Tea Off Teaopia vs. Davids Tea

I have already blogged about finding this new tea place called Davids Tea.

The thing I didn't blog about was how teaopia took my tea-inity. Yes I know that was a lame joke, but it did. Teaopia was my first and was my support while I started my new healthy lifestyle. There is something special between Teaopia and I. The sales people there were friendly and helpful. They knew enough about the product.

The first things from I bought from Teaopia were: 

Slim and Slender
Bourbon Vanilla
Jiaogulan
Mate Chai
Matteccino
Coco Caramel
Wild Clover Honey
Agave Nectar (done)
2 Brown Sugar Sticks
1 White Sugar Stick
Steeping Ball
Steeping Travel Mug
Tea Master

 I have already expressed that I hated the fact that Teaopia sold a "minimun" of 50grams, and I think that is still something that I absolutely hate. In my last blog I compared the 2 stores. I still have not even touched my teas since that day, about half a month ago due to bad things in my life.

Starting on Monday, I plan to return to that healthy lifestyle change and will be making tea a part of that again.

When I went to Davids Tea, I was able to buy smaller amounts and started with:

Read My Lips
Matcha Matsu
The Skinny
Love Tea #7
Pumpkin Chai

 Now I must mention that I actually went to the new Bramalea location on the DAY it opened. The only reason I walked away with so many teas was becase of the sales girls (all were super friendly and smiling) There was one girl in particular... I believe she was East or West Indian, and OH MY GOODNESS this girl was overly excited in a genuine way about Davids Tea. She made me get excited too!!! She was So friendly, and knew about the history of Davids Tea and it's products and was excited about helping me.

Oh AND I have been eating at Aji Sai Japanese All You can Eat Sushi Buffet had amazing green tea worth mentioning and they packed the tea in a little white container and sent it home with me to enjoy... that was very nice of them because that green tea was BOMB!!!!

After Monday Stay tuned, I shall have a verdict!!!

DAVIDsTea vs Teaopia

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I found Teaopia 3 months ago and have been ADDICTED since and spending all my money there.

Yesterday I found a new tea store at Bramalea called DavidsTea.The thing that I liked best was that they didn't sell 50g minimum like Teaopia. I was able to buy 5 different teas, and I was buying between 8g-12g which made 3-5 cups. I was also able to buy 8g of Matcha to try. all for just under $8.00 CDN


I know that staff in the Teaopia stores are more that willing to brew the teas for you to sample in store, however I didn't want to spend my whole day going through all the teas to find one that I liked. Also, I am the type of person that always NEEDS to try new things, and it is more convenient to buy many different teas in smaller amounts than to buy 1(one) tea in a bigger amount (for the same price)


Now regarding tea quality, I did not actually try the other tea, but from the sample in store the quality was comparable.


The service was also comparable. They also had similar products (mugs, pots etc.)


They also had a many teas to choose from like Teaopia, and the ingredients in the teas are similar.


I think the prices are comparable as well but the other tea store will allow you to buy smaller quantities which works out to be a little less.
 
So I guess in the grand scheme of things, it comes down to what you are looking for, and how much you want to spend or buy and what your palette likes best.

I have so many new teas to try before I can conclusively decide which is better for my tastes.

R.I.P. Away from the Drama!

Obviously it has been a while since I've blogged. But as usual, alot has happened.



I feel that the most important thing that happened has me left with alot of mixed feelings.


My grandmother (my mom's mom) passed away on Wednesday August 25th 2010. She was in the hospital for 5 years, went in with a stroke, had a seizure, and another stroke. I used to visit all the time when I first got my car, but after my mom passed away (Oct 26th 2006) the visits got less and less because even though my grandmother could not talk, she would ask (by mouthing) for my mom. It became too hard to handle. She was in the hospital when my mom passed away, and did not know, and in her condition we were not able to tell her.


Well the mixed feeling come because of my VERY disfunctional family. A relative came dressed like a dirty slut, with a short tight skirt, see through blouse, teased hair, and long, very long RED nails. The attire was entirely inappropriate and family members who only used her while she was alive to cook difficult Guyanese dishes acted as if they loved her SO much, Business owners used her funeral to invite co-workers to mingle. During the "wake" not everyone visited the house where my grandmother resided. People who acted so disgustingly at the funeral kept "wake" at another house.


I think that my family ended with the death of my mother (since aunts do not keep in contact with children, the excuse is that we are kids we should know to contact them.) but now with my grandmother gone, I am figuring out who my family and friends really are.


Since I wrote this MORE has happened. At this point I am totally and utterly ashamed of the people I used to call family.


