Pretty yellow teacups at Anthropologie (San Jose)

I took a photo of these, then turned to my friend T and said, "These are so pretty. I would buy these and drink cranberry juice out of them."

He stared at me and said, "That's disgusting."

This one's for all you disgusting tea lovers.

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in2jazz says:

Very pretty.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Fayza says:

Why would that be disgusting? Your friend is silly!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

hamoozie says:

Are those peacocks on them?

And tea? Disgusting? Pshh. I'm no tea lover, but I'll take it once in a while (especially if it's Kashmiri chai... mmm).

And way to make the mundane look pretty.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

in2jazz - thanks, buddy! =)

fayza - probably because he's a tea lover (disgusting!). never underestimate the inherent snottiness of those tea lovers. ;)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

annnnnnd, here's hamza, another tea fan! =) i foresee i'm going to have my hands full defending my lack of tea appreciation on this thread, especially once hashim comes along and re-directs the conversation.

hamza, they're little green birds. i don't know much about birds, actually, but these aren't peacocks. just little birds.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

jamelah says:

Oooh -- those are cheerful!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

thanks, jamelah! i'm a huge fan of sunshine-y colors (if you can't tell =)), and it was lovely coming across all this yellow in late October, when the weather is hella cold as far as i'm concerned and everything looks so gloomy and gray.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

*sigh*
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

electronavalanche says:

These are nice juice/tea cups. I like the way this design sythesizes old with new. The bird question perplexed me, however. After checking in with Anthtropologie, I found the following copy, that would appear to provide resolution: )

bluebird setting

A vivid yellow teacup, sprinkled with gold dots, is the backdrop for a tableau of twittering bluebirds. Also perfect for sipping crisp cranberry juice on those thoughtful afternoons when the early autumn winds send apsen leaves into shimmering cycles of golden rhythm.

Ceramic
Hand wash, do not microwave
2.25"H cup, 5.5"W saucer
Imported
#680094
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

that's funny... this is what i came across.

bluebird setting

A vivid yellow teacup, sprinkled with gold dots, is the backdrop for a tableau of twittering bluebirds. Perfect for sipping tea and only tea and only when Hashim is around to sip with you and you have no access to any stabbing paraphernalia - on those thoughtful afternoons when the early autumn winds send apsen leaves into shimmering cycles of rhythm.

Ceramic
Hand wash, do not microwave
2.25"H cup, 5.5"W saucer
Imported
#680094

weird.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

electronavalanche says:

That IS wierd! Must be that marketing personalization stuff I've been hearing about. (thanks for the laugh)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

hamoozie says:

Hashim, what fun is life without stabbing paraphernalia?
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Zana Khan says:

oooooooooooooh how utterly adorable are these? so Alice in wonderland!!!! Love them... gorgeous shot kiddo!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

if this doesn't convert you... you're just plain hopeless. this stuff is crazy good.

///
Kashmiri Chai

Also known as Green Tea and Subz Chai And Gulabi Chai

Ingredients:
6 teaspoon green tea leaves
15 - seeds of green cardamom
1\2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1\2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1\2 liter milk, full cream
- - fresh cream ( malai)
6 teaspoons pistachio , grounded
6 cups water

How to Cook:

1. Pour water in a heavy based large pan. Add tea leaves, salt, seeds of green cardamom and bicarbonate of soda.

2. Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer briskly for 45 minutes or until it reduces to 1\3 its quantity.

3. While it is still boiling pour in it about 2-3 cups of cold water or enough water to make four cups in all. Bring to boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat, strain and keep aside.

4. Boil the milk with ground cardamom over low heat. Pour prepared tea water (Qahwa) in the milk. Bring to boil, add salt and simmer for 3-5 minutes over low heat.

5. Remove from heat and pour into 6 cups. Pour 1 tablespoon of cream or malai. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of pistachio over it.
Flavor of the tea depends on the quality of the green tea leaves.

This recipe serves 6 people.
Preparation Time: 5 minutes.
Cooking Time: 45 minutes.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Zana Khan says:

I had gulabi chai in Pakistan and it really is pink and Yaz it really does rock!!!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Who ARE you people, and why is it so imperative that I like chai? hahaha you're psycho, all of you. I think Rick is my favorite person now - he, at least, understands the joy of drinking cranberry juice out of teacups.

Hashim, that recipe requires 45 minutes of tea-cooking time. That's, like, DAYS, man. (And how do you like the fact that I inserted a comma between every single word there? Grammar is so rocking. But, I digress.)

What the hell kind of tea requires 45 minutes of cooking time? That's insane. Who's got time for that kinda drama? Maybe you or Zana can cook it for me, and I'll warily try it. That might work.

I had gulabi chai in Pakistan and it really is pink and Yaz it really does rock!!!

