So I was going to wish my friend I haven’t talked to in a while a happy birthday but it turned out she was dead. I didn’t die when I was 28. Neither did you. (I guess we got lucky.) So happy belated birthday, and happy Valentine’s Day. The tea? Oh, it tastes the same …
Ripe Mango Oolong – Lupicia
Usually, when my luggage gets lost, I enjoy myself, because hey, free clothes. But this time around, I don’t really need anything. And Italy is the worst possible place for me to shop for basics. They don’t have my toothpaste. They don’t have toothbrushes I like. (Seriously. I have to TRAVEL to find reasonably soft toothbrushes here.) They don’t …
Piccolo Principe – Il Coloniale Rimini
It’s a sopping wet mess over here right now. Just rain, rain and rain. I was out for lunch with a friend and we gave up even trying to be outside when the worst downpour started. We found ourselves right beside this place that I’ve walked past for years and years but never tried (https://bit.ly/2BmFA0V) …
Grön & Skön – Kobbs
I don’t really know how to rate this – it’s the best green available at my home airport lounge, so I drink it whenever I’m traveling – more out of habit than strong preference. It gets bitter very easily, and I rarely finish my cup. I’m making this sound so much worse than it is …
Melon Oolong – Lupicia
I’ve been on holiday, and it’s been awesome. I can’t even remember the last time I was this tanned. My eyebrow person had to go several shades darker than normal, so I declare this tanning effort a success. I shared a pot of this while cooking up a storm for friends and chosen family. As always, it’s …
Hong Kong Milk Tea – Cafe Central Nguyen Hue
Just a random tasting note from HCMC. Tasty milk tea, added a bit of sweetener as this was technically my dessert. Weather all balmy, nice to be back. Considering sneaking a midnight swim in the closed pool, but I’ve hit four countries today and worry there might be some kind of time-space vortex at the bottom …
Cookie – Lupicia
Stuff has a tendency to add up and I don’t want to stand here in a few months with the realization I would need 8 full boxes to escape with even half my stuff. So I’m doing the responsible thing and am bringing two suitcases home with me – one full of stuff I can’t …
Momoko – Lupicia
Steepster was right, this is almost too good cold-steeped. Hot, many of Lupicia’s teas are fun, happy, playful teas to me – but cold, just as many reach this whole new level of exquisite. This is one of those teas, and it’s a huge treat to get to try it with the last (almost, I …
La Poire – Palais des Thés
I’ve been ridiculously busy – lousy timing, since I have samples from a Steepster friend that I want to try and write elaborate tasting notes for, but, alas, no such luck. Okay, so looking back at the previous notes for this, I’ve really fiddled about with the rating. And it’s seemingly a never-ending story, because …
Tsugaru Green – Lupicia
I wasn’t going to drink this until tomorrow, but it was so appley and all-around tasty already that I couldn’t resist. Great tea for a cold steep – light, fresh, and crisp, like drinking a liquefied apple cloud. (Which, I guess, would technically be an apple rain, but nevermind.) Perfection. Cold-steeped, a few hours