I want to use this opportunity to make myself perfectly clear. I know certain people are snakes in the grass. They LIE and they will suffer in the end. The only reason I seem to be the bad one is because I will NOT censor what I have to say, and I will not sit by idol while some guilty bitch uses MY NAME to cover her own lies.


My life has been a hard one, I have done alot of bad things that I regret, but I NEVER LIE about it. I know and I have seen the drama since I was a kid, I find that even though I am walking away from it all, they will ALWAYS call my name and wonder. The truth will come out one day and then they will all be sorry.

Stupid Celluar Issues!!

 

So the weekend has past… A few days ago I dropped my phone (Keybo 1 in Black, Left side is in Pomegranate) and the inside screen stopped working!!!

I was so peeved. I took such good care of my phone and it was maybe the 4th time in 4 months that I dropped the phone. Yes the phone is only 4 months old, cost $100.00. I really like the look of the original Keybo. The new one is UGLIER!!

This weekend my husband had to buy me a new phone because I like to play games, text and use the internet on my phone. I found the the few days that I had just the phone part working KILLED ME!!! I can’t go back to texting on a regular phone, I think I am officially Tech-Dependant!! I did have to settle for the Keybo2, but lets see how that goes once it's all set up.

Anyways, I just wanted to touch base before I switch handsets online…

Drama... ALWAYS drama!!!

Ok, So Children have not even been home for the summer break for a month I am definitely having feelings about it now… I technically don’t have my own kids but through marriage practically had to adopt Preet (niece) & Jas (nephew) since I live in my brother in law’s house.



Now to top that off, my sister’s friend has drama, and her family is dragging us (Tina & I) into it, because of her EX asshole, she is having issues chilling with us! We don’t mind if she don’t wanna chill, but her and her family wants us to come around. And this friend tells us that she wants her child (2yrs) and he needs to leave. And when we (us and her family and herself) get rid of him, he manipulates his way back into her life somehow… he was abusive and doesn’t like her friends or family… So the ultimatum was who did she want (her man’s great idea)… Her Family & Friends OR Him and their child… She said HIM!!!! BOTH on WALFARE.. Too lazy to work with a child!! UGH! It sickens me!!!


Obviously when you can throw away your FAMILY and friends, YOU ARE NOT A GOOD PERSON!!!

Maybe I’m a bitch, maybe I’m mean, perhaps even heartless… But I don’t need people like that in my life. So I LEFT!!!


Hours later my sister gets text messages from her telling us that we were right, she doesn’t want him.


Now I know that I’m heartless, because I refuse to give her another chance… How do you throw away your family??? And honestly… I can’t stand that much drama anymore.
 But I guess we will see... Ultimately it is up to my sister if we continue to hang out together... Because if my sister wants to chill with her... I can still be a bitch and NOT join them, or invite her to join me!
I feel like a Drama Magnet!!!

BULLSHIT @ WORK

You know, I thought that I had issues. It turns out, that, I am happy in life, happy everywhere EXCEPT at work.

I Finally realized the cause of my pain.... The supervisor!!!! OH MY GOODNESS~~~ I know I complain alot, and talk alot, BUT I don't hurt anyone, or single anyone out. This has got to be the WORSE SUPERVISOR EVER!!!!!

Lets start from the beginning shall we???

I got transferred to her shift, ok, great, I learned alot of work related stuff that I didn't learn before. YAY ME!

Now, she starts opening up about her problems at home and work, and tells me not to say anything to anybody, Which so far it's still with me only.... in my head.... so I tell her some things, about work... my life is an open book to everyone, I have NOTHING to hide from anyone....But anyways, I feel bad, so I start helping her out by working a little bit harder, to ease HER TENSION!!!! OMFG~~~ BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!!!

She started Nagging me about work, that gets completed before the end of my shift no matter what, I do my work within the 10 hours that im working....

all of a sudden, I get written up for negative behaviour and Gossiping....Since when is talking about ones self gossipping???? and for talking about MYSELF!!!!!

And then today, the beee with an itch ---SENDS ME HOME!!!

her excuse was that my behaviour was negative, and I asked her about a ring she got because I wanted to get one too for as cheap as she did.....

I said NO COMMENT to her to avoid confrontation.

and my attitude was negative, and I was talking about personal matters...

like dude WTF crawled up her ass????

I think some people need to grow up.... She treated me like shit the entire shift, and after 6 hours, with NO BREAK she sends me home!!!!

I think this will all need to be brought up with the big boss lady before I make another move...

I just wanted to vent here.... and to be honest, I could care less who reads this... Names were not mentioned!!!