tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post2351450259766687368..comments2010-01-31T19:36:55.042+09:00tanabatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592550784537825632noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-65943256100628066422010-01-31T19:36:55.042+09:002010-01-31T19:36:55.042+09:00<b>Lena</b> - My Starbucks mug collection is getting a bit out of control but I can&#39;t help myself from buying the New Year&#39;s one every year! <br />How fun that you were able to go to some of the places mentioned in the book. If I ever get to Seattle I&#39;m going to have to visit the Panama hotel!<br /><br /><b>thekoolaidmom</b> - It really was a perfect match. :)<br /><br /><b>Janet</b> - Yes, you do! I think you&#39;d enjoy it.<br /><br /><b>Ash</b> - It&#39;s a fun design this year!<br /><br /><b>Harvee</b> - You could be right. I&#39;ve not really compared them but I know that Japanese green tea seems quite high in caffeine. <br /><br /><b>Mark David</b> - It&#39;s a great scene, isn&#39;t it? Thanks for sharing how you related to that passage. :) <br /><br /><b>gnoegnoe</b> - Your jasmine tea sounds great! I don&#39;t think I knew that you worked in a museum (or I wasn&#39;t paying attention properly). And no need to apologize for going off topic. I don&#39;t mind. :)<br /><br /><b>Nymeth</b> - You should definitely try some jasmine tea sometime! It&#39;s got a very unique smell and flavour. Once you&#39;ve had it you&#39;ll never forget it.tanabatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592550784537825632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-8489574878184509202010-01-27T23:28:55.419+09:002010-01-27T23:28:55.419+09:00@Nymeth, hee I work at a museum too! :)) *waves*<br /><br />[ sorry to be off topic ;) ]gnoegnoehttp://gnoegnoe.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-25036046667062750182010-01-24T06:30:44.169+09:002010-01-24T06:30:44.169+09:00At my current job (which is at a museum, cataloguing the letters of a writer who passed away some years ago) I keep coming across mentions of jasmine tea, which is making me crave if! The writing lived in China for some years, and apparently it was her favourite. I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever tried it, but I certainly want to.Nymethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-16435548784091983472010-01-23T01:58:34.073+09:002010-01-23T01:58:34.073+09:00Oh no! Not another book for my wishlist?!<br /><br />I have some wonderful Chinese Chung Hao Jasmine at hand btw :)gnoegnoehttp://gnoegnoe.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-3423420747847124462010-01-22T10:35:16.615+09:002010-01-22T10:35:16.615+09:00Such a lovely passage! I can almost see the scene with my eyes :) Makes me think of my own enamored encounters when I was a kid. And as it happens, I&#39;m also quite drawn to the unfreckled and transluscent skin of East Asian women. There aren&#39;t as many Japanese girls here in our country as I wish there&#39;d be, but there are many Filipino-Chinese (including myself) so I understand rather well the attraction of that kind of beauty.<br /><br />I&#39;ve tried a really good cup of Jasmine tea in China, and it is indeed relaxing and soothing... This is quite a delightful post Tanabata :)    Mark Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191881042368314958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-62219481377219367862010-01-22T10:01:08.400+09:002010-01-22T10:01:08.400+09:00I really like oolong green tea. Though I like it, I find that the Japanese green tea has a lot of caffeine. Do you have the same experience?Harveehttp://bookbirddog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-40706012224315008962010-01-22T07:34:18.353+09:002010-01-22T07:34:18.353+09:00That mug is really cute!Ashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878749520906342274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-65696156207338980472010-01-22T05:43:45.415+09:002010-01-22T05:43:45.415+09:00I&#39;ve picked that book up twice at the store...sat and read it once...I need it!Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504992439212714138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-39936657794319126092010-01-22T04:30:45.212+09:002010-01-22T04:30:45.212+09:00What a perfect match! I loved <i>Hotel</i>, and I can just imagine the warm and exotic feel of reading it while drinking jasmine tea.thekoolaidmomhttp://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21744560.post-6600624153574158662010-01-22T03:53:56.357+09:002010-01-22T03:53:56.357+09:00That picture is great. I love that your Starbucks has cool themed mugs. I always end up buying the holiday mug - every year. God knows what I&#39;m going to do with all of them.<br /><br />As for Jamie Ford&#39;s story - I&#39;m so glad you&#39;re reading it. My review wont&#39; go live until the 29th but I truly enjoyed that book! And being from Seattle, I could look around and really GO to some of the places within it - it was really neat.saveopheliahttp://saveophelia.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com