Well, did you know that LUPICIA, a company famous for its various tea, has local exclusive tea flavors like these?
I took a trip to Sendai earlier this month, as I wrote in another blog post "Make A Wish☆," and I got several of this combination as souvenirs. Of couse, I got one for my honey and one for myself.
These two flavors are Sendai limited ones; the left one is "伊達いちご", Date Ichigo, or "Date Strawberry," and the right one is "星祭り," Hoshi Matsuri, or "Star Festival."
You know, Sendai is famous for its regional leader, Date Masamune, who passed away in the Edo period, and its Star Festival, which has lots of Tanabata decorations including a famous one called "Fukinagashi," or "吹き流し".
The war helmet with the crescent moon on the round-shaped can of LUPICIA's "Date Stawberry" is the symbol of Date Masamune. I guess the word "Date" here also can be an adjective meaning dandy or something like that. They say their "Date Strawberry" tea uses Sendai's stawberries.
Well, "Fukinagashi" is exactly the pink one that looks like a jellyfish printed on the round box of their "Star Festival," though Fukinagashi itself comes in various designs and colors while Tanabata Festival takes place in Sendai.
This photo comes from the blog post "Make A Wish☆"
To be honest, the combination item in the first and second photos that consists of two Sendai-limited flavors is an exclusive one and can be purchased only at LUPICIA Sendai S-PAL store.
The usual containers of these two flavors are bigger than the two ones of the set item only available at LUPICIA's S-PAL while they come in the same designs. Their combo is more reasonable as they're smaller than the usual versions.
Also, S-PAL limited ones have tea bags while usual ones have tea leaves. They are sold at LUPICIA's stores located in Sendai including their S-PAL location I've just mentioned. On top of that, they can be available at their online shop, though both of them sold out right now and are not available. I often find their online store doesn't have these two flavors in stock. Both seem so popular. No wonder.
See? The right one is the usual one of their "星祭り," "Star Festival," and it can sometimes be available at their online store. The left one is one of the two from the S-PAL limited combination, and each of the two flavors can't be bought separately because it's a combo, you know.
I really like this design. On top of that, it smells awesome.
The other flavor, the strawberry one, is also amazing.
Well, today's title is "My Cup of Tea," meaning "this is my favorite," "this is to my taste," or something like that. I read the expression "my cup of tea" is used in British English. You know, as many of you have noticed, I'm learning and improving American English 
since my darling has lived in the U.S. for a long time when he was younger and speaks American English, but my favorite actor Hugh Jackman seems to speak British English 
because he was born in Australia. I'm a big fan of Hugh Jackman, you know, so I'd like to learn British expressions and spelling, too. I found before he'd spelled "mum," not "mom," you know what I mean. Well, he's as old as my hon is. He should come to Japan again.
One of my dreams is to visit Laughing Man Coffee in New York someday, a cafe founded by Hugh Jackman.
I'd love to their Flat White there, and get their goods such as caps, mugs, coffee beans and so on. Someday, I also wanna get a lot of items like caps and T-shirts at a retail shop of the flagship restaurant of Eggs 'n Things in Hawaii. I hope they won't sell out by then.
Well, LUPICIA seems to have stores not only in Japan but in other countries such as the United States and Australia. They have a location in Hawaii.
Did you know that?
Well, LUPICIA has been providing seasonal tea flavors as well, and they are also great.
First, the right one "Cache-Cache" was sold for the Easter this year. Actually, it came in three colors, and I really wanted all of the three for myself. But it sold out quickly, so I just got this color.
The rabbit's so cute, isn't it? In addition, the shape of the box is an egg, symbolizing an Easter egg, huh?
This reminds me of Easter's Carrot Pancakes that Eggs 'n Things in Japan offered last year. They tasted good, and were more reasonable than other seasonal pancakes. Their bright orange color made me feel cheerful.
On top of that, we could get a small rabbit figure if we could find it like the Easter Bunny Hunt, you know.
This year, they did an Easter campaign, but it just enabled customers to get 1 more egg when they ordered paticular items off their menu. To tell the truth, I was dissapointed.
Next, "Etoile Bleue." I got these two a couple of months ago. Yep, one of the two is for my darling..
It's beautiful. The design is really to my taste.
You know what? When we get things at LUPICIA's online shop, we can get 1 complimentary gift like these for every purchace. I mean, if you order, say, three items at their online store, you can get one giveaway, not three. But a total price of a purchase doesn't need to be more than certain price, you know what I mean. On top of that, we can choose from several items while they last.
Unfortunately, these items are not available anymore. Well, the two clear file folders in the right photo were offered as a combination, so we could get these two for one purchase. They also gave away clear file folders in other two desings. Also, what we call "masking tape," the one in the left photo, came in two designs, and I wanted the other one, too, but it seems both were already gave away.
This one is one of the free gifts they're giving away right now. The spoon has different shapes and purposes, and this one is great for tea leaves, they say. I wonder why they decided to offer spoons though they are useful. I think LUPICIA is so generous, right?
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By the way ... I'll write about "Milky Shaved Ice" being served by Eggs 'n Things restaurants in Japan right now because this item will be available till September 2. There are only three days left, you know, so I'll add a new blog post maybe tonight or tomorrow night, so just check it out later. I think I'll mention Eggs 'n Things Harajuku as well. Well, I gave the exclusive set sold by LUPICIA Sendai S-PAL to them, too. I hope Ohana liked it.