A kind of sweetness

In these days, I'm studying for an important exam for university. Usually, when I have to study, I stay at home and I go out only if it is necessary, so that I don't waste my time and I focus on what I'm studying.

Yesterday, instead, I decided to go to the supermarket, because my mum didn't buy my chestnut honey.

I'm happy now, because it was a very beautiful sunny day, not too hot and not too cold, with a slight breeze and a calm atmosphere (I met a fluffy cat with blue eyes and two white little dogs). Moreover, I like going for a wander because I love nature (and, so far, there aren't mosquitos) and walking helps me to relax.

Even a cup of tea helps me to forget my problems and that's why I needed the chestnut honey.

The fact is that I'm a perfectionist: it is both a flaw, because it's a neverending search, and a virtue, because it means that we always try to be better and happier than what we already are.

There's a connection between tea and perfection and I tell you why.

I used to drink tea with my family. If I think about my past, I can't remember a moment when we didn't have tea at home. My parents used to squeeze some lemon in it and I drank it this way too, even if that combination of tastes didn't convince me.

Even adding some sugar, that harshness stayed the same. I couldn't remove lemon, because I thought that there was something missing. So I changed the type of sugar and I bought the brown sugar, but it was the same.

So I realised that I should stop drinking tea: if I could drink it only trying to hide its real taste, maybe coffee was better for me.

And I became a coffee person, but I wasn't sure it was a good idea. I felt a kind of emptiness. When you drink coffee, it's because you don't have a lot of time. I prefer the tea atmosphere, when you sit down in a warm room with your mug heating your hands.

When I went to England, I savoured for the first time tea with milk and I didn't like it. Now, instead, I only drink it with milk and honey. Of course, not every tea is good with milk, but I create a combination I love, the one with the chestnut honey.

This specific honey is sweet and bitter at the same time, it has a brownish colour and it's dense. If I don't have it at home, I use the multi-flower honey, because the acacia honey is a little bit flavourless (I'm also trying the eucalyptus honey, which reminds me my place in the mountains).

My favourite tea is the Twinings' Earl Grey, even if I like discovering new tastes (tell me if you have some advices about this).

I think I have found a balance for my afternoon and that's why I went to the supermarket: to reach perfection.


Bye for now


Yours, Silvia