Thank you Teavivre for this lovely tea sample!
It has been quite a day!
Schey (granddaughter) and I went to Algiers Hookah bar (first time for her) and had a good time together. Her mom (my daughter) looked at us as though we were misbehaving teen’s. Harrumph! (She used to shave her hair on the sides so what can she say to me now!) We tried a Melon blend…too harsh. Then a Mint Vanilla blend that was just right. There we were…on our pillows with a pot of sweetened mint tea, lounging with our hookah. So relaxed.
I took Schey home…and Micah (7) ran to the car with a DVD for me to watch tonight. One of his favorites…Puss and Boots. ;)
I had my camera and since my daughter lives 10 miles from me and close to Douglas Lake (great views of the Frontrange Rocky Mountains)I went down the road and took a few pictures just to get an idea of how big the current Hill Park Fire is. (If you look at the picture, I live under the black smoke on the left…up against the mountains).
By the time I got home I was hungry! I made a smoked salmon pizza and waited for the right time to start tea.
I’d been waiting for this Milk Oolong!
The perfect ending to a lovely day would be this tea.
The Pour:
Elegant and light, full of the most beautiful luscious flavor on my first tenuous sip.
(I had no idea what the meaning of the milk part would be. Creaminess? Milk flavor? I still don’t know what that means. I didn’t taste anything like milk.)
If you took the most fragrant flowers (gardenia, vanilla, jasmine, orchid) and made them into a light and creamy dessert without any perfumey harshness, that would be the taste in this tea. There was a flavor surge, right after the first liquor passed my lips… a wave… almost immediately followed by endless creaminess and richness.
As the tea cooled the thickness and creaminess increased making me lick my lips and look to the bottom of my cup anxious for more, needing more like a tea addict.(Oh yes we all know about this!)
No way would I want to share this pot of tea with anyone tonight(but maybe with you). I want it all to myself(really). Every drop was dripping heavily with nectar-like creamy goodness. As smooth as fine silk sheets…a luxury tea to dream with.
No,no I was not tea drunk…wish I was with this tea though…
It was delightful.
Thank you Teavivre for the perfect tea for completing my day!
Fire Photo from Douglas Lake today…http://flic.kr/p/ceWazy
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Schey is beautiful! But look at her gma right! :)
Glad you found a nice tobbacy you enjoyed!
You should really eat BEFORE smoking though to avoid headahces – they should have given you some little snack!
Anyway always LOVE your reviews!
The smoke looks to be getting pretty thick there!
I ate pita yoghurt and zaatar before going at about 2pm. Got home 6 ish
I second that Schey is a very pretty young lady. I looked at many of your pictures and you have a beautiful family.
Thanks!
I agree!
What are you, Antiochian now? Hookahs? Not enough smoke for you out in nature? ;-)
The “milk” is an “edible flavor adding to enhance the milk flavour”.
I noticed it as an extremely creamy mouthfeel and a bit of grittiness after two or three steeps when it began to break down.
Jim…Schey is Antiochian and I was until moving here. My brother is an Antiochian Deacon. (For those who don’t know Antioch was the first place where believers in Christ were called Christians. In the America’s, we have Orthodox from all over the World and the Antiochian is from the area of Damascus, Palestine, Lebanon etc.)…hence the hookah comment! We are all one Faith though! And, we have native American Saints too
As you said, it was too good to pass up ;-)
Touche
Thank you for explaining that for us Bonnie, well at least for me since I had no idea what Antiochian was. I learned something today!
Jim is a Chanter. He sings the Psalms and Hymns during the services of the Church. We sing much of our service. No band or Piano’s etc. We do have Choirs. Chanters are very important!!!
Schey is beautiful! But look at her gma right! :)
Glad you found a nice tobbacy you enjoyed!
You should really eat BEFORE smoking though to avoid headahces – they should have given you some little snack!
Anyway always LOVE your reviews!
The smoke looks to be getting pretty thick there!
I ate pita yoghurt and zaatar before going at about 2pm. Got home 6 ish
I second that Schey is a very pretty young lady. I looked at many of your pictures and you have a beautiful family.
Thanks!
I agree!
What are you, Antiochian now? Hookahs? Not enough smoke for you out in nature? ;-)
The “milk” is an “edible flavor adding to enhance the milk flavour”.
I noticed it as an extremely creamy mouthfeel and a bit of grittiness after two or three steeps when it began to break down.
Jim…Schey is Antiochian and I was until moving here. My brother is an Antiochian Deacon. (For those who don’t know Antioch was the first place where believers in Christ were called Christians. In the America’s, we have Orthodox from all over the World and the Antiochian is from the area of Damascus, Palestine, Lebanon etc.)…hence the hookah comment! We are all one Faith though! And, we have native American Saints too
As you said, it was too good to pass up ;-)
Touche
Thank you for explaining that for us Bonnie, well at least for me since I had no idea what Antiochian was. I learned something today!
Jim is a Chanter. He sings the Psalms and Hymns during the services of the Church. We sing much of our service. No band or Piano’s etc. We do have Choirs. Chanters are very important!!!