230 Tasting Notes
This tea will forever be bitter sweet for me. I can see the bottom of the tin as my 11 year relationship comes to an end and I just want to cry sad tears into this tea. It just is not a happy week. I hope that one day soon I will be able to consider this tea a happy after work tea again, just not right now.
That being said it is probably the most soothing latte I have had all day. Side note I am out of milk and I want to cry over that, and I am sure I will find a few more things to cry about before the night is out.
I’m so sorry to hear about your week! I hope you can find some solace in tea and other soothing things. I find scents especially can be so strongly tied to emotion that it’s not surprising this will take on the connection for you.
It’s rough, 31 and waking up crying each day? I suddenly think that I might actually appreciate the novel: Eat, Love, Pray now…
Yikes, that’s… beyond devastating. I’m so sorry. If I had any advice to offer you, it would be just to not give up on yourself. You’ll make it. :)
Wow, 11 years, that’s hard. I’ve been with my DH for 15 years, and I just know it would be terrible if we were to ever part ways. That said, my aunt and uncle divorced several years ago, after being married well over 20 years, remarried within a few, and it was one of the best things she ever did. Not only does she have full grown children from her new hubby, she has grandchildren to watch grow up and to spoil. That all said, if you ever want to talk to a random tea loving stranger over some tea about it all, I’m in James Bay.
1 microwavable glass jar with a lid
4 0z of 1% milk
1 16oz mug
1.5 tsp Cream of Earl Grey
12oz of hot water
Pour milk into jar, place in microwave (in my micro) set timer to 1:20 minutes and hit start. Steep tea as usual. Take Jar out of microwave screw lid on tightly and shake. Pour over steeped tea including the froth and enjoy.
I will admit that Lucerne Milk (Safeway, Tom Thumb, ect) does not foam as nicely as I would like, but it still makes enough foam for a “Poor Mans London Fog”.
There is enough vanilla in this tea that I did not need to add anymore to it to get that London Fog quality you get at a coffee shop. I will admit that I thoroughly enjoy how sweet the milk gets when it is heated and shaken! Mmmmmm
Preparation
There is not a lot of this tea left. I wish DAVID’s offered tins that held just 50g, because this one is a once in a while dessert tea the large 100g tins makes this tea seem daunting. Does that make sense? I like this tea, but just in small, small doses…
that makes total sense!! I’ve been searching for a 50, or even 25g tin for months! Afraid to use the dollar store variety, filled with all that BPA blech!
Try TeaDesire, they have beautiful tins…
http://www.teadesire.com/categories.php?cat=62
They don’t have 50g tins, but they do have 25g and beautiful 100g tins that I have sitting on my kitchen counter.
thanks MaddHatter! I’ll keep those in mind for sure. For now, I’m trying to stay local… shipping costs and all *sighs
I’m not about to give this company anymore money for teas. I went into their Naniamo store, and nearly died! as a former sales rep for various companies I was shocked and appalled at their up-sales tactics and lack of friendliness, their oolongs are impeccable, but I am hard pressed to spend the money. But They are the only place I have found tins I like (until DAVIDs gets some new fashionable ones)
David does small personalized tins for weddings and such. I wonder if we emailed them on-masse if they would get the hint we want smaller tins and sell them un-personalized.
I remember an employee mentioning that there is something in the works for smaller tins – but that could be just me perpetuating rumour?
If you find tins somewhere else be sure to bring them into DavidsTea, as you can get a 50 cent discount off your tea by bringing in any tin, not just a DavidsTea tin (so long as you are getting 50 grams or more) :)