For different reasons, I waited a long time to get this blend home. I already knew I was going to at least like it, cause it’s made of three ingredients I love: TGY, cedar leaves and some mighty vanilla bean.
In my mind, if you’re going to name a tea Rivendell, you better deliver…cause you know, we’re talking about the epic world here, full of magic, mystery and unusualness.
I’m using a small gaiwan.
As soon as the water hits the leaves, I feel transported. Sweet Jesus. I can’t really come up with words to describe the scent, hard to do it justice. I’d say it smells like a delicate vanilla flower that has grown in a luxuriant forest. The best I can come up with.
The first sip and I’m thinking nooooo!!!! Tea Whiz of the Woods, what have you done? Giving me another addiction, really? I can’t take this anymore. My monthly order keeps growing and growing!
I completely got lost in the session and forgot to take notes. Suspended in time, I just enjoyed the moment. But it’s easy to remember what it tastes like. Not so easy to attempt a description. It confuses me. TGY, check, I like it on its own. But how could the addition of only two other ingredients morphs it into something so different?
First thing that hit me was how creamy it was. I mean there’s creamy and creamy. This is intense creamy. Vanilla pudding mouth.
Then, nice subtle florals are flirting with that fresh menthol mouthfeel that I get from good TGY, amplified by the cedar leaves.
Some fruit notes also join the party. To me, they taste like pineapple and dehydrated apples. I picked that up cause I eat lots of dried apples, I love them. That gongfu session produced many steeps, all better than one another
This tea delivers. It breathes magic, it’s mysterious and unusual. So yeah, it totally deserves to be called Rivendell.
(I can even picture Hobbits, serving this tea to their guests in their Hobbit houses!)
I have no choice but to give the highest rate.
Tea Hobbit, giving it 100 is like giving you a “Tolkien” of my appreciation, hehe. Love it!
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RIVENDELL! RIVENDELL! RIVENDELL!!
That is all
Lol, mj, we see eye to eye on this one. YOU WERE TOTALLY RIGHT: IT’S PERFECT!!
I know you gave it 100 too, right?
That was a freaking brilliant pun ;-)
Thanks! No false modesty, I’m pretty proud of myself for this one, haha!
I did give it a 100, but only because I couldn’t give it a 110 :). And yes, that pun totally made me chuckle too!
I’m so happy you like it so much too!!
That’s because we are oolong sisters, remember?
We totally are :)
I didn’t get any of this in my order. I’ve got a sample coming soon. I kind of wish I had now.
Cheri, your order is ready to go out, but hasn’t been sealed yet…so you still have the chance! :-)
Brenden, you are a tea pusher.
No, I’m going to hold off this time. I’ve got a sample coming in the mail.
Yes, yes I am ;-) hehehe
(He is such a tea pusher cheri)
Oh, he absolutely is, but he’s also good at what he does, and getting me to the right teas.
Oh yes…I’ve never had such a good pusher in my life lol.
Imladris tea.
He’s a benevolent pusher for sure :)
RIVENDELL! RIVENDELL! RIVENDELL!!
That is all
Lol, mj, we see eye to eye on this one. YOU WERE TOTALLY RIGHT: IT’S PERFECT!!
I know you gave it 100 too, right?
That was a freaking brilliant pun ;-)
Thanks! No false modesty, I’m pretty proud of myself for this one, haha!
I did give it a 100, but only because I couldn’t give it a 110 :). And yes, that pun totally made me chuckle too!
I’m so happy you like it so much too!!
That’s because we are oolong sisters, remember?
We totally are :)
I didn’t get any of this in my order. I’ve got a sample coming soon. I kind of wish I had now.
Cheri, your order is ready to go out, but hasn’t been sealed yet…so you still have the chance! :-)
Brenden, you are a tea pusher.
No, I’m going to hold off this time. I’ve got a sample coming in the mail.
Yes, yes I am ;-) hehehe
(He is such a tea pusher cheri)
Oh, he absolutely is, but he’s also good at what he does, and getting me to the right teas.
Oh yes…I’ve never had such a good pusher in my life lol.
Imladris tea.
He’s a benevolent pusher for sure :)