wishing for moraccan tea and details about our road trip to calgary
so this morning i woke up with a HUGE craving for mint tea but not any mint tea... when joben and i were on our honeymoon in europe we spent 10 days in belgium visiting friends and while we were there our friend vincient took us out for coffe (they call it coffee che which just means little coffee... they actually add che to alot of things i guess its like slang like they called me amanda che.) anyways, our friends in belgium drink coffee all day (a perfect life for little miss amanda... i LOVE coffee) when we were out with vincient this one time he told me to order this mint tea because this place made it the best so i got it and i have never had a better glas of tea EVER. this morning i woke up craving it and i am just wondering if anyone knows anywhere in calgary or vancouver that serves this tea because i need it! i have discoverd its moraccan mint tea and apperantly they drink it all the time in moracco... guess ill just have to go there! j/k but here are a few pics that i found on the internet to show you what it was like. amazing.
the tea itself was served in a pot like the one in the picture and it was brigt green like the stuff in the glasses. it was served in a glass with tons of mint sprigs in it with sugar on the side and when i had it there was another pot kid of like the silver tea pot but it was really tall and skinnier than the tea pot and it had pure jasmine in it and i was told to put a few drops in my tea. anyways, it was amazing and i was just curious if anywone knew of any coffee shops or perhaps moroccan resturaunts that served this wonderfull drink!
oh also- we are safe and sound in calgary. we are staying at joben's cousin heather's house. joben was really excited to get here to insted of waiting till saturday morning to leave joben and i left around 3 am on friday... i guess that IS saturday morning. anyways, i slept till salmon arm and then we switched and then switched again in golden. saw some AMAZING sights when i was driving and joben was sleeping. the drive between salmon arm and revelstoke is so fun. there are alot of things to see and do around there and a chateau on this lake that i am dying to stay at. i didnt take any pics cause i was driving but i found some on the internet. i guess it was when i was driving through rogers pass. the chateau is located at three valley gap.
well i tried to upload the pics i found but they arent working, i will try again later. about 2 k away from the chateau there is this place called the enchanted forest which is this cute whimsical place with bc's tallest treehouse that looked pretty cool and a suspention bridge AND (my sister will love this cause shes a big geek like me!) MINERATURE LAND! oooooooooo. hahahha it looked like a funny dutch commune or somthing but looks like it would be funny to go see. im trying to hook joben on going to stay at the chateau with me and seeing all of these kitchy things with this hummer wilderness tour that they offer around there! haha, anyways, i think next time we drive to bc we will go through here and stay, looks like there is alot to see and do.
the tea itself was served in a pot like the one in the picture and it was brigt green like the stuff in the glasses. it was served in a glass with tons of mint sprigs in it with sugar on the side and when i had it there was another pot kid of like the silver tea pot but it was really tall and skinnier than the tea pot and it had pure jasmine in it and i was told to put a few drops in my tea. anyways, it was amazing and i was just curious if anywone knew of any coffee shops or perhaps moroccan resturaunts that served this wonderfull drink!
oh also- we are safe and sound in calgary. we are staying at joben's cousin heather's house. joben was really excited to get here to insted of waiting till saturday morning to leave joben and i left around 3 am on friday... i guess that IS saturday morning. anyways, i slept till salmon arm and then we switched and then switched again in golden. saw some AMAZING sights when i was driving and joben was sleeping. the drive between salmon arm and revelstoke is so fun. there are alot of things to see and do around there and a chateau on this lake that i am dying to stay at. i didnt take any pics cause i was driving but i found some on the internet. i guess it was when i was driving through rogers pass. the chateau is located at three valley gap.
well i tried to upload the pics i found but they arent working, i will try again later. about 2 k away from the chateau there is this place called the enchanted forest which is this cute whimsical place with bc's tallest treehouse that looked pretty cool and a suspention bridge AND (my sister will love this cause shes a big geek like me!) MINERATURE LAND! oooooooooo. hahahha it looked like a funny dutch commune or somthing but looks like it would be funny to go see. im trying to hook joben on going to stay at the chateau with me and seeing all of these kitchy things with this hummer wilderness tour that they offer around there! haha, anyways, i think next time we drive to bc we will go through here and stay, looks like there is alot to see and do.
posted by amanda barkey | 4:12 PM
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Hi Amanda,
Thanks for your note on my blog. I too LOVE coffee. And I've had moroccan tea ... when I was in Morocco. They stuff the tea pot full of mint leaves, add something called "gunpowder tea" and hot water and tons of sugar (like 13 sugar cubes for one pot of tea). Not sure if this is exactly what you drank in Europe, but this is how they made it in Morocco. I loved hearing from you.
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