Zana, you're an avowed tea lover - I don't trust your judgment here. ;)

PS: The heck is "bicarbonate of soda"?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

i dunno yaar... i got this off the web.

have only had the stuff twice in my life... and it is sooooo zabardast.

btw, have you noticed stuff that is pretty time intensive - like nihari, haleem, gajar ka halva... and kashmiri chai - all make me a motta-man?

dishoom!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

I don't think you have any worries about becoming motta, but the rest of us might need to calm down with that drama.

Today, I was wishing I could stab you for killing off your photostream, because I wanted to re-read (and laugh at) that one conversation I once had with the restaurant guy who was astounded I didn't know what biryani and balti gosht and all that stuff was.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

some day... maybe... some day you'll get a revisit to that gem of a story.

btw, i'm having some zarda and some chai right this moment!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Yeah, yeah.
What's zarda? Mitthay chawwal?
(I'm throwing a random guess that might actually be correct, but that's only because I somehow found my way to your desifood group thread again earlier today. ;))

Oh, here we go. Yeah?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

the memory on you is uncanny!

what was the image with the balti gohst? i'll try to dig up the story for you...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

yay!
(I'm just taking a page from your book. Someday, I, too, will be an amazing Link King. ;))

I think it was under the black&white mannequin shot of yours.

Try to find my Subway story, too, will ya? Flickr needs to hurry up already and create a better "search" feature, so we can stalk all those fabulous comment-stories we made months and months ago.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

for you...

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yaznotjaz Pro User says:

Vat the heck is a "booshart" now? My brain processed it as "blue shirt." hahaha.

Re. gota, duuuuhhhuuuude, I have NO IDEA. My family doesn't use fancy schmancy names for stuff.

In fact, just this past weekend, when I had to order food for a huge family dinner, the guy at one of the restaurants I called laughed in disbelief and said, "Where are you FROM?" when I asked him to explain what exactly nihari was.

The conversation went something like this -

Part I:

Yasmine: I need a beef dish with lots of sauce/curry/shorba.
Restaurant Guy: I think nihari would be a good idea.
Yasmine: What exactly is nihari?
RG: *pause, silence* Where are you FROM?
Yasmine: Attock. We're simple people. We don't have fancy names for food.
RG: Okay, well, how about some balti gosht instead then?
Yasmine: Ummm, what's that?

Part II:

Yasmine: I need a plain rice dish. But not steamed white rice.
RG: Okay, chicken biryani?
Yasmine: No, not biryani. Just plain rice with nothing else in it.
RG: How about vegetable pullao then?
Yasmine: What's vegetable pullao, and can I get it without the vegetables?
RG: ...
Yasmine: Wait, what's the difference between pullao and biryani?
RG: *shocked silence*
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

aww thanks, Hashim, you're a rockstar! Vat a good von you are.
I've saved it, for my future reference - so if you want to kill off your photostream all over again, you just go right on ahead!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

i'm freezing here! the drive home was all over 3 lanes!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Dude, stop driving like a maniac.
Also, California people don't know how to drive in the rain, apparently. Some folks just need to be stabbed.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

*smooch*
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Just got home, and logged into email/flickr/etc., and what do I see? I see you've made your grand comeback. Sort of. =)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

*There's no point in making money if you can't drink good chai*
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

*sigh* What am I to do with you?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

H@shim A™ says:

so my kid sister calls today... and she's like...

*bhai, guess what?*

i'm like...

*what?*

she's like...

*i just had some kashmiri chai!*

i'm like

*whoa*

she's like...

*yah, yah... it was velvet-y, no, no, it was siliky, siliky, like the *siliky siliky baal* in the bhangra songs!*

i'm like...

*ha!*

then she told me that she thought she saw some bollywood actor walking around and she told me she was gonna hang up on me.

then she hung up.

long story short, Zana turned me on to this out of control good website.

www.desicookbook.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=14 4
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Zana Khan says:

Yeh why is Kashmiri chai so velvety... as it actually goes down your throat, it is like swallowing silk, amazing culinary experiance everyone must try once in a lifetime.... you hear that Yaz!!! stay away from falooda though as that is just evil.
Hahahaha desicookbook.com my hero, my saviour.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

persisting stars says:

i just discovered this store in California -
i bought a cute black dress and a book of Paris -
and a wonderful wonderful tank dress with silk scarves for the
skirt....

loved that store!

polka-dots - love them too...
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Farida! says:

Thanks for the Kashmiri Chai recipe :D
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

kit_mal says:

hahahaha and to be honest i no like those cups =( too 'sparkely' for me =)

i prefer my lion king mugs way more personal!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

btw, have you noticed stuff that is pretty time intensive - like nihari, haleem, gajar ka halva... and kashmiri chai - all make me a motta-man?

i do not see chapli kabob listed in that list.
that is all.

also, here's the aftermath of kashmiri chai,from my baji:

Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pretty yellow teacups at Anthropologie (San Jose)

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