I. Can’t. Even. So I finally got around to cold steeping this, and I have to tell you – if anything in the mortal realm could ever taste like ambrosia, this would be it. This is golden plum honey balm. This is perfect. Seeing as this tea should have been given an 85 in the first …
2014
Melon Oolong – Lupicia
Really, now. All the talking I do about this tea. All the references to the delights of the melon oolong. All that swagger. And yet I barely ever log it. The main issue is that I’ve given most of it away, so I’ve been hoarding the rest of it, just a little bit, for summer. …
Champagne grädd rooibos (Champagne & Cream Rooibos) – Tehörnan
You and me, Champagne & Cream rooibos, we’ve been together since fall 2012. And you know what? I’m still into you. You still taste and look pretty much like you used to – I’d like to think that’s mostly thanks to me, seeing as I’ve treated you lovingly, kept you in an air-tight tin in …
Kotobuki – Lupicia
Someone had liked my review of Kotobuki (Mirabelle) and I reread it because I remembered nothing, and then I remembered everything, and so I cold-steeped some for tomorrow. I so very much look forward to getting a tea scale so I can leaf more scientifically – this randomness is not Anna at all, now is it. …
Lychee (Lichee) Oolong – Lupicia
Rome is at its very worst in June; I’ve always left in summer and it’s always taken a couple of years for me to even consider going back. All because of June. There’s something about the light, maybe. Or the dust in the air, the loudsweaty tourists, the desperate groping in the parks. This season …
Peach Passionfruit Rooibos – Cornelia Bean
Because Steepster user Dexter3657 is beyond amazing, I received a whole package of additions to the Project Peach sample collection. I’m known as the insane tea person here (The cleaning staff allegedly talked about my tea cupboard for about three months before someone finally worked up the nerve to ask, ‘Is that really all tea, and WHY?’) …
Green Tea with Natural Jasmine Petals – Dilmah
Skype asks, ‘Does Skype power your passion?’ (white text on pink background) and I admit that the only time I can talk forever on the phone is when I’m in love with the person on the other end, because otherwise I get bored. M was here, and wanted tea instead of alcohol (wait, what just happened …
Thé du Hammam – Palais des Thés
I’m a little tired and I need to open a new box of contacts. How I know this? As I squinted at my profile just now, I read, ‘All pets are off’ and wondered what the hell whoever had written it meant by that. Those poor smelly pets. Anyway, this is today’s second batch of Thé …
Thé du Hammam – Palais des Thés
Today’s tasting notes are going to be wildly unoriginal, as I’ve only had one tea, in two incarnations. This is the first. Hot in spite of the weather, as I had it for breakfast and hot tea really does make more sense for breakfast no matter the weather, in my opinion. I was going to …
Kiwi-vanilj (Kiwi Vanilla) – Kränku
I shared a pitcher of this with Em while we hung out on my hideous pink couch. We had a couple of glasses as we caught up (she’s been away) and a couple as I talked about all the packing I have to do (I’m off for a bit on Wednesday) and then a couple …