Showing posts with label tea set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tea set. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Bath and Tea

I went to a Korean spa to experience a body scrub and massage.  Definitely not an experience for the faint of heart.  Men and women have separate areas and you definitely need to feel comfortable in your birthday suit.

I started out with a locker key and you undress and have your little plastic caddy with a bath towel, face towel, and cotton robe.  I brought my own slippers.  The routine starts with a shower in an open area with provided bath gel, shampoo and conditioner.  I then headed to the heated spa where I soaked until it got too hot.  They have separate rooms for a dry sauna, steam sauna, and a Himalayan salt hot room.

There is also an open area with beauty needs as well as a heated tiled floor area with recliners tuned into Korean TV.

I was called to my appointment where Young scrubbed me within an inch of my life everywhere.  Oodles of dead skin cells covered the plastic coated table.  Another shower and then back to have an oil massage starting with the back then the front with grated cucumber face mask and a head massage with shampoo and conditioner.

Last step was to have warm milk squirted everywhere for a final finish after having heated towels placed around me.  Back to shower again and some time in the sauna before heading home.  Skin is super soft and smooth and muscles are a bit sore.  Super toasty from the inside.  Aqua Spa is opened every day from 8 am to 10:30 pm.
Home to bed and the next morning since it was super chilly, I had a couple cups of tea in the set that Andrea gifted me.  So pretty and efficient.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Tea Ceremony

I recently joined the tea club and purchased a set from China.  I had a little tea party and Josephine did the honors.
The narrow cups are used for smelling the tea and refills of the cups.

The tea came from Eileen from her recent trip to Taiwan.
The first pot of tea is for cleaning the instruments and the sniff test.  The second pot is tasted and refills are made after that.
The tea leaves expanded to fill the entire pot.
The tea party was a success!