Adventaggedon Day Nineteen – 5/6
I haven’t watched Adventure Time in quite a while, so it took me a second to get the reference for this one – but I got there eventually. Definitely an interesting choice though – of all the Adventure Time characters you could pull inspiration from, this seems rather niche.
This tisane was… a lot.
I really, really thought it was going to be more lemony. Even after seeing the ingredient list, I figured that Thesaurus was maybe going for some sort of Lavender Lemonade vibe. Nope. Just lavender. It was so strong that you couldn’t taste anything else in the cup – I would have called you a liar if you had served me this blind and told me it was anything other than straight lavender. I mean, credit where credit is due – it didn’t seem like poor quality lavender and it could have been way more unpleasantly perfume-y or, worse, soapy tasting. This was still drinkable despite the potency. I would not drink it again, though.
Definitely hardcore missing the lemon part of “Lemonhope”.
Today’s Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmXZOHku6m1/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngTx6pcujcc
How strange!
Ok, so I famously hate lavender teas. But the sheer quality of the lavender chosen here for the tea really and truly impressed me. Not that it is the highest quality lavender I have ever tasted, but honestly, extremely expensive lavender with full essential oils make for atrocious teas a lot more than we realize.
I worked in the spice business long enough to say that the lavender chosen for this tea was spot on. I do agree however that I could not really taste anything else, but given the fact that lavender can change in intensity on a dime, I was blown away by how perfect this cup ended up being.