With all the fruit and veggies ripe right this very moment,
I knew it was time to venture out to my favorite farm,
Kruger Farm on Sauvie Island.
We were greeted by this field of zinnias with the largest bumblebees
I have ever seen. They are definitely healthy bees.
After picking a few flowers,
buying 20 pounds of gravenstein apples,
a bag full of beets,
peaches for a pie,
I was ready for some tea under the apple tree.
Of course the cups had to be my Franciscan apples,
a nod to my apple growing family.
I love sitting here sipping tea and enjoying a lovely summer day
with "knock your socks off tea".
I had plenty of good tea in my life time and some not so good tea,
but when it comes to "knock your socks off tea" those are rare.
What is
your knock your socks off tea?
Have you found one or two?
I do
believe it is determined by the palate of the taster/buyer
and my
palate.
Are they similar or so different that what they think is
spectacular,
I don't find them to my liking at all.
One company I can depend on is https://www.thunderbolttea.com/
Thurbo Moonlight, first flush 2018, was in my cup.
I would say it is my "knock your socks off tea" for me.
Sadly this morning I read that it has sold out for this year,
but there will always be another season next spring.
In the meantime there are others on his list,
including Castleton Moonlight, first flush 2018.
Now wouldn't a "knock your socks off tea" go well with a piece
of peach or apple pie.
I think so!
