Perhaps Palatable Tidbit A?
Some customers who patronise the Bunalun Takashimaya organic food store I worked in can be so unintentionally hilarious. Two cases in point, all witnessed by my workmate Yanty; and all related to tea.
a. A lady comes into the store and heads toward the shelf of herbs and spices. She proceeds to rave about the Lemongrass tea she's been drinking, 'Really good stuff eh!'. She takes the small bottle of Lemongrass herbs. Yanty explains, 'Maybe you're referring to our Lemongrass tea there.' pointing helpfully toward the other shelf packed with tea. 'No no, it's this one.', our lady insists.
The Lemongrass tea is a blend of lemongrass herb with black darjeeling tea leaves. Thankfully she didn't enthuse too much to the point of buying the herbs as a gift for someone else.
The 'tea' would have been too refreshing.
b. Another lady comes into the store and asks if there was any of the Aromatic tea for sampling. Yanty whips out a small plastic container with the blend of rosebuds, orange zest, green darjeeling tea leaves and cinnamon in it. How do most people sample tea? If there's no brew to drink, it's through smelling right?
Before Yanty could stop her from doing so, our lady proceeds to chew one of the rosebuds and of course swallow it whole, no water involved.
After Yanty finished telling her quirky anecdotes, I thought that as an assistant in the store who has to prep herself for future such encounters, I should give it a shot too.
The rosebud was fragrant indeed, very aromatic... indisputably helping the tea blend live up to its namesake.
a. A lady comes into the store and heads toward the shelf of herbs and spices. She proceeds to rave about the Lemongrass tea she's been drinking, 'Really good stuff eh!'. She takes the small bottle of Lemongrass herbs. Yanty explains, 'Maybe you're referring to our Lemongrass tea there.' pointing helpfully toward the other shelf packed with tea. 'No no, it's this one.', our lady insists.
The Lemongrass tea is a blend of lemongrass herb with black darjeeling tea leaves. Thankfully she didn't enthuse too much to the point of buying the herbs as a gift for someone else.
The 'tea' would have been too refreshing.
b. Another lady comes into the store and asks if there was any of the Aromatic tea for sampling. Yanty whips out a small plastic container with the blend of rosebuds, orange zest, green darjeeling tea leaves and cinnamon in it. How do most people sample tea? If there's no brew to drink, it's through smelling right?
Before Yanty could stop her from doing so, our lady proceeds to chew one of the rosebuds and of course swallow it whole, no water involved.
After Yanty finished telling her quirky anecdotes, I thought that as an assistant in the store who has to prep herself for future such encounters, I should give it a shot too.
The rosebud was fragrant indeed, very aromatic... indisputably helping the tea blend live up to its namesake.
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