Sipdown (172/178)!
So I pretty much got the whole Firefly sampler from VariaTEA only I had never seen Firefly and felt kinda guilty drinking the teas with no point of reference to the characters, so I’ve begun watching the show (I’m on episode three right now as I write this) and will be trying to drink the teas alongside watching the episodes.
Of the teas, this is the one that I thought smelled the best/most intriguing when I opened VariaTEA’s package – and I’m really like Inara’s character so far (I’m hoping the background between her and Mal is explored more because there’s definitely a weird and highly intriguing dynamic between the two) so I started with this!
I paired the tea with cinnamon waffles with homemade raspberry syrup and I thought the two paired pretty nicely! But the tea on its own was a bit less than stellar to me. The big thing was that I felt I was drowning in ginger. Oh God, why all the ginger!? Other than that I guess it wasn’t so bad for a chai. I didn’t taste the coconut much at all, and that’s the one ingredient in there that could have really been redeeming to me.
I feel like I don’t know Inara well enough yet to attest to whether the flavours are accurate to her character, but one thing is certain; aesthetically this tea is beautiful! The colours in the leaf just pop so much and seem so exotic and compelling. I think that maybe that is at least accurate to Inara as a companion? But of course I’m learning very quickly that she’s much more than a pretty face.
Flavors: Ginger
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“only I had never seen Firefly and felt kinda guilty drinking the teas with no point of reference to the characters, so I’ve begun watching the show”
Hahaha, well played, VariaTEA, well played.
yes… more firefly for everyone! I named my daughter after Kaylee so I’m in total support for this. :D
Awww!
I’m watching episode one as I type! For the same reason, haha.
So far I’m like “OMG! It’s a younger, handsomer Crowley making a brief appearance! And Jack’s wife from Hannibal! And Brody’s wife from Homeland!”
Cooooool
….and CASTLE!
Well I’ve been a fan of Nathan Fillion for awhile anyway :)
My fave is the movie “Slither”
And Dr. Horrible
I’ve never seen Castle though!
I freaked out over Crowley too! I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve seen Nathan Fillion in (Dr. Horrible, Castle, the last season of BTVS) so I’m on bored with that. The biggest surprise for me was seeing Adam Baldwin who played my favourite character, Casey, on Chuck.
LOVE Firefly and Serenity! What a great cast! They worked so well together. How could that series have been so short!!
I’ve never heard of Doctor Horrible or Slither. Guess I’ll have to check them out.
1. Firefly is the best show ever. I adore it so much. I will geek at you super hard if you let me.
2. Inara omg omgomgomgomgomgomg SHES GORGEOUS and I love her character.
3. The tea sounds lovely. I would try the Serenity teas if I wasn’t so lame and broke haha
4. Browncoats UNITE! :D
Ha, feel free to at me all you want Arshness! Trust me, I feel like the worst Whedon fan for waiting so long to see this. BFTV is my favourite TV show (ever), and I’ve seen Angel and Dollhouse and most of his other works; honestly the only reason I put off watching this was not because I didn’t think I’d like it but because I thought I would – and I don’t liking falling in loves with series that are so short!
Have you seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog????
**geek at me
Not recently, but yes :)
Eee gooooooooood. Good. Good. Whedon’s second best thing ever imo.
And he honestly did amazing with The Avengers. I loved it.
He’s a great, great director. :)
Firefly is just the most magic show with the most magic cast and it was SAD that it didn’t get a full run. Did you know there’s a bunch of comics that continue the story, and they’ve just rebooted the comic series to continue it further?? Darkhorse picked it up. :) So if you want more, there’s at least a way to get some more info.
I actually have the Firefly RPG system and have been running a game set in an ‘inspired by Firefly" universe haha :) My friends all love Firefly too so it’s a thing we enjoy.
I think my favorite character is Mal, but every time I say that, I end up going “… and… Inara. And… and… River. And…” etc XD
“only I had never seen Firefly and felt kinda guilty drinking the teas with no point of reference to the characters, so I’ve begun watching the show”
Hahaha, well played, VariaTEA, well played.
yes… more firefly for everyone! I named my daughter after Kaylee so I’m in total support for this. :D
Awww!
I’m watching episode one as I type! For the same reason, haha.
So far I’m like “OMG! It’s a younger, handsomer Crowley making a brief appearance! And Jack’s wife from Hannibal! And Brody’s wife from Homeland!”
Cooooool
….and CASTLE!
Well I’ve been a fan of Nathan Fillion for awhile anyway :)
My fave is the movie “Slither”
And Dr. Horrible
I’ve never seen Castle though!
I freaked out over Crowley too! I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve seen Nathan Fillion in (Dr. Horrible, Castle, the last season of BTVS) so I’m on bored with that. The biggest surprise for me was seeing Adam Baldwin who played my favourite character, Casey, on Chuck.
LOVE Firefly and Serenity! What a great cast! They worked so well together. How could that series have been so short!!
I’ve never heard of Doctor Horrible or Slither. Guess I’ll have to check them out.
1. Firefly is the best show ever. I adore it so much. I will geek at you super hard if you let me.
2. Inara omg omgomgomgomgomgomg SHES GORGEOUS and I love her character.
3. The tea sounds lovely. I would try the Serenity teas if I wasn’t so lame and broke haha
4. Browncoats UNITE! :D
Ha, feel free to at me all you want Arshness! Trust me, I feel like the worst Whedon fan for waiting so long to see this. BFTV is my favourite TV show (ever), and I’ve seen Angel and Dollhouse and most of his other works; honestly the only reason I put off watching this was not because I didn’t think I’d like it but because I thought I would – and I don’t liking falling in loves with series that are so short!
Have you seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog????
**geek at me
Not recently, but yes :)
Eee gooooooooood. Good. Good. Whedon’s second best thing ever imo.
And he honestly did amazing with The Avengers. I loved it.
He’s a great, great director. :)
Firefly is just the most magic show with the most magic cast and it was SAD that it didn’t get a full run. Did you know there’s a bunch of comics that continue the story, and they’ve just rebooted the comic series to continue it further?? Darkhorse picked it up. :) So if you want more, there’s at least a way to get some more info.
I actually have the Firefly RPG system and have been running a game set in an ‘inspired by Firefly" universe haha :) My friends all love Firefly too so it’s a thing we enjoy.
I think my favorite character is Mal, but every time I say that, I end up going “… and… Inara. And… and… River. And…” etc XD