Jasmine Tea

Teavana's Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls. Yum!

After years of "hating" tea, which began as simply an inclination and was later confirmed when my cousin, Emily, and I were told by our grandmother to always accept tea when offered on our first trip to Ireland as young teens. I think if I'd put more sugar in those cups it would have been okay. But sometime in, hmmm, 2006? Sometime in 2006 I decided it was totally cool to be a tea drinker and when Emily and I were in Chicago one day we had dinner at Frontera Grill and as it was cold and I was attempting to be healthy, I ordered jasmine tea. A blend I'd picked at random. It was the first cup of tea I'd ever enjoyed and therefore has a soft spot in my heart.