Browsing Tag tea

I love both coffee and tea. For me it all about the taste. Boulder is really big on both coffee and tea.  Boulder enjoys both coffee and tea houses equally. I find the tea is better than the coffee. My European heritage has lend me down a path of dark rich coffee that is highly acidic. Enough jolt to keep you up for days. And those were the days for me, all through undergrad I consumed lots of coffee. Back than I was so selective, but after my exposure to Europe’s French coffee it’s been hard.

What do you know history repeats itself but not in terms of coffee. I replaced dozen of cups of coffee with tea. Too much tea with tannins causes an issue with my stomach. My favorite place for tea.

Of course there is Celestial Seasonings, which is a 20 year favorite of mine. I went to visit this famous tea brand. Celestial Seasonings has a great tour that’s not to be missed.

My favorite tea bar is Atlas Purveyors – a very popular place to hang out especially with the Boulder tech community.

The Dushanbe Tea House which I mentioned once before, offers a variety of teas, serves lunch and dinner. They actually bring a tea menu. I love the lady earl grey.

At all there places you can get your tea with milk, soy, rice and in some cases almond milk.

Last week I was visiting Colorado. I spent a few days Denver and Boulder. Who would have known the food could be so spectacular.Sushi Den was my favorite place in Denver. Michael Meyers, CTO of the Examiner took me there. Whatever Michael asked for the sushi chef did it right or should I say omakase. Michael knows his sushi and tell all about best sushi places worldwide.

There were unusual combinations of fish, spices, and sauces. Fresh delicious and through provoking are some adjectives that come to mind.

See for yourself!

Sushi Den
1487 South Pearl StreetDenver, CO 80210-2226
(303) 777-0826Strings Restaurant. Jen Myronuk took Michael and myself there. Strings restaurant is located in Uptown section of Denver. Contemporary American style cruise. I recommend the Smoke Goat Cheese salad – sweet and refreshing. The sea scallops were delicious. It was the chocolate mousse cake that sent me on my way smiling.Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. This a lovely place for afternoon tea or the perfect setting for a romantic dinner. A wonderful variety of teas I tried the Lady Grey, and Jen had an exotic tea, white jasmine moon which blossomed before our eyes. It was a delightful surprise. For entrée I had the Persian pomegranate pan seared salmon in a pomegranate reduction, black rice, roasted beets and carrots, and microgreens which was extraordinary. Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse is truly a restaurant that must be experienced while in Boulder! I will surely be back!

Next stop on the Denver tour was

Strings Restaurant
1700 Humboldt Street
Denver, CO 80218
(303) 831-7310

After my food adventures in Denver I drove to Boulder, to meet Jen Myronuk and Ruthe Farmer for dinner at

It’s so nice that Boulder restaurant owners take into consideration all dietary concerns by including soy or rice milk options.

Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse
1770 13th StreetBoulder, Colorado
(303) 442-4993PossibiliTEAS quiz. Try it out! So while in Boulder I took a drive to Celestial Seasonings.

Speaking of tea I couldn’t resist visiting Celestial Seasonings – full disclosure I worked on Celestial Seasonings’ strategy for the agency I worked for – I was thrilled to the have Celestial Seasonings as a client – I grew up drinking Celestial Seasoning. I helped create the Facebook strategy for

Unfortunately, I was late for the tour but spent time sampling teas in the tea lounge and the gift shop is very impressive! Hain is the corporation which own Celestial Seasonings I buy most of their projects because of the natural ingredients. That why I love Celestial Seasonings! Next I will take the tour when I’m back in town — hopefully I’ll be moving to CO permanently.

To sum up my adventure dining in Denver and Boulder is like skiing in Aspen and Vail — AWESOME! and I know I’m going to love Colorado! I’ll be there soon.

I know “afternoon tea” isn’t really something Londoners actually do (or have time for!), but I couldn’t resist taking an afternoon out with some friends (none of whom happened to be British, btw) for it. We went to the Orangery at Kensington Gardens, which is a beautiful restaurant:

The food came out in courses and not one of those tiered tea trays, which is what I expected. They served us the tea fist, followed by three courses: First, cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches–sans crusts, of course:

Then, scones with jam and clotted cream, followed by orange sponge cake:

Everything was really delicious! It was a really nice, relaxing way to spend the afternoon. I think we spent a leisurely 3 hours there, eating and chatting. Was fahbulous, daahlings (and pretty cheap, too!).

http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensingtonpalace/cafesandrestaurants.aspx

R/GA’s Lead Barista Jacqueline take us on a tour of the R/GA Coffee Bar and Lounge. The place for a cup of great coffee, conversation, comfort or laugh.