A Few of my Favor....THIS THERMOS ROCKS!

Back in the summer my boyfriend bought me this tea thermos from Teavana. It's a nice silver with a dragon motif that looks like it came off a Robin McKinley book. The really NEAT thing about it, though is that the inside is lined with Yixing clay.

I was super entertained by this and adored it. He also bought me some pricey Jasmine Oolong tea to go with it. Since I don't drink a lot of hot tea in the summer and didn't want to use up all my fancy tea I waited until it snowed to get it out (today).

I used several times this past summer and when I opened it the wonderful jasmine scent was still there. HOW COOL IS THAT?! You're supposed to use anything made with yixing clay with only one type of tea because the clay absorbs the flavor and the more you use it the more it seasons.  And it actually does! For some reason, I didn't believe it.

It's about 30$ at the store, but if you have money to blow on something tea related or want to buy someone a tea gift, you should check it out!

This is a picture of the clay inside:

This is my face when I tilt the thermos to show the clay and forget there's a little bit of water in it....and dump it all over my keyboard!