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COLD BREW

Finished this off. Didn’t have enough to make a full half gallon, so I added some Sichuan Black from Tea Runners. With the weather up in the upper 90s and low 100s (35-40 Celsius) I have been sucking down iced tea like crazy. I am not sure when this hot spell will end, but not for the next 7 days at least. :O I hate hot weather!

The addition of the straight black tea altered this enough that I added a teensy bit of sugar to it. It might be that overnight in the fridge was too long, or maybe that black tea is a bit bitter. Whatever, I was still able to enjoy this.

It’s been a long time since I posted on here, but I am still drinking tea, I promise!

I made a jug of this in the fridge overnight. I had had a cup of it hot a couple of months ago, and it was nice, but not outstanding. But I really enjoyed it iced. It has a light, slightly sweet, bright vibe to it. Our weather has been all over the place. Upper 80s, then a couple nights below freezing, then back up to the 80s… Ya gotta love North Dakota! Fortunately, I an adjust my tea temperature to suit the weather. I really liked this one iced and I am looking forward to enjoying more iced teas this summer.

Due to having an MRI today I wasn’t allowed coffee this morning. They said nothing about tea, so I grabbed this one (Those philistines have probably never considered drinking anything but coffee in the morning)

Anyway, I see that last year I gave this a rating of 60. What was I thinking??!! I quite enjoyed this one today. It was a little sweeet on its own, and had a distinct coconut flavor. It was faint, but definitely there. I got no bitterness or astringency in the sip. Possibly, if I drink enough of my stash, I will order this one next winter.

Ah, this is such a nice tea. It is exactly like the name: sweet and spicy. I had this one before bed last night and enjoyed it greatly. Re-steeped for a second cup but a lot of the flavor had gone. This is a pretty inexpensive grocery store tea. I think I paid $3.49 for 20 bags. What a great deal for a tea I really enjoy. I decided to bump my rating because reaaly, this tea is great.

The weather is really turning around here. It was 17 yesterday -ABOVE zero!- and I heard we could hit 40 next Tuesday. Weird, just weird. Not complaining though!

I decided to try another herbal tea from Plum Deluxe. I got back from my Sunday drive to charge the battery in this cold weather and picked this one out. I liked the last one from Plum Deluxe and Candy Cane sounded good. I did not enjoy nearly as much as last night’s tea. This one was a green rooibos base. In don’t always love rooibos, but green rooibos is usually less woody.

/i guess it was less woody, but it also tasted a bit grassy. I do not like grassy either. The mint was pleasant, but it did not make up for the rooibos. Sadly, this one was a miss for me.

Ugh! Last night aaround 10:00 the fire alarm in my building went off. In my PJs, I went to the door to see what wqs happening. The hallway was a little hazy. FIRE!!!

I hustled around trying to catch the cats, but I could not find them. I rushed to get dressed, bundled up, and hurried outside. AS I went I passed police and firemen pounding on doors telling people to evacuate.

Scary. Very scary. I huddled outside with other resdents, including a family with four children recently arrived from Syria. They did not have hats or heavy coats. The temperature was -21F with a windchill of -44. WE all stood out there for a little over 20 minutes before we were allowed back in. The fire was small, isolated to one apartment, started by a space heater too close to the carpet. Nobody hurt.

It took me over an hour to warm up again. I brewed my sample of this tea. It helped. I liked it. Not enough to order 4 ounces, but enough to re-steep. Sometimes rooibos can be very woody tasting. I didn’t get that here. Maybe the honeybush covered it. It was mildly sweet on its own so I did not add any sweetener. I have enough left for another small cup, and I will be glad to have that.

Here in North Dakota it is cold, Cold, COLD! 10:30 on Saturday morning and it is -19F with a windchild of -42F. This cold snap started 8 days ago. We haven’t been above zero since last Tuesday, when the temperature topped out at 2. ABOVE!!! And we won’t get above zero again until next Tuesday when the high is expected to be 6.

All that is to explain why I love to drink hot tea. It is so soothing and wrming when you live in a place where the air hurts your face .

Cranberry Pear is an old favorite. Last night i decided I deserved to splurge a little so instead of my usual Twinings Pure Peppermint for my evening cup I went with this one. The 100 gram tin is almost empty! I can see the bottom of the tin! I do not plan to buy more tea, but if this were still available i would buy another 50 grams. I suppose it does me no good to hoard this tea. There is probably enough to two or three mroe cups. Maybe ill finish it off during this cold snap.

Had this in the afternoon today. It is quite old, like maybe two years old. I miss A Quarter to Tea.

This one sounded wonderful. Maybe it was the age, but Ididn’t get a lot of flavor out of it. Some gonger and cinnamon, but no bready pancake goodness. That aid, it was a pleasant cup. Not one I would rush out and buy more of (fortunate, then, that Q2T is not selling right now) but I’ll enjoy the remaining 20 ounces of this.

This was my evening cup last night. It sounded like a good evening blend for someone with stuffy nose. It didnt work for me at all. I don’t know why. All the ingredients are ones I enjoy. It got good reviews. I guess it just wasn’t my cuppa.