January 20, 2012 Some of the Tea in China

A lovely international student from China came to see me today.  She had been home over the Christmas break and returned to Manhattan with a gift for me.  (I must confess that I often tell international students to bring me something when they return from a trip home.  Like you wouldn't if you were in my shoes.)

This time, my gift was a bronze colored tin box full of Chinese tea.  The tea is vacuum packed in some kind of aluminum pouch.  The actual tea itself is in a cellophane bag and is loose.  It sort of looks like marijuana, if you want to know the truth.  And I am sure that you do. 

Are you asking yourself how I know what marijuana looks like? Is that really something you need to know?  I didn't think so.

When I told the young Chinese woman that I was going to have a cuppa this evening, she laughed and said that I would not sleep!  This must be morning tea and I can't wait to try it. 

Often an international student will tell me that if I ever get to their country, I am welcome to stay with their family.

I'm waiting for a student from Tahiti.