Anastasia, from Kusmi Tea, is Lorna's favorite tea to linger over, especially during the holidays. Like all the Kusmi Teas, it is a flavored tea blended to very old formulae.

Anastasia has a bright, floral, slightly citrusy flavor that brings a touch of late spring to A Snowy Morning Salmon Brunch, or any other brunch for that matter.

The Kusmi teas are hard to find. I have bought it at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, at the Market Basket (no relation to the chain) in Rockport, ME, and at The Cheese Shop in Concord, MA, although I did not see it the last time I was there. We have found it in the past in Harvard Square (I don't remember where) and at the Gourmet Garage Soho store in New York City.