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drank Butterfly Jasmine by DAVIDsTEA
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I cut up a watermelon, have a pot of corn on the burner, clothes hanging up outside and flowers on the table. SUMMER IS HERE FRIENDS AND I AM ECSTATIC! :D As my 9 month old happily chomps down on watermelon, the Sikh temple down the street is holding a celebration and tons of women are walking down the street in colourful saris and beautiful jewellery. This is a a beautiful beautiful day and I want to drink beautiful tea.

The dry leaf aroma is quite subtle, mostly jasmine with a hint of green tea. It smells wonderful. The brewed tea scent is very floral: all jasmine and lilac and wonderful. This tea tastes like a bouquet of fresh flowers, not perfume. The taste of green tea is soft and pleasing, not vegetal but the main star is definitely the jasmine. The liquid is soft on the tongue, with a very very VERY slight astringency at the end that adds a wonderful quality to it. Zero bitterness, zero grass. For the first steep I did 2 minutes at 80degrees and the second, 3 minutes at 80 degrees. The first cup was light and the floral notes were much more prominent in the second. Butterfly jasmine why you so expensive though :(

mj

This sounds like an amazing Sunday!

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This sounds like an amazing Sunday!

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I was introduced to the world of tea after trying to find a way to stop binging on sugar at night (I have a bit of insomnia). Then I had the brilliant idea of going to David’s Tea to get some sweet dessert-y teas to replace all the crap I was eating, whilst still satisfying my sweet tooth.

And then I tried an Oolong and I was done for.

So this is me, exploring the world of tea with excitement, spending way too much money on it, drinking impressive amounts of it, and although I do love flavoured teas, I am now beginning to try high quality straight teas, and trying to learn as much as I can. I have rarely been so passionate about something so quickly.

My boyfriend thinks I am crazy with all my teas. I actually hide some from him when I get deliveries, just so he won’t panic haha. When he does say something, I just reply that to me, tasting tea is like tasting wine, and it brings me the same kind of joy as eating chocolate or eating fine food. Only better.

Flavours I Like: Most fruits, Cinnamon, Licorice, Cloves, Pepper, Caramel, Vanilla, Chocolate, Cardamom, Floral Teas, Honey, Coffee, Pastry/Bread, Smoky, Woody

Flavours I dislike: strong vegetal tastes (a little is ok), Rooibos, Mate, Lemon, Raspberry (for the most part), Orange, Lavender, Eucalyptus, Overpowering Mint,

Other than that, un-related to tea, I love make-up artistry, parrots and birds (in real life, not objects lol), crime and trial stories, flowers, baking, wine, reading, collecting teapots and mugs and stand-up comedy.

I love Dexter, Orange is the New Black, Hannibal, all reality food and cooking series…

As I’m re-reading this I can’t help but to notice how I love extra dark things and extra happy things with no real middle. Hm. xD “I like staying up to date on murder trials…and drinking tea while bird watching!” I’m NOT weird, I swear. :)

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