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The resteep is less overwhelmingly of ‘green vegetables’ and has a sort of faintly buttery quality to it aswell. So it ends up being ’mild steamed asparagus with a bit of butter melted over it".

These do look a bit like conifer needles, not pine, but maybe some sort of fir or spruce. They’re covered in a coat of silvery down which makes the leaves want to stick to each other – making getting a teaspoonful’s worth out of the tin a little difficult. When I added the water the silver down seemed to get washed away turing the leaves the traditional light green shade.

In scent and flavour it’s strongly reminisent of steamed asparagus in that it’s quite green and vegetal – but not in a harsh fashion. I like asparagus so it’s all good – Colin tells me it tastes aweful however. *eyeroll *

I forgot to log this last night when I drank it, so hopefully I can remember what it was like!

When I first took a sip I thought “Hey, this isn’t vanilla!” and I was all ready to decry it as yet another case of flavour tea fail. However on the second sip I paid more attention and realized that ‘yes’ the vanilla was there, but I had missed it at first because it wasn’t that overpowering sort of vanilla I was used to in most flavoured teas. This vanilla was delicate and smooth, caressing my taste buds instead of beating the crap out of them.

While I was in in Vancouver my aunt treated me to the ‘Petit Thé’ served at the Urban Tea Merchant and this was the tea I chose to go with it.

I expected something a bit more fruity and floral from the smell of the dry tea, but instead it tasted more of bergamot and citrus accompanied by berries with a floral undertone. None the less it went quite nicely with all the cute, dainty, little goodies that came with it.

I did notice however, that as I drank it, particularly after there was nothing left to eat with it, the bergamot flavour intensified until it pretty much dominated my palate which wasn’t really what I’d anticipated (or wanted).

Another tea finished off. I liked this one; it’s a good, solid breakfast tea. I’d buy it again, although I think I want to try out other Assam teas first to see how they compare.

That’s it for this tea folks. It was a decent tea (and great iced) but not one I liked so much that I’d want to repurchase it.

Ewww! Blech! What is this stuff?! This isn’t tea – it’s liquid cinnamon hearts!

I’M BAAAAACK!

I got this when I was passing through the Ten Thousand Villages store on Granville Island. http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/

I wasn’t terribly thrilled with Just Us’ chai tea, but this sounded interesting and I’m a huge advocat of fair trade, so I went for it. And I’m glad I did. This isn’t a mind-blowing tea, but it’s a sort of pleasent, solid sort of tea that doesn’t pretend to be anything more than it is. It’s secure in its sexuality and all that. ;)

The smell of this tea is of lemon but without lemon’s sour bite – it’s like lemon candy or lemon syrup. The taste does have a bit more lemoniness, but it’s evened out with a sweetness that keep it from being mouth-puckingly sour.

I think this tea would handle milk and sweetener pretty well so I’ll have to try it out next time.

Ewwww – hibiscus, blechy, blechy!

Anyways I’m having such a good time in Vancouver that I’m actually staying another couple days. Par-ty! XDD

I added a bit more milk than I meant to to this cup so that all the milk could get used up. In another could of hours the boyfriend and I will be leaving for Vancouver to see the Games. My access from now until Sunday will be pretty limited so don’t break the place while I’m gone guys! ;)