and is a lifesaver during that time of the month. If you also am annoyed by the pain, try drinking Chamomile tea. :)

I've actually mentioned the two flavoured teas in a recent post (here.). They are my recent loves they are SO AROMATIC and, most importantly, unsweetened. It would be amazing iced and maybe with some honey added (yummers!!). 

My collection consists of:

Twinings Ceylon Tea

Twinings Earl Grey Tea

Twinings Camomile Tea

Clipper Pure Green Tea

Clipper Decaf Green Tea

Fortnum & Mason Black Tea with Peach

Fortnum & Mason Green Tea with Elderflower

Well, I hope you enjoyed this post. What teas do you like? Do you have any weird habits with tea?

Hope you are well. 

Love,               

Vivien

Thé Series

I'm really excited to start a series I will be working on for a while. I'm excited to announce....(drum roll~)

Thé Series!

You may notice that 'Thé' is written in a different way. Basically, 'Thé' is french for 'Tea', and since I am a heavy tea-drinker, I thought I would make a series focused on tea!! I may sound like a granny, here, "Would you like some tea?" *trembling granny voice*, but I feel like drinking tea isn't just plain old black or milk tea, but have diversified,there are tonnes of different flavours,and people even make food with tea leaves (I shall talk about it later.). 

I have already planned a few posts for this series (I'm committed.) For the following weeks, I will be talking about everything and anything about tea: my favourite teas, different types of teas, popular tea places etc. If you are a tea-drinker, like me, stay tuned to 'Thé Series'. 

The picture above was Afternoon tea at B.B. Bakery, Covent Garden. The pots and cups were very unique, I went with a few girl friends and we all had different tea pots. 

Hope you are well.

Love,              

Vivien

Summer Sales are ON!!

So it is official, the Summer Sales are finally ON!!! As a matter of fact, it started around two week ago, basically every single apparel brand (Zara, H&M, Pull and Bear..., and the list goes on) and department stores (House of Fraser, Selfridges, Harrods etc.) are on sale from around mid-June to the end of July. And this is usually the time where I am willing splurge on my wish-list items.

I've been to London for the past few days (I live in the outskirts of London.) and had been shopping for a bit. So I thought I would share my shopping with you all. 

I'm mildly obsessed with stationary (just all kinds of fancy stationary), but the irony is that I never want to use them. I just feel like they're too pretty to be ruined by my ugly handwriting (trust me, its appalling). I always 'save up' the pretty notebooks for 'something special' to mark down, but never end up writing in it. Do any of you do that, too? (or is it just me. HAHA). Anyway, I'm working on it now, trying to make use of the stationary I purchase. So I bought this extremely pretty To-do List Note Pad (Bottom Left), which is from Rifle Paper Co. and this stationary set  (including printed papers written "I often think of you." and bright orange envelopes) from Fawnsberg (Top Right). Both of these stationary brands make pretty, floral and creative stationary, but they are both on the pricey side (hence why I had to wait for the sales). They were both a bargain, I can't remember exactly, but the stationary set was originally £20 (I believe) and dropped to around £6, so they were worth buying. Now, the mission, for me, is to ACTUALLY USE THEM, and I think the To-do list pad would actually motivate me to get things done. 

Another recent love/ purchase is the Fortnum and Mason Black Tea with Peach (Top Left). I have actually never tried teas from Fortnum and Mason before, but knew there was a sale and thought I would browse around to see if I could find anything good. This product was actually a surprise find, it's not on sale, but it is still a reasonable price (£4.25 for 25 bags), so I thought I would try it out. I would say that this tea is my new favourite tea (I shall talk about my tea collection in a future post). Right off the bat, you could smell a natural peach scent when you open the box of tea bags. The tea is not sweetened but the sweet peachy scent just keeps coming. The peach flavour just makes me feel refreshed and satisfied. I have only tried it hot, but I reckon this tea would be delicious iced too, just the perfect summer tea. 

Hope you enjoyed this mini (teeny tiny) haul of mine. I've also been clothes shopping online, so might share it here, too. Keep posted. :)

Hope you are well.

Love,                   

Vivien