NW Tea Festival

I went to the Tea festival with my daughter and son's girlfriend in downtown Seattle today.  Oh my, some excellent teas were tasted.  I bought a Genmai Cha tea with toasted brown rice and matcha.  Not only did it taste good but seemed like a warm and cozy drink, I'm looking forward to winter morning tea and a book. Mostly we visited vendors booths and tried may types of tea and looked at products.  I saw some beautiful crockery bowls for sipping tea but couln't justify buying any. We also listened to a lecture on medicinal herbs which was very good, I believe in herbs and have used them already in a small way.  I know some are questionable but if care is taken they can be safe, quite frankly most of the drugs out there on the market are very dangerous (in my opinion).  We participated in a small tea ceremony and talk about green, oolong and white tea, OMG they were so good! Oolong was very floral and the second brew of it was even more full bodied. The white was the best, so delicate.  I've made white before and thought it was bad, I'm sure it was an inferior, cheap wanna be.  My grandaughter went too, she is 6 yrs.  She didn't fuss or say I'm bored and had her own tasting cup and tried a lot of tea.  Most she didn't like but a few were approved of.  She was a pleasure to have along, such a little lady! We had a very nice day out.

Ladies, I had a great day out! Thank you.