This makes a really excellent mellow spiced cold tea. I cold brewed it in the fridge and was so happy to have a true tea I could drink while chilling in the evening.
I was never caffeine sensitive until I got somewhere in my forties. Or if I was, I didn’t notice it until then. After becoming a mom, I went from being that person who could sleep through an explosion to that person who wakes up if someone shuts a book two houses away. I was talking with a former colleague about this at lunch yesterday. He says in his new job he’s anxious and not sleeping well, but also says he can drink a double espresso in the middle of the night and go right to sleep. Denial, much?
I know that Leaf Spa closed its doors years ago, which is one of the reasons I feel compelled to sip down my entire inventory of their teas, which I bought for a song during a Steepster sale. Of the original ridiculous number I bought, and going in and out of tea for a number of years, I’m down to two cans — this and the lapsang. The lapsang is ok, but I can drink lapsang about 2 times a year, and not cold.
But this, this one I’ll miss when it’s gone. I had written a rather comprehensive note about how it tastes hot a while back; cold it doesn’t have the milk and sweetener and the flavors blend together a lot more, but it does just what I want an iced tea to do. Refresh me and taste pleasant. And being able to drink it at night? That, that is a nice bonus.
