Tea Tasting
Jul. 5th, 2008 12:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaThe utter craziness of this week* can be perhaps measured by one fact: all week I have had five new teas from my birthday party, plus two new ones I bought the last time we went grocery shopping, and I haven't had the time to steep a proper cup of any of them until tonight. In fact, the only hot tea I've had all week was on Sunday night, when I made a pot of cheap jumpjuice (Twinings' English Breakfast, brewed flog-you-out-of-bed strong) in the electric teamaker to keep me awake until the Spouse got home.
I finally made up a cup of the Teavana Mrs Earl Grey tonight. I was right - I still can't see it, but there are definitely bits of vanilla bean in here along with the bergamot, orange peel, and spice. The spices are pretty light; the citrus note is still predominant, and rather strong. It's definitely an afternoon brew - not really as sweet as an evening/dessert tea, but complex enough to not be morning jumpjuice, either. Very tasty. Also went well with the leftover lemon pound cake from Movie Night.
I also brewed a pitcher of one of the ones I bought, a blackberry jasmine iced green tea, which smells delicious but very floral. I haven't had any yet, because I've been too lazy to cut up another lemon, or make extra ice, and the tea was still warm. It's chilling in the fridge for tomorrow.
*For the couple of you who read this LJ but don't see my friendslocked posts, the mother-in-law has been in the hospital all this week, plus I was back at work for administrative stuff Tuesday through Thursday. Thus the crazy.
I finally made up a cup of the Teavana Mrs Earl Grey tonight. I was right - I still can't see it, but there are definitely bits of vanilla bean in here along with the bergamot, orange peel, and spice. The spices are pretty light; the citrus note is still predominant, and rather strong. It's definitely an afternoon brew - not really as sweet as an evening/dessert tea, but complex enough to not be morning jumpjuice, either. Very tasty. Also went well with the leftover lemon pound cake from Movie Night.
I also brewed a pitcher of one of the ones I bought, a blackberry jasmine iced green tea, which smells delicious but very floral. I haven't had any yet, because I've been too lazy to cut up another lemon, or make extra ice, and the tea was still warm. It's chilling in the fridge for tomorrow.
*For the couple of you who read this LJ but don't see my friendslocked posts, the mother-in-law has been in the hospital all this week, plus I was back at work for administrative stuff Tuesday through Thursday. Thus the crazy.
