It’s allegedly 96F/36C and I’m drinking hot, reliably floral tea. The effort of flash-chilling this would probably outweigh the negatives of getting even warmer through tea, though. But I love this weather – humidity’s at roughly 60% and the formerly scorching sun has retreated behind the clouds. It’s supposed to rain for four days straight …
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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 …
Paradise Green – Lupicia
An Agatha Christea mystery in two sentences: First there was a cold-steeped pitcher of this… …and then there wasn’t. Cold-steeped.
Paradise Green – Lupicia
F and I used up all our pilfered wine in the spinach risotto, so we drank the pitcher of this I’d been cold-steeping. I can’t even tell you how much I love Lupicia’s greens iced in summer. They’re just so good. Elegant, delicate, highly drinkable. Now I just have to figure out what to put in …
Chestnut – Lupicia
This is very good, but not quite as good as last time. It has a burnt quality to it that I just don’t feel like today – I think today might just not be the right day for this tea. It’s not illicit library tea. It’s not voting day tea. It’s not bad tea. It’s …
Bravissimo! – Lupicia
Every time I pick this up again, I’m all like, ‘I know I rated this a solid 95, but seriously, how good can it be?’ and then I smell it and I’m all, ‘Oh, right, it’s this one.’ and then I steep it and drink it and it’s just so insanely good. The florals are complex and beautifully …
Paradise Green – Lupicia
I’m not reviewing much lately – more than anything, it’s because I currently produce so much text on a daily basis that writing more feels like a chore, plus Steepster has been a bit wonky lately. Not to mention the fact that I just haven’t been drinking that much tea at all. I’ve had exactly …
Kiwi-vanilj (Kiwi Vanilla) – Kränku
I’ve always thought I would try this cold-steeped (I know one of my notes says I tried it ‘chilled’, but that’s just fancy speak for ‘I forgot my cup and when I picked it up again the tea was cold’) and now I finally have. I left it for about 12 hours in the fridge, …