Great taste on multiple levels

Don’t you just love it when awesome things get awesomer?  I do.  Especially when they involve places I like to hang out.

You may recall (well, probably only if you = Shane) that one of my favorite tea-drinking spots, The Tea Garden, underwent major renovations over the winter to update and double the size of their space.  The changes are a fantastic improvement, and we enjoy our visits there all the more now that we can actually find a place to, you know, SIT DOWN.  (And admire creative work by local artists, like surfboard paintings.  Which is probably the only practical use for surfboards in all of Minnesota.)

But something even better happened in mid-October, when my MOST favorite of all tea-drinking locales, TeaSource, took on a big reconstruction project of their own (St. Paul store).  We visited them last Tuesday for sample day (five different cups of tea for a mere $3! are you not tingling all over with excitement?!) to check out the updated digs.  The interior looks AMAZING – soothing green paint on the walls, soft paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling, vibrant and classy new furniture, fabulously displayed (and well-stocked) shelves.  The atmosphere now perfectly compliments the quality of the delicious teas that they sell.  I love it!

In fact, I only know one person who claims the redesign is a little “too comfortable”; someone who says the environment merely “promotes excessive purchasing” for tea lovers like myself.  But I believe her name is My Wallet, and I advise you to not take her opinions too seriously.

I never do.