Drinks | Perpetual Tea Party

The Other Coffee

29 May 2010 Written by Kyoko 1 Comment

Here’s the other coffee that I see around Portland a lot: Caffe D’arte. It appears to be based in Seattle. After having Caffe D’arte coffee and Stumptown both at various coffee houses, I definitely prefer Stumptown by far. Lucky me for choosing Portland over Seattle, since we did consider moving to Seattle as well. To be fair, I’ve met people who swear by this brand.

…And since I don’t want to be lying to you, the content of the cup is actually Earl Grey tea, not coffee. I just saw an episode of Bones (It’s instant on Netflix!) in which Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance Brennan goes to England where Booth says (…as he takes a sip of tea) — “This is the weakest coffee I’ve ever had.” We are totally enjoying this TV series (though frankly all that mangled body has made me nearly vegetarian for now) we’ll have to resist the temptation to name our 3rd baby Seeley (if it’s a boy) or Temperance (if it’s a girl).

Donuts and Coffee

26 May 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

I woke up this morning and found another drizzly day. It’s not that I mind the rain, but I mean…where’s spring? And then I remembered that I have half a donut left over from Todd bringing me home one last night which cheered me up greatly!

And yummy coffee too. It’s from Stumptown, we’ve tried several varieties from them but I finally found my ‘favorite’. It’s Burundi Bwayi. Todd asked them which roast might be good for someone who enjoys Sumatra/Kenyan and they suggested this one. It should have been obvious, but it wasn’t until it was pointed out that I probably like coffee from Africa (rather than say South America). Burundi Bwayi claims that “Violet and raisin aromatics open the flavor gates to perfectly clean notes of plum, black cherry and orange zest that are complimented by a syrupy body.” Whatever. It’s yummy.

I’m thinking of giving cloth napkins another chance, but I don’t know. I bought a few and made a few a while back, but I failed to make the switch back then. I think that this was because we don’t have enough of them, and also because I hate laundry. But seriously, I’m appalled by how much paper napkin/towels we go through!

White Mocha

23 April 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

The coffee house nearby doesn’t look like much from the outside, but they serve really really good coffee. It’s probably my 3rd favorite cup of coffee in Portland so far (but with added bonus of being really close to our house, plenty of seating, reliable Wi-Fi, highchair for Ashland, and really nice baristas). I know that “3rd” doesn’t sound like much of a compliment, but it really is because this town is full of yummy coffee, even regular cup of coffee at restaurants is usually decent (I would NEVER order coffee at restaurants in VA!).

Bubble Tea and Salt Shakers

27 March 2010 Written by Kyoko 0 Comments

Here’s my Birthday treat (it’s next tuesday, but that’s a silly day for a birthday so…): very yummy bubble tea from Tea Chai Té and [was] a piece of carrot cupcake.

We found these mid 30′s salt/pepper shakers today. I love glassware from depression era for their intricate patterns and very pretty translucent colors. Apparently they aren’t worth much these days since everyone saved them thinking they’d be worth something and the antique market is now flooded with them (good news to me!).