[ Tea Ceremony: Office green tea ] My brother is out for a vacation and I am left alone to do the tea story for this week. As I have very little tea exposure, thus I have decided to talk about the green tea I drink in office. In fact it was the last bag of tea from that lot. My sweet colleague Shiropa gave me few bags of green tea few months back. I used to drink that, once in a while in office. Like most green teas, it was very refreshing and also had a strong taste. In…
A reflective journey into aromatherapy benefits—how scent, memory, and ritual shape healing, calm, and everyday life through essential oils. Discovering Aromatherapy Benefits It didn’t begin as a grand decision. It rarely does. It began, almost accidentally, about ten years ago—one of those evenings when you scroll without purpose and suddenly something pauses you. The words aromatherapy benefits appeared on a screen, surrounded by promises of healing, calm, and something softer than the hurried life we often live. At that time, I was not looking for transformation. I was simply looking for relief—for my skin, for my fatigue, perhaps for something…
Wardrobe makeover : I usually wear kurti from Westside, (an Indian store) everyday. I wear it to work, to dinners, malls, hangouts and everywhere else I go. Lose, comfortable cotton wear is basically what I choose to wear. I have been repeating the same kind of clothes for the last 13 years, non-stop. I am tired. I am tired of looking dull and same for over and over again. I am fat, which is another reason that I stick to my trusted kurtis. However few days back, I while I was getting ready for office I took out one of…
[ Tea Ceremony: Gyokuro the great ] I didn’t know what Gyokuro is, so when Mishael told me, he is trying out Gyokuro I was pretty nonchalant. While I was preparing the photo session, Mishael explained, what Gyokuro really is, and why I should be really excited to taste such amazing tea. I guess he was disgusted to see me unexcited. I mean, I am usually very excited when we shoot and do the ceremony, but for Gyokuro you need to be overly excited, which I wasn’t. He went on, “Gyokuro is not an everyday tea. This is one of…
Aamra Pickle ! Aamra (June plum or dondong) a local fruit you get almost everyday of the year but to get the best kind, look for it now. Sharaat gives you some of the best Bangladeshi fruits like peyara (guava), aamra and aata (custard apple). I have already made 60 jars of guava jam as a part of my preserving ritual. Now it is the turn for aamra. Aamra, a natural source of vitamin C. This is rich with antioxidant properties which help to prevent various types of cancer, improves digestion and immune system. Aamra makes excellent pickle. It…
Beauty essentials ! Hey people, how have you been? I just got back from a quick two days visit to Kushtia. It was refreshing, fun filled trip and I met many new people too. I had traveled extensively and been to beautiful places. After coming back from the trip, I am just sleeping, having tons of tea and restoring my skin that got sun burnt, accumulated huge amount of dust and what not. While I was cleaning and moistening my face this morning, I decided to share the things lately I have been using. I have been using these…
Tea Ceremony: Hibiscus tea and green tea fusion ! It is time for tea. I don’t know about you but I wait all week for Friday. These days I wait for weekend, for more than one reason. Of course one is, it is my only day off in the entire week. Another is for the tea ceremony. I love the time I spend on Friday morning with my brother making tea. My brother aka tea connoisseur Mishael got down around 11 am and we began. Did I tell you that I bought this new whistle kettle only for our tea…
Makeup essentials I admit, I am not much of a makeup person. In fact my elder sisters are always after me as I stay bland and dull with an easy to do knot in the hair and no makeup at all. Therefore I am not here to give makeup advice. I am here to tell you, especially to my kind of people what can be the basic to look neat on a date night or on an official dinner. Being married and all, I don’t need to think of date night now, bliss. But I do need to think…
Spaghetti with crab meat Just got some crab meat from market today. I am dying for some crab linguine, however as I don’t have linguine I will substitute it with some simple spaghetti. I have my version for it, I usually don’t go by rules when I cook. I cook what tastes good to me. You can get crabs in almost all super stores. Some keep washed clean crabs; some even keep just crab meats. I got one of those crab meat ones. For cooking I use my chili oil. My olive oil is infused in some real hot red…
Tea Ceremony: Masala Chai Latte ! Nothing exotic today. I had a long journey back home. I felt weak thus thought of having a strong milk tea. Then suddenly realized today is my tea ceremony day. And quickly decided to have a Masala Chai Latte for today’s session. Before I get into details let me tell you, this is the most loved tea of my household. My husband and I almost every week drink a masala latte with some homemade cookies. Our latte is made of fresh cow’s milk that we get from a farm just outside Dhaka, aren’t we…
