This was kindly sent to me by MissB, and I used to drink it on mine or others’ birthdays, but it’s getting old now so I need to drink it down regardless of how weird I find the name on non-birthdays. I ate a chocolate earlier and thought I tasted it, so got excited and decided to brew up a cup of tea in the hopes that my sense of taste is returning. While it’s still not particularly discerning, I can taste more than just ‘sweet’ now, which is progress! I can taste enough to eat but not enough to be able to appreciate tea yet. Not that it matters, because while I was ill my well-intentioned mam decided to wash my tea strainers for me. I’m not sure how she went about the washing process, but I used one of my little mesh brew baskets for this and the second the hot water hit it I got a really strong smell of garlic. I’m 90% convinced she hand-washed it with her garlic crusher thingy which I know she used the same day. While the tea was hot it tasted mostly like cupcake, with a slight unwelcome hint of garlic, but now it’s cooling the garlic flavour is getting really strong and I’m going to have to tip it out. I’m quite upset since I’m probably going to have to throw out the brew basket too, and I think she washed all of my tea stuff so I don’t know how much everything will be affected. Plus I can still smell the totally accurate vanilla-iced cupcake and it smells sooo good that I want to keep drinking to try to find the flavour but it’s just not happening.
My rating is based on how I remember the tea from other times I’ve drank it. Obviously I’m not going to mark it down because of my garlic’d-up infuser.
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Garlic in your tea?! Yuck! You could try soaking your tea ware in hot water with baking soda, which is known for it’s odor absorbing abilities.
Yep, I wouldn’t recommend it! I steeped them with hot water and vinegar for a few hours then did a couple of hot water rinses and it seems to have done the trick, luckily! Thanks for the tip (:
Garlic in your tea?! Yuck! You could try soaking your tea ware in hot water with baking soda, which is known for it’s odor absorbing abilities.
Yep, I wouldn’t recommend it! I steeped them with hot water and vinegar for a few hours then did a couple of hot water rinses and it seems to have done the trick, luckily! Thanks for the tip (: