Nam Viêt Earl Grey is our own take on the world famous and always popular Earl Grey tea. The wild black tea and bergamot combination offers an amazing experience where the character of the tea is enhanced by an orange, lemon, grapefruit citrus melody. (Rakkasan Tea Company)
I love the idea of having a melody in my cup for mornings. I love mornings most of the time–it is always so fresh and clean, just waiting for us to write a new day’s experience, or in some cases, a new melody by combining bits and pieces of opportunities.
Yes, Rakkasan has entranced me yet again with their melody in a cup. According to the tea description, Vietnamese tea trees are some of the oldest in the world, and tea farming has existed for hundreds of years. Not surprisingly, “20th century conflict” had an impact. The teas from Vietnam come from wild trees on the mountain sides of the northern provinces of Hà Giang and Yên Bái. It is not possible for me to sip this tea without thinking of the families who carefully harvest and sort the tea leaves and then blend it with the bergamot oil sourced from Italy, with no artificial additives.
Organically grown and sustainably produced: good for the tea farm families, good for Rakkasan, good for you and good for the planet. I do not know about you, but I embrace the idea that my morning tea has a systemic impact that is beyond ‘global’: it’s a little bit of love from Vietnam to Mississippi via Texas, keeping a circle of life going in a time when I feel the need to be part of that circle more than ever. Cheers, and I raise my cup to us all.
Nice post. I had no idea they did tea farming in Vietnam. As old as I am – I am always excited about learning something new. Love anything with no artificial additives. Appreciate you sharing this information.
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Thank you, Peggy. I love how much I have learned about tea farming in Asia, Africa, and Colombia from the Rakkasan Tea Company. They source several teas from Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and the Andes. The focus is on tea from small producers in post-conflict countries, sustainably produced. I enjoy looking up the locations on Google maps and seeing the areas in which the tea is produced.
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Interesting information. Thanks
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Lovely thoughts that we all need to keep in mind. The circle of life is precious and seems even smaller during this time.
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Thank you, Beth.
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I think Brandon should hire you to do PR! Another interesting and informative post! I love your new backdrop for the photo, too. 🙂
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Maybe that will be my retirement job! I got tired of the plant in the window and my book shelf, and frankly, nothing else has enough clear space at the moment. I am not even going to attempt cleaning house until May 16!
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Would be a fun retirement job. 🙂
Maybe I will set May 16 as my house cleaning start date too. That way I can say I have a plan instead of just saying I don’t know when I will get around to doing anything.
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Yes, I really did laugh out loud at that “have a plan.”
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I’m gonna put it on my calendar.
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Alrighty then…our May 16 posts (it might take me at least a week or so to do it all) will be our virtual joint house cleaning stories.
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It’s a date. 🙂 Please remind me when it gets closer. LOL
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