Tea and Avatar-Last Airbender/Trader Joe's

I've watched TV show it's call "Avatar:The Last Airbender" series with our boys for last couple of weeks. Characters learns something every episode, and talk about not only good and bad, sacrifice, believe, and harmony are some of the interesting topics for any generations. My husband and I really got into it with our boys as well. This story was set in Asia-ish region, it's not particularly any country, but they look like China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Alaska... They use chop-stick to eat, hero-Aang is a monk, so he is vegetarian.  Aang explains why he doesn't eat any meat in this story, and our boys got really interested in the concept of  "vegetarian."

One of very clever old guy, guardian of hero's enemy Iroh, he always talks about tea. "Tea supposed calm you down" or "Ginseng tea is the best!" Iroh eventually own tea salon in the story.

Hearing about how good he makes his jasmine tea, we all are so mood for a nice cup of jasmine tea. I usually buy them at any of local Asian stores, but the day we were at Trader Joe's, and found the tea!  It's call "Jasmine Green Tea" I didn't taste no difference from those Asian store's jasmine tea and it was fairy good.

Speaking of Trader Joe's,Our boys likes to visit Trader Joe's, more than any other grocery stores. Because they ask children to find one of their mascot-stuffed turtle-some where in the store, and when children finds it, they get a little treat. They always have new items tasting counter, along with coffee and tea sampler. If you have never visited Trader Joe's, I highly recommend to stop by sometime soon. Also, their eco-bags are so cute. Don't miss it! If you have your favorite Trader Joe's items, please let me know so that I can try them too. :)

I usually purchase these items...

Breads

• Baguette
• Fruits and Nuts Artisan Bread

Refrigerate section

• Cheese(they have so many variety)
• Turkey Bacon
• Hummus
• Persian Cucumbers
• Yogurt (European Style)
• Soy milk

Dry Foods and condiments

• Almond Powder
• White Balsamic Vinegar
• Ketchup
• Spices 

Frozen Items

• Yaki Onigiri (Rice Snack)
• Pork Shumai
• Mandarin Chicken
• Cocktail Meatball 
• Croissant
• Steam Clam
• Mixed Seafood (squid, scallops, shrimp mix)
• Opera cake
• Carrot cake (they name it different, though)

Other thing...

• Coffee and tea (earl gray, mango, jasmine green tea...)
• Roasted Seaweed Snack
• Rice Crackers
• Kitchen Towel
• Wine, occasionally...

I heard that they have vegetarian Bento box in frozen section now and some of Japanese people said was pretty tasty. So I need try it next time.  

Oh, get back to Avatar, I really enjoyed the show. Unfortunately, the story seems completed already, but I like to see it coming back in near future...but not mention, the movie was horrible casting though...

So if you never seen "Avatar:Last Airbender", or had a nice cup of jasmine tea, why not give it a try! Avatar is available on Netflix, instant watch.