1598 Tasting Notes
So in exchange for letting (making?) my coworker try H&S’s Florence, she gave me some of this tea.
I haven’t had an oolong in a while, so I forgot how good and creamy they can be. It’s very light, but buttery. I’m getting floral notes too. So yeah – I’ll resteep this, and enjoy it, but I am NEVER going to buy this. How can they charge $25 for 2oz? That’s robbery! Even my Laoshan Black (which is probably the fanciestpantsed tea I own was $14 for 2 oz).
Now that I’m no longer drinking Tardis, I’m listening to Youtube Doctor Who fanvids – http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=8HTmE_0jUkY&NR=1 I just ADORE Rory you guys. There’s not enough fic out there on him. Poor guy.
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Oh thank you thank you! TerriHarpLady was kind enough to send me a bit of this, and even with all the other wonderful things I’m excited to try, I HAD to have this one first.
And yes, it is just as good as I remember. I was worried that maybe I’d hyped it up in my head, but someday I will get a tin of this. Someday. :O I’m not even a fan of bergamot most of the time.
Bumped my rating way up because yeah… I LOVES IT.
Also I’m listening to the (Fucking) Game of Thrones intro a billion times because I’m so psyched about that fandom right now too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25KABvPbq-U
Midway through the second book, while we are watching Season 3 on tv. I don’t mind watching it before I read it because I see it as an intro, and then I can dive in deep with the book and read the hell out of it and not share it with anyone. :O
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I taught myself the game of thrones theme, & have played it at several gigs, lol.
I read all the books too.
That’s awesome! I’m really enjoying the series although it makes me nervous. I hope Arya, and John Snow survive everything but who knows!
No comment… :)
Hahaha. Thank you. :) I don’t really want to know until I find out from the book!
My swap from Kittena came in! Thanks!
And this was worth the wait – it’s like an orange version of lime chiffon, i.e. amazing.
Terri’s swap came in too, so now I’m up to 158. OMG. That’s a complete record for me. Yikes. Well, at least I only have 2-3 more swaps coming in? /0\
bwahahahahahahahahaha welcome to my world! ;)
Yay!! Glad it made it! :D Also yes, this one is pretty much lime chiffon with orange flavour instead of lime :) Incredibly delicious.
Sil – hahaha. I was told that the slippery slope was a fallacy, bit I am just sliding…. Will I hit 200 by Christmas?
And thanks again Kittena for the samples! I’ll add this one to my someday stock list. :) (I like DTT, but I think I can wait until Sept to reorder from there!)
You’ve officially passed me up! :D
uh oh..you’re in trouble now cavo…once you get past dinosara you’re officially in trouble!
:P I’ve been very good lately!
Wait, what? Dinosara is the ‘Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Buy More Teas Than Her’ milestone? What if I can get back under her tea level? :O
Let the sipdowns begin!
i know! you’re my benchmark though… i always aim to be close to you…except i’ve usually got more.. lol i’m making progress today though! 220 here i come!
Cavo – she’s mine for sure…mostly because she does a pretty good job keeping her cupboard floating between 100-190 ish. Lol
That’s my most reasonable goal, I think. Really thinking about my cupboard I just don’t think I will ever get down to 100 teas, but I am trying!
Well having a benchmark is pretty good. I was using you Sil as a warning, but obviously failing as I move closer and closer to 200.
I bet I’m going to go home and find my package from Momo with another 10 teas in it when I get off work today. :P But maybe I can try to use Dinosara’s cupboard as a goal of what’s “reasonable”. In steepster standards. (Cuz obviously, what’d be reasonable for anyone else is like… 4 teas?)
Back when I was reasonable, I remember reading Scott Pilgrim, and when Ramona showed Scott her tea cupboard I was all like woah: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbrxbm0gR1qfjcnyo1_500.jpg
His reaction is pretty cute. Guys, I hope you’ve read Scott Pilgrim. :)
LOL Cavo, yeah, my cupboard is “reasonable”… for someone who is tea obsessed! It feels good to get to that point after being up in Sil territory (200-300) for so long. :D
You were? Woo! That’s inspiration!
Haha I love Scott pilgrim :)
When I actually added up all my teas 4 months ago I was at 264, although I had been probably way above that for a while but never had an accurate count.
Also I’ve never read Scott Pilgrim but I love the movie. I suppose I should read it!
