Pervane

I just woke up from a very satisfying siesta, which I took after eating some amazing paella made by my host mother.  The Spanish way is life is one that I could definitely live by!

Anyways though, two days ago Halee, Doug and I were walking around trying to kill some time before dinner and we decided on trying one of the many teterias that Granada has to offer.  A teteria is basically a tea house that has a very strong Arab influence and a laid back atmosphere.  We ended up going to one that our director, Pablo, suggested to us called Pervane.  This place was amazing! 

So when you walk in you immediately see some old wooden tables with some pillows and chairs around them.  Then you walk to left to go up the staircase and realize that the little wooden staircase goes up about five floors with just little rooms with about two to three tables on each floor.  Also, each floor was completely unique as some just had pillows with a little table in the middle, others had regular tables and chairs and one just was a private balcony room surrounded by plants.  It was such an intimate and cool atmosphere, I recommend stopping by and getting some tea to anyone visiting Granada.  I think that it is such a great picture of the mixing of cultures that is in southern Spain, especially in Granada.

Once we were seated we started to pick out our teas.  Of course, they had tons of middle eastern types of teas and coffees so it was really fun picking out something new to try.  Halee ended up getting chai tea with milk and Doug got a really good black tea that started with "a" but I can't remember the name.  I got a black tea called "mil flores" and it was amazing.  It had the typical black tea taste, however at the same time it had a very distinct sweet flavor as well. I'm planning on buying a couple bags of it in one of the shops in Albaicin to bring back home!  

So all in all Thursday was a pretty cool day.  I can't wait to go back to Pervane and try something else, the desserts there also looked to die for!  Next time I'll be sure to bring my camera so I can post some pictures.   The picture above is from another teteria in Albaicin, however Pervane had a much different look than this place.