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lyrics

All the most wonderful pleasures in life
Seem strange - even frightening - at first
So don’t be afraid to try something new
When you want to quench your thirst

She was working as a waitress in a teahouse
She asked me, what was my brew?
But she laughed at me when I asked for coffee - and said, “I’ll choose for you!”

Our eyes met through the steam of the samovar
Ochi Chornya had me under her spell
And that taste, at first so unfamiliar - now the taste I love so well

It's Orange Pekoe (at first I didn’t like it)
It's China Keemun (now it’s just my cup)
It's Lapsang Souchong (now I love it)
It's Formosa Oolong (can’t get enough)

6000 miles across snow-covered steppes
Through Mongolia and Uzbekistan
Gave a taste as dark as her eyes to that Russian Caravan

My fate was written in the tea leaves
When I laid down in her velvet den
Once you drink from that cup - you’re never the same again!

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from The New Lowdown, released October 30, 2020
Hopper / Rana

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House of the Black Gardenia Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Viper jazz, dirty blues and infectious swing rhythms more potent than a bathtub full of bootleg gin. Born of the desire to get their city's dancefloors swinging to the lesser-known roots music of the 1920s and '30s, House of the Black Gardenia brings together the new generation of Newcastle's jazz, blues and swing scene for a raucous revival of old-fashioned good times. ... more

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