2970 Tasting Notes
After my note of yesterday, where I said “meeeeehhhhhh” in a loud tone, many of you wise and kind souls advised me that life was too short, that I should just move right along, and not to waste time or tastebuds on teas you do not like.
This is all very sensible advice, which at the moment I am going to ignore. My stubborn streak has set in, and it is now me vs this brew. And I intend to be the last one standing. I will claim victory!
I have to say that letting it cool a bit actually helps a lot, in terms of drinkability.
Still, not more than one cup a day.
I am in a fig mood, apparently. I am getting figgy with it. I want all the figs.
So, this is the obvious choice for my morning tea.
Fig, fig, figgity fig.
Its a rainy day, and rainy days are great for tea. And I just so happen to have a lot of this to drink.
I’m also nursing the worlds smallest cough, so this tea is good. My brain has somehow sorted this tea into an idea “drink when sick” blend, so I’m hoping it can curb sickness.
Its got a little kick of ginger, and a little dash of juicy lemon, but mostly its hot water. That’s ok, I think. I think that’s the point here, and, if so, its nailing it.
With the sipdown of my work tea yesterday, I needed something new to grace the work desk. There were many good candidates in the cupboard, but I decided to get it over with and take this blend to town.
I’ve been seriously torn on this one, as I have not liked the freaking blend at all, and I’ve been very seriously considering just throwing out. However, it pains me to toss something out when I do not absolutely despise it, or if it makes me sick, so I’m sucking it up and going to drink it down at work.
And this cup, while not something I exactly enjoyed, is at least not as bad as I built it up in my mind.
It still does not resemble cake in the slightest, but it was less bitter than I remembered it being.
There isn’t much of this left, and it will be a delight to have it gone, so I am sticking to my guns and going to drink this down.
I hope it keeps itself in the “not entirely unpleasant” relm while I do so.
The wheel of fate has stopped on this blend as one of my new take to work teas, where I suspect its going to do rather well.
I have already had two cups of it, which is two more cups than I’ve had of it in the last two months, and its doing a nice job soothing the baby cough that I currently have, and would like very much if it did not grow into a grown up cough.
Keep on working at it, tea!
And its a sipdown!
Its so kind of my friend to give me tea every Christmas, and this year was the most enjoyable batch of Joy I’ve yet encountered. I still find the blending of teas to be a little strange, but it came out much sweeter this time than in years past, and was easy to drink.
We are rapidly moving out of easy sipdown country. Its almost going to be all teas that I don’t want to sip down from here on out. Don’t want to because I don’t like them, and don’t want to because I love them.
Well, I told myself I was going to do this, and I am.
For now, an easy Sipdown! I suspect I’ll see you again next year, Joy.
This is a very rich cup of tea. The spices, the orange, they fill up every sip.
The trouble is I’m still not sure about the balance of the flavors. Maybe? The orange and spice play well together some sips, but sometimes the spice bullies the orange into the background, where it fares less well.
Hmmmm. Many more cups of this to come, and to wonder over.
Today is a much better day, in terms of energy levels. I got a good nights sleep, and it makes a world of difference in the day, and my ability to pay attention to the teas I am drinking.
Point in fact, this one. Its never going to be a favorite, but its doing its job well. I still thing the combo of all three teas is not the worlds most ideal, but hey.
