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Time has come for tempting teas and savories
The wine-bar craze seems to have barely peaked; now tea bars are a trend just breaking on the horizon. Witness the coming of Miro Tea, opened last month by Jeannie Liu and her husband, Thong Lee, in Ballard. Banish any notion of chintz and tiny, crustless sandwiches. Wood and bamboo rules the ecoconscious décor, which strives for serenity and achieves it — at least until the high-ceilinged storefront fills up with people or the soundtrack veers from soft spa music to atonal rock. A light menu features crepes, both savory and sweet, and sandwiches of the sort that require two hands to hold, made with Tall Grass Bakery bread ($3.75-$7.25). All items — from an oatmeal crepe filled with apples, figs and walnuts to the Italian ciabatta roll stuffed with meats, cheese and olive tapenade — are available all day.
Put the kettle on
Making the perfect cup of tea is not as easy as it seems. I never liked designer coffee places. Although they brew good coffee, they are terrible makers of a proper cup of tea. So I seek joy in a glass of Masala tea at Indian restaurants � an orange brew, with copious amounts of sugar, evaporated milk, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. As disturbingly New Age as it may sound, it gives me a sense of well-being. What? That pair of shoes I�ve been eyeing don�t come in my size? .
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