206 Tasting Notes
I kind of see this tea as a rough cowboy sort who likes his Parliaments and meat, but then comes home to his wife in the garden and sits with her while she’s working. He occasionally does the tough stuff with the edger and the trimmer. He prunes the trees, and she makes him a pie. His Harley is parked next to her Prius at the end of their gravel driveway in the country.
For the full post on this sweet & smoky tea, click here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/25/morning-pick-tocha-teas-2/
Flavors: Flowers, Smoke
I must confess: when I first received this, my heart broke into itty-bitty pieces.
Oh no! Cherry! AAAAAH!
I usually hate cherry. It tends to remind me of cough medicine. What if I hated it? How would I show my face at Tea Club?Full post, including my current status at Tea Club, is here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/23/chocolate-cherry-latte-oolong-quarter-tea/
That sounds amazing. My absolutely favorite winter time dessert is chocolate cherry cordial with a cup of coffee.
I think I might have sipped this one down. :| But if something like it ever comes back, get on it!
I went ahead and ordered this. Your review prompted me. AND IT IS AWESOME!
I love that chai is the mingling of the world’s tastes. It’s the tea culture from China; the spice from India; and the English’s ability to spread and co-mingle the two.
If you’d like to learn more about tea history and cultural mingling (for better or worse), check out the full post here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/19/masala-chai-hope-glory-2/
This tea’s webpage implores you to “brace yourself” for “an imposing beast” that “leaves scorched remnants of other Chai teas far below ferocious wings.”
Have I just been schooled?
Does Wendigo keep its own Starling! on staff? An even more super Super Starling! ?
For the full post, click here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/20/firebird-chai-wendigo-tea-co/
After the fiasco with the similarly-titled David’s Tea, I was glad to find that I found this delightful. Super tasty and pleasant. A little bit of moderation goes a long way. Turns out you don’t have to drown the tea in sugar and cinnamon to get the idea of french toast across. Well done, 52Teas.
This tea is very nice. It’s delicate and soft. It tastes pleasant. It’s not, like, riveting or exciting or something I’d scream about from the rooftops, but it is a gentle thing to sip at while doing a project.
I just wish I’d picked another day for this, because it’s raining, and I need something that’s going to show up and kick my ass like a drill sergeant today.
Also, unrelated: the word “sergeant” is not spelled the way I thought it’d be in my head. Nope. English is, without question, one of the most complicated languages there’s ever been.
EXCEPT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE, OF COURSE.
Thanks to mtchyg for this sample! He knows I’m a sucker for all things gothy & skull. VAMPYRE TEAS? Obviously I’ve gotta try those.
I type this today wearing this t-shirt:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/130683669/cryptozoology-tracking-society-blackmoon
These leggings:
http://www.lollicouture.com/bottoms-leggings-fel1-3536oborangeblack.html
And these boots:
http://www.shoetopia.com/media/catalog/product/r/s/rsacalblack_1.jpg
And it actually ESCALATES as Halloween approaches. I start in on dark lipsticks and painting my nails black.
The tea itself is touted as an almond/vanilla Earl Grey on Vampyre Teas’ very confusing hot mess of a site:
http://www.cupoflove.net/vampyre-tea
I mean, I have a question out the gate: Are they Cup Of Love tea or Vampyre Tea?
Do they NEED all these fonts and styles?
What’s with all the little “FREE SHIPPING” trucks? They’re under every tea, so why isn’t that just put somewhere else on the site as a statement about them all?
You guys, I want to like this site. I want it to be perfect because it’s everything I love: gothiness, kitsch, horror, tea.
But the tea, at least, is very tasty. It’s a nut/cream Earl Grey. There’s something a little astringent/metallic in there, which detracts a little bit from the overall experience. But in general, this is a pretty good blend. Not at the tippy-top of my list, but I’ll happily finish out the sample.
Flavors: Creamy, Earl Grey, Flowers, Metallic, Nutty, Vanilla
The 90s called, they want their website back
I feel like a shallow jagoff making fun of it, but that does matter. First impressions make a difference. If I didn’t have the tea literally in front of me, I’d have a few doubts about whether it was a real company.
Yeah, that website is something else. I was in awe myself when I went to order.
This is a slightly bitter fruity tea created & given to me by the wonderful mtchyg.
