Thursday, January 14, 2010

This week, in an attempt to drink at least a little less coffee than my usual 8-10 cups a day, I've been drinking a lot of Lupicia's 'Orange Kidd', an orange cream rooibos tea. Sweet-smelling, subtle, and perfect for relaxing -- it's even beautiful to look at, with sugar bits and purple accents. I guess tea doesn't need to be attractive to be delicious, but there's nothing that says it shouldn't be, and it makes the brewing preparation just a bit more special to me.



After finally getting up the resolve to order some new tea before the wintery/Christmas-flavored teas disappeared until next year, I'm swimming in both new and nostalgic flavors. My friend Michelle sent me a beautiful sampler of some Christmas teas, Cache-Cache, Carol, and the strange, heady Orzo Cioccolata, a wonderful, unexpected treat that spurred me on to finally place the order... Lupicia's tin design is so lovely that the box is now a permanent fixture on my desk :)


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3 comments:

  1. I am Chubby BunnyJanuary 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    わくわく！I'm glad you have come back to Lupica teas, as really, that's your thing!! Will ended up getting me a set of Lupicia teas for Christmas too so I am DROWNING IN DELICIOUS TEA! I love it! i need a tea pot though... any suggestions?

    I want to try that first one you have, too!

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  2. BanannasJanuary 19, 2010 at 2:43 AM

    Hi, I found your blog while I was researching Lupicia teas...basically, I'm a huge Lupicia tea fan, but ever since the two Korean stores shut down, I haven't been able to get my fix. The horror.

    So, my question is this. Do you happen to know where a Lupicia store is located, preferably close to a subway station, in either Tokyo or Osaka? Thanks!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 20, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    @Banannas: Oh no! The horror indeed, I'm so happy that they have stores here in the States otherwise I'd be going through withdrawal!

    I know that there's one in the Hanshin department store basement very close to Umeda/Osaka station! It also looks like there's one on the B1 floor floor of the Alcott department store in Shinjuku, according to their site (here's a map http://www.alcott.jp/access/index.html). According to the Alcott website that's pretty close to the station. Lupicia's English language site has some basic places that you could probably investigate, (http://www.lupicia.com/english/aboutus/index.html), and their Japanese site has more detailed locations (in Japanese) depending on where in the cities you'd be going: (http://www.lupicia.co.jp/shop/index.php) It lists quite a few locations besides those, esp. in Tokyo, but those two are probably easy to find. If you would like more locations, let me know and I can try to track down more!

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