tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post8300821124012086635..comments2024-03-13T19:47:41.490-07:00Comments on My Front Porch: tea time in Kenya...Judy http://www.blogger.com/profile/00929685771427155673noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-3531154663902171952011-02-27T12:20:45.446-08:002011-02-27T12:20:45.446-08:00What a beautiful place! Kenya seems to be blessed...What a beautiful place! Kenya seems to be blessed with a wonderful climate, unlike much of the dessert regions of Africa. I love the photo of you and Elmer amid the tea plants. I'm sure that you will always appreciate tea a little bit more from now on :)Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-87079333434882236552011-02-25T17:00:30.595-08:002011-02-25T17:00:30.595-08:00I wonder if the fields of tea smelled fragrant? I...I wonder if the fields of tea smelled fragrant? I can't imagine how special it was to sit there outside the plantation house for lunch... It reminded me of "Out of Africa" too, only that was the start of the coffee industry there in Kenya, and when you get a close look at the lives of the ex-pats it wasn't very pretty. I have beads from "Karen's Garden" in Nairobi, the Karen Blixen of "Out of Africa" (Isak Dinesen).Hollacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916548022979567056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-6156118575397062472011-02-24T16:36:39.307-08:002011-02-24T16:36:39.307-08:00Now you have me curious. I have been checking out ...Now you have me curious. I have been checking out China and India tea, now must study up on African tea!<br /><br />I just realized that I am slightly afraid of monkeys, chimps and the likes. They are so beserk in the zoo, I would be afraid one would go off in the wild and scare me silly.Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-17754948909317034602011-02-24T13:48:22.176-08:002011-02-24T13:48:22.176-08:00Looks like an interesting tour for sure! Thanks fo...Looks like an interesting tour for sure! Thanks for sharing the pictures and experience! :)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092326580414811726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-798185472065063672011-02-24T10:11:48.076-08:002011-02-24T10:11:48.076-08:00I have just spent some time catching up on your tr...I have just spent some time catching up on your travel posts. Your trip sounds amazing and you have done such a good job of sharing the sights and also enlightening and informing us of what life is like in other parts of the world. <br />This tea farm looks like a beautiful place and your lunch looks most delicious. The monkey on the roof had me laughing.Happy@Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748146424809856063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-63433419169020603992011-02-24T09:08:05.078-08:002011-02-24T09:08:05.078-08:00That tablescape in the garden looks wonderful! I i...That tablescape in the garden looks wonderful! I imagine it was hot... and it must have felt so surreal to be having tea in a tea field in Kenya.Anneliesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288355284573379421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-32861514115395451272011-02-24T08:18:02.705-08:002011-02-24T08:18:02.705-08:00The house and setting remind me of the movie "...The house and setting remind me of the movie "Out of Africa," placed in Kenya, but on a coffee plantation. <br /><br />Tea is my drink, so I'd be happy to join you. Unlike Vee, I am not ambidrinktous.Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-72785820907406582662011-02-24T08:10:36.750-08:002011-02-24T08:10:36.750-08:00Fresh off the bush?! Wow...please tell me that it...Fresh off the bush?! Wow...please tell me that it was the best tea you have ever tasted! Full of antioxidants! And you can't compare tea to Tim Hortons! That's like comparing a PC to a Mac! Helllloooo?! But was it the best "PC" you've ever had?Ocean Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634121519202830605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-6611597275008533382011-02-24T07:51:18.563-08:002011-02-24T07:51:18.563-08:00Those are beautiful shots of the green tea fields....Those are beautiful shots of the green tea fields. And of course I recognized someone in the midst picking hastily your quota to take on board. I have never seen real monkeys in that setting.<br />I can't wait to come over and sip on tea.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232992558954142820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-53425440123316947092011-02-24T06:53:53.877-08:002011-02-24T06:53:53.877-08:00Loved those monkeys. Did it smell like tea? I'...Loved those monkeys. Did it smell like tea? I'm enjoying every day along with you. Wonderful documenting and photos.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617977766426840836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-30391364511048800162011-02-24T06:46:43.860-08:002011-02-24T06:46:43.860-08:00I had a good laugh at Vee's comment!
I can'...I had a good laugh at Vee's comment!<br />I can't imagine a tea field, although I don't know where I thought it came from! :)<br />Your day at the tea plantation gives a whole new meaning to 'high tea'.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-72776902990553692612011-02-24T06:09:38.301-08:002011-02-24T06:09:38.301-08:00Now it so happens that I know you're a Timmy H...Now it so happens that I know you're a Timmy Horton gal all the way so imagine my surprise to find you and Elmer up to your waists in tea! :D<br /><br />What a beautiful tea farm you visited. Simply amazing. I find it interesting that no tea plants are harvested, just the tea leaves. Sort of like tipping fir trees. <br /><br />Now you must let us know if you make a permanent switch from being a coffee gal to being a tea one. I, of course, am ambidrinktous.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-19397785388323983342011-02-24T05:58:00.296-08:002011-02-24T05:58:00.296-08:00You really had some wonderful experiences Judy. Lo...You really had some wonderful experiences Judy. Love the photo of you two in the tea fields!ellen b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14531430948905935301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429786372649785047.post-89919067594681966842011-02-24T05:39:23.784-08:002011-02-24T05:39:23.784-08:00Your tour was fascinating I'm sure. It's ...Your tour was fascinating I'm sure. It's amazing to me that people just wander through the bushes picking a few leaves from the top as they walk. I imagine you'll be saving that tea for very special company!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747219456841194840noreply@blogger.com