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January 3 Sipdown Challenge Prompt – J.R.R. Tolkien Day

Today we were supposed to have tea with a hobbit meal…but I forgot. My daughter texted me as we were on the way to pick up Sam’s thyroid meds (like his wolf ancestors) at the vet office, so I missed my opportunity to do Second Breakfast. Never mind! Afternoon tea it is!

To make it more hobbitlike, I used an old pewter pot I inherited from my godmother and two clay cups. I prepared a plate of gingersnaps and we ate them outside on a blanket in the grass. It was a chilly day but very nice as long as you were out of the wind and in the sun.

I narrowed down the 140+ choices to two and told Ashman to pick from those two, and he chose this one. It was what I expected the Cookie Monster to do.

This resteeps nicely so we had a nice big pot to share and plenty to go with our cookies. I like this one very much and I am a bit torn as to whether I prefer this or Almond Black. I think this one might be more up the Ashman’s alley, while Almond Black edges ahead just ever so slightly for me. It really is a powerhouse of almond flavor, whereas this one is a nice mix of the almond and cookie flavors. Both are great!