ADVENT DAY 2, tea 1/3
I have to admit, I am a little bit cheating with my Advents. If next day is a working day; I took all teas out a day before, to choose if I should bring some to the office. Today I have this oolong and two caffeine free blends.
How I wish I took at least one to the office! Albeit I wouldn’t have much time for that there, it would be more comfortable than drinking all three just a few hours before jumping to the bed.
So, right away when I arrived home, I took this tea and decided to brew it western (though I can imagine using all 5 grams in gaiwan), again keeping half for next session as I don’t really want a strong caffeine boost at 6 pm.
It smells wonderful! Orchids, lilacs, meadow flowers, that all is in the pouch of dry tea as well as in the mug and steeper. The liquor is thick, floral and creamy; with sweet and long mouthfeel, with several layers, each one revealing the flowers mentioned before.
The leaves after 3 minutes steep doesn’t look completely expanded and used; and now I am not sure if I want to try another steep or another tea.
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That’s not cheating, it’s good planning ha ha!
Decided for second steep. Adding second tea to the database, and whoa… steeped for 6 minutes maybe? Whoops :)
But it didn’t affect the taste. It’s quite same, but definitely much stronger in every aspect of it. Well, at least I have used the leaves to their maximum I guess!
I need to peek at the Fortnum advent to tell Ashman if it is a tea he will not want for breakfast so we can plan a different tea for him!
I do the same preplanning some nights. It helps figure out the best order if you are doing multiple advents instead of sorting with a groggy morning brain.
That’s not cheating, it’s good planning ha ha!
Decided for second steep. Adding second tea to the database, and whoa… steeped for 6 minutes maybe? Whoops :)
But it didn’t affect the taste. It’s quite same, but definitely much stronger in every aspect of it. Well, at least I have used the leaves to their maximum I guess!
I need to peek at the Fortnum advent to tell Ashman if it is a tea he will not want for breakfast so we can plan a different tea for him!
I do the same preplanning some nights. It helps figure out the best order if you are doing multiple advents instead of sorting with a groggy morning brain.