It steeps up the COOLEST BLOOD COLOR:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLj7bhQlomk/
The primary flavor is hibiscus (like cranberry, slightly tart). Hibiscus is my new favorite thing, so I might be biased here in liking it, and this tea. There also a few apple and citrus notes, and a deeper note that’s probably the pu erh or cocoa nibs.
There’s a lot going on, but it’s very rich, dark, and complicated, just like vampires would be.
You live a long time, you get skeletons in those closets. If you’re eating people, some of those skeletons are probably literal.
Can you imagine living forever? Every single embarrassing or shameful thing I’ve ever done keeps me up at night NOW, and I’m only 32. Imagine being, like, 500 years old. You’d have hundreds of instances of betrayals and slights and backhanded compliments and mistakes and getting your period in your khakis. HUNDREDS.
That time I walked into a telephone pole waving at a cute boy? If I were 500, I’d probably have done that at LEAST 4 more times.
Flavors: Citrus, Cranberry, Hibiscus, Sweet, Tart
I’m like that in over thinking. But, I think if you were a vampire, after the first century or two you would just kinda be like, “Screw it. Either they’ll be dead soon or I’ll drink their blood.” Ya know? Like, a bit hardened to caring what other people think.
Do we think vampires still get their periods? I would hope, if I achieve immortality, that I won’t have to deal with that for the rest of eternity….
Mitch — I like to think that being a vampire would harden me up a little. I’d stop being a teddy bear with baggies of my teardrops as my padding. But oh god, I am SO SENSITIVE. I don’t even think it’s been 24 hours since the last time I cried. I cry because I’m sad. I cry because I’m angry. I cry because I’m happy. I cry because I’m watching something nostalgic. The other day I almost wept because I MISSED RAISINS. You cannot fathom how preposterous I am. Times hundreds of years? Would that make it better, or worse? Also, if I lived forever, would I be like one of those old people who talks about the good old days? Would I get stuck? Would I be 715 years old and saying crap like “The best band of all time was TLC back before Lisa Lefteye Lopez died”?
Rosehips — I guess that depends on what Becoming A Vampire does to the human body. In most (if not all?) versions of vampirism I’ve ever seen, a vampire can’t get pregnant. You’d think whatever shut down pregnancy probably also would shut down the whole system. I hope so. Right now I’m savagely looking forward to menopause’s sweet, sweet relief. It’s, like, 20 years away.
Haha points taken.
You would have the best puerh collection though
This is true. Especially if you were the type of vampire that could enchant people through a stare. “I vant to drink your puerh.”
I would live so long I could ferment my own puerh. Oooh.
Have you ever been inside a Cinnabon? Where you walk in, and the sugar and cinnamon and grease just sort of float in the air? The smell is almost a solid presence?
That’s this tea. It’s strong. Just the smell is strong. And that’s not even the flavor. Let’s not even get into the flavor just yet, because the smell is so palatable that I received this for FREE. A friend bought it and promptly handed it to me, saying that the smell was so strong it was making her sick.
I took the bag, because I was born to handle sweets.
I came out of the womb with a sweet tooth. One fang, right in the middle of my face. The doctors were terrified.
But this, actually, might be a little strong for even me. This tea is a lot. It’s really really sweet and really really cinnamon-y. It basically screams for attention. Most teas just chill out until I sip them so I can get work done. This one remains in your mouth in between sips. It basically takes up residence, hangs up some posters, installs Febreeze plug-ins, turns on Netflix, and marathons some long-ass TV show.
This is a tea that’s so crazy I’m going to have to force mtchyg to try it. If anyone else wants to get into a tea swap with me for mostly dessert-y teas (I promise I have a ton of other stuff), you should send me a message. You would receive many delicious samples. Consider: a few teaspoons of this insane experience could arrive at your very doorstep.
I haven’t tried this year’s yet but I guess that’s what I love about this tea: the strength of the flavouring, especially the cardamom. They’re not fooling around here!
I love it when you force me to try insane teas
@fjellrev: They had the choice of going hard or going home. THEY OPTED FOR THE FORMER.
@mtchyg: It’s because I care.
This one time, I tried to give up soda and booze. It was a disaster.
“After limping through a day of surprise projects, lunch-salads, and ZERO COOKIES, I needed a cup of tea to survive a play.”
Find out how the tea was and whether I enjoyed the play here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/14/fanaticfriday-pumpkin-butter-cookie-tea-52teas/
