Piper's Gallery
Tea at Harrids
March, 2000
Barbara's boss sent her to London on business, and to pick up some tea for
him. I went along as the "tea expert." At Harrids, we fell into
the good care of Jorges, the assistant manager of the Harrids Tea Room. Jorges
was a fellow tea connisiour, and aided us through tasteing and selecting
about ten out of some thirty teas. At the end, we even passed a blind
taste test, and were thus able to obtain some rare Darjeeling that Jorges
saved for "special customers" (i.e., Heads of State, powerful CEOs, Royality,
and cetra.) Very civilized, even if Harrids has "enjoyed an increasingly
Coptic influence" since Al Faihid took over the business.