If you live near or are ever passing through Sintra take a detour to the store where I buy my Pukka teas (plus Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Jules Destrooper biscuits and all sorts of goodies) to replenish your senses and soul. Here's a blog with great pics and write up (all in Portuguese though): http://adegadosleigos.blogspot.com/2011/02/mercearia-da-aldeia.html Note the great wine section. The photos make it all seem a lot larger, but browsing the aisles and shelves will soon make you forget the size. Plus being a family-run business with friendly staff, you are always greeted with a smile and a welcome.
Oh and here's the address with a map courtesy of portugalio: http://www.portugalio.com/mercearia-aldeia/
Showing posts with label tea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tea. Show all posts
Friday, 22 July 2011
Tea, please!
I didn't used to like tea very much when I was younger. I was around 10 or eleven when I discovered if I didn't put sugar in it, I liked it a lot more. That's when my love/hate relationship began with sugar, but that's another story. This one is about tea - all kinds of tea.
I was 18 when I won a competition in a magazine that was really a promotional thing for PG Tips - a free holiday to Sri Lanka and India. We were given private visits to tea auctions, tea plantations and also tea-tasting. The tea was fragant and delicious and that's when my love affair with it began. I drink a lot of tea - black, green, white and (almost) every herbal tea that has ever been concocted. For me, there's nothing like a freshly brewed jug of kukicha tea - or used to be.
I recently discovered the Pukka herbal range. As luck would have it, I can obtain it in two local places (although I'd happily travel north, south, east and west to get my fix); one of them is the Mercearia da Aldeia in Janas, which just so happens to be my favourite grocery store too. This week I spotted a new tea which has now become number one on my list: licorice and cinnamon - delicious!
I was 18 when I won a competition in a magazine that was really a promotional thing for PG Tips - a free holiday to Sri Lanka and India. We were given private visits to tea auctions, tea plantations and also tea-tasting. The tea was fragant and delicious and that's when my love affair with it began. I drink a lot of tea - black, green, white and (almost) every herbal tea that has ever been concocted. For me, there's nothing like a freshly brewed jug of kukicha tea - or used to be.
I recently discovered the Pukka herbal range. As luck would have it, I can obtain it in two local places (although I'd happily travel north, south, east and west to get my fix); one of them is the Mercearia da Aldeia in Janas, which just so happens to be my favourite grocery store too. This week I spotted a new tea which has now become number one on my list: licorice and cinnamon - delicious!
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