First, I’d like to wish all the moms, moms-to-be & moms to fur babies a very happy Mother’s Day!
I didn’t do the scavenger hunt prompts last month because a) last month was pretty crazy for me, and b) several of the scavenger hunt prompts for April didn’t actually fit for my particular “cupboard” (my cupboard is much, much larger than a cupboard) so I decided to forgo the scavenger hunt last month. But I’m excited to play along this month.
Also, I would like to add that the “buy now” button on this tea goes to the caramel tea for adagio tea – and that tea is NOTHING like this tea. I don’t even have to try adagio’s caramel blend to know it’s nothing like this tea and it really irritates me that my teas have buttons on them that lead them to adagio’s site – I’m sorry, but I am of the belief that my teas are infinitely better than theirs. Maybe it’s ego, but, it irritates me.
Now that I’m finished with that rant – this tea is a “geeky tea” for May’s scavenger hunt. I created this tea originally as a Harry Potter inspired blend so I think it definitely qualifies. The base of this tea is a Yunnan grown Wild Arbor Assamica – which has a natural caramel-y taste & the caramel essence plays well to those notes. The cinnamon is soft & warming but not overly spicy. It’s cozy & comforting. I love the way the two flavors play together. This tea isn’t quite gone yet – but I now have a one-pot measurement less of these leaves – and this tea went really nicely with the horchata cream filled donut that I just devoured. (Voodoo donuts, I have a difficult time passing that place – and this time I couldn’t resist it). YUM!
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(I should have said sorry – not sorry – because I’m not even sorry that my teas are infinitely better than adagio’s.)
I think most of us on Steepster are using “cupboard” for our teas sarcastically. :D
My “cupboard” is a 12-compartment “cube” shelf just outside the kitchen… >_> (Though I do have one cupboard actually IN the kitchen filled with teabag boxes, pouches of matcha, and teaware, so at least some actual “cupboard” is in use, heh.)
My cupboard consists of four shelves in the kitchen, one two tier Chippendale wall shelf in the living room, one large stock pot in a drawer filled with shu, one box, one basket, and a small chest in the kitchen, as well as a little cabinet space for tea bags. I was so embarrassed when a student saw my twelve tins of Harney in the living room and said, “Wow, you really do have a lot of tea!” And then I took her in the kitchen…oof.
Well, I have an entire studio – full of tea – so there’s that. Other than that, I have 2 dozen plus one (yes, 25) large tins (2 kilo size tins) full of smaller pouches & containers of tea in the kitchen. Plus a shelf in a kitchen cabinet. Plus – a full counter space dedicated to my tea steeping (here, you’ll find my one touch brewer as well as a few smaller tins (in other words, not 2 kilo size) with smaller pouches tucked inside. So, yeah, I have some tea. Not enough because I would argue – just how much tea is enough tea? I say that the words “enough” and “tea” do not go together in one sentence unless the sentence is something like: I don’t have enough tea. That works. But if it’s something like my S/O would say: You have enough tea – that sentence just does not make sense. It’s like he’s speaking a completely different language.
@derk: Yep – nearly all of my teas have links to them to go to Adagio. It really irritates me. I have written to them to ask them to simply take the ‘buy now’ buttons off my pages, but they have failed to respond.
Not impressed about that Buy Now nonsense… although I’ve never used it as I didn’t think it really worked properly at any point.
My “cupboard” is a 3×4 ikea cube shelf in the living room, plus an upright bookcase in the kitchen, plus some misc boxes/baskets that don’t quite fit. Lol. I don’t have a cupboard big enough to house all my tea…
I’m happy to hear that other people have similar struggles with their tea storage. Other people in my family (read: people who do not enjoy teas as much as I do) find it odd that I have “so much tea”.
Yay! Thank you so much, derk! There are many! I won’t try to bombard you with them – but there are many so I will be in touch! Thank you so much!
Derk: that is AWESOME that you can do that! If Adagio did those links on purpose, I am very disappointed in them. That is my nice way of saying what I almost typed…
@derk – I have another one – I attempted to PM you but I guess because you don’t follow me – I am not able to PM you yet. It is for the Pancake Breakfast which is my biggest seller, so it’s important to me to change that one: http://steepster.com/teas/52teas/19081-pancake-breakfast-black-tea
(I should have said sorry – not sorry – because I’m not even sorry that my teas are infinitely better than adagio’s.)
I think most of us on Steepster are using “cupboard” for our teas sarcastically. :D
My “cupboard” is a 12-compartment “cube” shelf just outside the kitchen… >_> (Though I do have one cupboard actually IN the kitchen filled with teabag boxes, pouches of matcha, and teaware, so at least some actual “cupboard” is in use, heh.)
My cupboard consists of four shelves in the kitchen, one two tier Chippendale wall shelf in the living room, one large stock pot in a drawer filled with shu, one box, one basket, and a small chest in the kitchen, as well as a little cabinet space for tea bags. I was so embarrassed when a student saw my twelve tins of Harney in the living room and said, “Wow, you really do have a lot of tea!” And then I took her in the kitchen…oof.
Well, I have an entire studio – full of tea – so there’s that. Other than that, I have 2 dozen plus one (yes, 25) large tins (2 kilo size tins) full of smaller pouches & containers of tea in the kitchen. Plus a shelf in a kitchen cabinet. Plus – a full counter space dedicated to my tea steeping (here, you’ll find my one touch brewer as well as a few smaller tins (in other words, not 2 kilo size) with smaller pouches tucked inside. So, yeah, I have some tea. Not enough because I would argue – just how much tea is enough tea? I say that the words “enough” and “tea” do not go together in one sentence unless the sentence is something like: I don’t have enough tea. That works. But if it’s something like my S/O would say: You have enough tea – that sentence just does not make sense. It’s like he’s speaking a completely different language.
@derk: Yep – nearly all of my teas have links to them to go to Adagio. It really irritates me. I have written to them to ask them to simply take the ‘buy now’ buttons off my pages, but they have failed to respond.
Not impressed about that Buy Now nonsense… although I’ve never used it as I didn’t think it really worked properly at any point.
My “cupboard” is a 3×4 ikea cube shelf in the living room, plus an upright bookcase in the kitchen, plus some misc boxes/baskets that don’t quite fit. Lol. I don’t have a cupboard big enough to house all my tea…
I’m happy to hear that other people have similar struggles with their tea storage. Other people in my family (read: people who do not enjoy teas as much as I do) find it odd that I have “so much tea”.
Yay! Thank you so much, derk! There are many! I won’t try to bombard you with them – but there are many so I will be in touch! Thank you so much!
Derk: that is AWESOME that you can do that! If Adagio did those links on purpose, I am very disappointed in them. That is my nice way of saying what I almost typed…
@derk – I have another one – I attempted to PM you but I guess because you don’t follow me – I am not able to PM you yet. It is for the Pancake Breakfast which is my biggest seller, so it’s important to me to change that one: http://steepster.com/teas/52teas/19081-pancake-breakfast-black-tea