Great Britain meets America

My friend Alison has recently returned from her furlough in Great Britain. It is great to have her back. She brought me a teapot and we wasted no time in using it.

See in the past we've had tea together while the kids play. She's British. She loves tea. I, however, am an American and an uncultured one at that. So in my stupidity I served her tea the way I make it. Take a Lipton tea bag, throw it in a cup of water and put that in the microwave to warm it up. Like I said, I'm uncultured. She was gracious and didn't say anything for awhile but finally it came up that I was making a mockery of tea by the way I made it. She taught me how to make proper tea. And in hopes to refine me a bit, she brought me a beautiful teapot.

In return of the kind gesture, I pulled out my very special and coveted Starbucks mugs. They remind me of home and make me feel all cozy.

Alison couldn't help but laugh as we drank proper tea in these ginormous mugs which were about as big as the pot itself.

Civilized, proper Great Britain meets the bigger is always better America.

I love that the teapot is from Alison and the red mug is from my dear friend Jenny. I can enjoy great tea in my Starbucks mug and feel the love from both sides of the ocean.

We enjoyed the tea with discussions of petrol vs gas and who was correct as well as discussing the Brits who were quite dapper. Amazingly, a-lu-mi-NI-um was not mentioned. We enjoyed the rainy afternoon and I must say the time together was brilliant. Little by little, I'm learning. :)