Thanks to kind Steepsters, I get to try all but the rooibos Laponic teas.
The red currant and juniper berry both brighten and meld with a savory-piney-earthy base taste. Both times I brewed this it did taste somewhat soapy-alkaline. I suspect I could use 1tsp versus 2 to mitigate that flavor. Otherwise, it’s a masterfully flavored green tea that truly makes me think of Christmas and northern coniferous forest covered in snow.
Thanks for sharing Dustin! The Laponic black is on board for Wednesday when the heavy rains come.
Side note: I bought a skateboard today. I’m overjoyed.
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Hah, skateboards never been my thing and I think they weren’t that popular here. But what is a thing is those different, smaller boards, I think it’s called Pennyboard? Never had any of them though. And probably never get any.
The flavour sounds soo… great as usual.
You’ll shoot your eye out. :) Be careful.
First a skateboard, then a OneWheel. Fun has no age limitations. : )
Skateboards are so fun! We took up longboarding when we lived on the coast just a couple years ago and it was awesome!
Skateboarding sounds like the perfect sport to take up these days: lots of time outside and minimal contact with people. :)
Skateboarding used to be my main form of transportation and I kinda miss it. I was the only girl in my high school who skated although there were some girls who carried boards to catch the interest of the skater boys.
What kind of board did you get?
In my late teens I had a board but never really rode it because the wheels were too hard for the road and where I lived had no sidewalks or bike lanes. I practiced tricks in parking lots, that’s it. The guy at the skate shop first suggested a longboard but I’m not so interested in cruising as wanting to start dropping bowls and ramps this spring at the skate park. I can still ollie and nollie 20 years later, surprisingly.
gmathis: Don’t worry, I’ll be sporting all the pads and a helmet until I get my feet back.
Sadly, I never learned to ollie and not for lack of trying. I used to wake up super early so I could hit the skatepark with friends before the guard got there and enforced the helmet rule. I could drop into the bowls, but never learned the motion to get out. I should probably get a longboard. LOL!
derk! be careful. hah
Dustin, maybe you’ll love a longboard? Maybe tiny roommates will love a longboard? I was cruising through the neighborhood the other evening and a munchkin on a scooter yelled out “I have a skateboard!” as I passed. Of course I had to turn around to talk to him and his even tinier munchkin sidekick on an even tinier scooter.
Hah, skateboards never been my thing and I think they weren’t that popular here. But what is a thing is those different, smaller boards, I think it’s called Pennyboard? Never had any of them though. And probably never get any.
The flavour sounds soo… great as usual.
You’ll shoot your eye out. :) Be careful.
First a skateboard, then a OneWheel. Fun has no age limitations. : )
Skateboards are so fun! We took up longboarding when we lived on the coast just a couple years ago and it was awesome!
Skateboarding sounds like the perfect sport to take up these days: lots of time outside and minimal contact with people. :)
Skateboarding used to be my main form of transportation and I kinda miss it. I was the only girl in my high school who skated although there were some girls who carried boards to catch the interest of the skater boys.
What kind of board did you get?
In my late teens I had a board but never really rode it because the wheels were too hard for the road and where I lived had no sidewalks or bike lanes. I practiced tricks in parking lots, that’s it. The guy at the skate shop first suggested a longboard but I’m not so interested in cruising as wanting to start dropping bowls and ramps this spring at the skate park. I can still ollie and nollie 20 years later, surprisingly.
gmathis: Don’t worry, I’ll be sporting all the pads and a helmet until I get my feet back.
Sadly, I never learned to ollie and not for lack of trying. I used to wake up super early so I could hit the skatepark with friends before the guard got there and enforced the helmet rule. I could drop into the bowls, but never learned the motion to get out. I should probably get a longboard. LOL!
derk! be careful. hah
Dustin, maybe you’ll love a longboard? Maybe tiny roommates will love a longboard? I was cruising through the neighborhood the other evening and a munchkin on a scooter yelled out “I have a skateboard!” as I passed. Of course I had to turn around to talk to him and his even tinier munchkin sidekick on an even tinier scooter.