A new type of tea wings its way to me

When my Bible study friends came here for tea and cookies near Christmas, our leader, Paige, who is a flight attendant, brought us all some tea from her latest travels. I received this adorable tea tin with some English Breakfast Tea inside, and while it's very good, I was perhaps even more excited that Paige also brought me the baggie at left, which was packed with more tea bags she picked up for me on her travels. She's recently been to Rome, Paris, and London, and she even texted me from Fortnum & Mason the other day to share photos and ask if I wanted her to get anything for me. (Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I call a friend!)

I started exploring the new tea bags this week, and lo and behold, there's a type of tea bag I've never seen before, these from Bistrotea.

Actually, it's not really a tea bag but a tea stick! You just plop it into your teacup like a single-use tea infuser. As with lots of loose tea infusers, this one let a few tea particles escape into my teacup, and that was just fine. The Organic English Breakfast Tea was just the brisk mid-morning tea I had hoped for, and I felt quite fortunate to experience some new teas without having to even travel to go get them!