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Sparkplug said:
Check out Gong Fu in the East Village (DM) I got my cup with a diffuser and a small teapot with diffuser there and love both of them

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I haven't been to Des Moines for ages. However, the place sounds interesting. I live out in the middle of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. I kind of miss getting lost in Des Moines. Have they got the city layout fixed yet? The last time I was there, man, I am better off forgetting. They were fixing everything. I wanted to go to the boys state basketball championship once in recent years, my team was rated no 1 all year, but then they got beat out in sub-state. That was the last time I even thought of going to Des Moines.
 
mitten1975 said:
I haven't been to Des Moines for ages. However, the place sounds interesting. I live out in the middle of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. I kind of miss getting lost in Des Moines. Have they got the city layout fixed yet? The last time I was there, man, I am better off forgetting. They were fixing everything. I wanted to go to the boys state basketball championship once in recent years, my team was rated no 1 all year, but then they got beat out in sub-state. That was the last time I even thought of going to Des Moines.
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Downtown construction seems to be finishing up. New signage has helped get around the downtown. East Village is a fun area to explore.
 
Loose silver needle white tea has been my favorite in moderation. It can get expensive but i usually just go half and half with some loose green matcha tea.

The silver needle I get comes from the Octavia tea company or rishi. Take a look online, there are quite a lot of options. For some reason, it seams that most of the tea I've really enjoyed has come from Oregon, but one could fine good tea locally in central Iowa. I think I've seen silver needle at Wheatsfield in Ames before.
 
Which one is tea, and which one is weed?

A)

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B)

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DistrictCyclone said:
Which one is tea, and which one is weed?

A)

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B)

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A: Tea
B: Weed - Dark thing weed is on=your coffee table. When you hear POLICE SEARCH WARRANT, POLICE SEARCH WARRANT, POLICE SEARCH WARRANT, and loud pounding on your door plus a loud BANG outside, stop what ever you are doing, lay on the floor with empty hands. That is all.
 
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I picked that way too. Anything serves as tea these days, they make tea out of so many things. There is a ginger drink from China there at the Great Wall also. I love it on winter days. You can make it to burn your tongue if you want. Also I like Red Zinger, the old celestial seasonings tea. They have a tea with Acai berries and mango that is really good. Makes you want to do a samba.
 
Thought I'd resurrect and old thread and see if anyone has any suggestions for where to get loose leaf tea. I'm a big fan of Plantation Mint by Bigelow and would like to be able to replicate something close to it in loose leaf. It's a black tea with spearmint.
 
Teavana in the Jordan Creek Mall (or online) has really good loose leaf tea, although it is a little expensive. They'll let you try a bunch of flavors too before buying.
 
ccruzen said:
Thought I'd resurrect and old thread and see if anyone has any suggestions for where to get loose leaf tea. I'm a big fan of Plantation Mint by Bigelow and would like to be able to replicate something close to it in loose leaf. It's a black tea with spearmint.
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My stepmom bought me a Teavana Tea Maker for Christmas and use it everyday. Link here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&tag=majeslynxtech-20&linkId=A643WR2ABDG2JT7Y

Anyway, she got me some teas from TeaVana and they were good but a little expensive. I keep trying new places from this spreadsheet. It is from reddit.com/r/tea. I don't know what the Bigelow Mint Tea tastes like but the
North African Mint from DavidsTea is ******* fantastic. (Link: http://www.davidstea.com/organic-north-african-mint?&TF=&DEID=) It has a real earthy and minty flavor.

Personally, I love iced tea so I am trying to find teas that taste good iced as well as hot. The pink lemonade from DavidsTea is super refreshing. So is the Raspberry and Lime tea from TeaVana.
 
ccruzen said:
Thought I'd resurrect and old thread and see if anyone has any suggestions for where to get loose leaf tea. I'm a big fan of Plantation Mint by Bigelow and would like to be able to replicate something close to it in loose leaf. It's a black tea with spearmint.
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I love Bigelow lemon black tea or whatever but wanted to upgrade to a nicer tea and found that Upton Tea Imports have a lemon black tea and I really like it.

http://www.uptontea.com/store/home.asp??afterCart=/store/home.asp&referral=https://www.google.com/

I just ordered online. You can search only black teas for the word "mint" and you have a few options.
 
Freidrichs (coffee shop here in DSM) has good loose leaf tea too and at a cheaper price than other places :)
 
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