Sipdown!
It feels like summer has returned these past few days as it has been very warm and humid. It was so bad late this afternoon that Ashman said he just had to turn on the air conditioning for a little while.
Tonight he got peckish so I offered to make a quick bedtime snack of buttered ramen noodles with everything bagel seasoning from The Spice House and this tea.
I noticed that Rare Tea Company recommends steeping their herbals at boiling with the exception of chamomile, which they feel tastes best at a much lower temp, so I steeped it at 160F. As hot as it has been, we didn’t need a super hot cuppa anyway. I don’t think I even timed this, but just pulled the basket when the noodles were ready.
Since I was nearly out, I had added a bit of Harney & Sons plain loose chamomile. This was really strong, super sunshiney and golden in taste and appearance. We enjoyed our little bedtime snack on the patio and enjoyed the finally cooling (63F at midnight) and finally less humid air.
The taste is much the same as my previous note except that I think there were no pink peppercorns in this and I didn’t pick up any of the warming sensation they had lent before.
A very nice tea. And now gone forever because The Odor closed!
