tea for two..or three..

{edamame at tao of tea}

there are about 567,894 reasons why i love portland, oregon.

(maybe more, actually..)

and

on a recent trip to lovely pdx,

(for my birthday, yay!)

i took my mom and sister to one of my very very favorite places for tea.

(it's also one of my top reasons for wanting to move to portland..)

it's the original location of

the tao of tea

***

we popped in out of the rain

for a quick cup of tea..

and found that we really didn't want to leave.

it's the sort of place that you just want to linger

and soak up the zen japanese atmosphere

it's so calming and

the beautiful menu is so tempting..

so we stayed

***

for 3 pots of tea

and edamame

***

and these delicate little wraps with spinach leaves

peanuts, toasted chopped coconut with almonds (amazing combination),

tiny bits of fresh lime, fresh ginger and onion.

***

and we were happy.

(and i was especially happy to share this with my beautiful sister and mom.

..thanks for a wonderful birthday guys!)

xox

if you're in the portland area, i highly recommend visiting the original belmont location

or better yet, wait until i'm there and we'll go together.

in the meantime,

have a great weekend full of things you love.

xo