Saturday, July 31, 2010

Moon Cakes and Tea

While we're on the subject of the moon, here is a bit of eye candy in the form of gorgeous paper products.

My brother's fiancee came into the city recently for business, and we made it a point to meet for dinner, even though her trip was really short. She brought me these pretties all the way from Hong Kong.

Check out these boxes of teas and moon cake!
The moon cake was housed in a very cool-looking tin.
The two types of teas, Lung Ching ("Dragon Well") and Shui Shien ("Water Sprite"), came in two small, rectangular, white tins that resemble Wii controls.
The outside box and the paper "sleeves" around each tea tin have a beautiful print of a traditional tea set and Chinese calligraphy of a poem that I'm going to attempt to (poorly) translate:

Taste
the subtlety of
dense tea;
Immerse in
and detach from
the red dust of the world
At will.


Thank you, Tiffany! It was so thoughtful of you to remember me and I was so happy to see you and catch up over Korean spicy tofu casseroles!

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