Friday, October 2, 2009

French Tea Box

Got this tea box in Paris, as I seem to have so many teabags floating around and they're never organised. The smug chappy on the front of the tin is saying "I am especially a little Russian, a little Chinese, a little Indian... also very English." Or something like that anyway. And just to reiterate this point, his tea bag chums from the four tea-corners of the globe are on the four sides. I love, but am a little perplexed by, the Russian teabag tag saying "Dbshzh" so if anyone with a knowledge of Russian tea terminology can shed any light, although I have a feeling they simply picked a few letters that looked Russian. In case anyone is interested, tea in Russian is "чай" pronounced "ch-igh" (as in Chai).