If you liked the movie, you’d probably enjoy the comics more – there’s just so much more in them than you can squish into a movie.
This is a good news/bad news sorta thing: my Harney&Sons order arrived today! Holy moley you guys. Everything smells so amazing! I guess the bad news is that I am UP to 145 teas, and some of these are bigger quantities that I don’t want to sipdown. And I’m still expecting tea from TerriHarpLady, Kittenna, JustJames and one or two others.
Either way – Sil – I hope you like H&S, because if I’m as happy with these teas as I expect to be, I’m going to want a group order. :O
Now, onto THIS TEA.
Even though I wasn’t feeling so great I had to try SOMETHING, so here I am. Why not Boston? And it’s as good as I’d hoped for. It’s a strong black, without being bitter, and I can totally taste the fruit underlying it. I think I’m getting the almond too!
I’ll rate this another day as I have 4oz to drink up, and I don’t trust my taste buds completely yet.
ETA: Gaaaah. This is so good. Also, this office is freaking HOT. It’s 27C in here? I hope my tea will be ok in my metal cabinet…
Fine by me. Though I’m hoping toget to New York for a weekend to get some sample or smell stuff lol
Also…I apparently haven’t tried this one yet lol
Would you like to? I’ve got lots of this, SoHo and Florence. Can’t remember which you’d sent me. I’d better get you hooked so I can set the stage for a group order in a few months!
Is this the one with cranberry in it? I think I tried a sample of it awhile back & I recall thinking that cranberry wouldn’t be good, but it WAS!
Soho and Boston yes I’d love to. I enjoy Florence but obviously I’ve tried it before lol
I almost didn’t buy this one a couple of years ago because I already had Cranberry Autumn, but I bought it and found that it is totally different. I think I like this one even more than CA!
Yeah it’s the one with cranberry. It’s much better than the description (but then again almonds don’t get me excited).
And Sil, I guess I already promised you the Vanilla Comoro and SoHo, so will add the Boston and ship some day. :)
oh yeah… sounds good madam. clearly no rush on my end lol
Wow – sounds very nice! So, how quickly did you get your order exactly? I didn’t get any shipping confirmation for my Tuesday order yet, but maybe tomorrow……seemed like your tea came pretty fast!
So I’m drinking the second steep of this one now and I’m distressed. I guess this sinus headache or whatever it is is just destroying my ability to enjoy tea. I can breath fine, but my head is so clogged up and aching, and I just can’t taste anything. :| So, I guess I’ll have to put this aside for now as well.
And just crawl under my desk and die. /0\
Hahaha. Ok the wahmbulance has arrived. Enough moping. :P It’s not that bad. Perhaps I have something stronger in my tea stash that I can drink while I wait to enjoy my fancy Verdant teas.
I hope you feel better!
Thanks! I’m a bit better but not great. Hope I shake it soon. :)
Have you ever tried saline nasal spray or rinse (medipot type thing but the squeezie bottle version rinse works better)
Anyways hope you feel better soon.
I haven’t, but someone else mentioned it. Maybe I’ll give it a try!
I used to get a few sinus infections a year… :(.
Saline wash has helped so far no infections for at least 5 years :)
Give it a try it can’t hurt…
Thanks! I will!
i second the squeezie bottle nasal rinse too. i have badly scarred sinuses from countless years of infections in my past, and it’s the one i like to use.
Ok, this one sounded pretty magical so I had to order an oz. Let’s see how it stands up!
First steep: 4 minutes as directed on website. It’s very clear – there’s only the slightest yellowish tinge, but only because I know it’s tea and not hot water. Sadly, it sorta tastes like hot water with a touch of sweetness. :| I bet it’s because my sinuses are still acting up. So unless anything amazing happens in the next steeps, I won’t rate it until I can breathe fully.
Second steep: Yeah, I can barely taste anything. Damn. Guess I’ll put it aside for a week!
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Sipdown!
Sil was nice enough to send me a little bit of this! And I could tell by looking at it that it was a Yunnan tea! I get points for that!
As expected, this is a nice light tea, with bright honeyed notes. I can’t really tell the difference between this and other Yunnan’s though. I guess I need to work on that!
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It’s a Yunnan! I like Yunnan teas! I like THIS Yunnan!
Not sure what to say besides that. It’s slightly sweet and very smooth. No bitter aftertaste. Golden orange colour. Each sip savoured.
I needed this tea. I’m stressing out about having to find a new job in Toronto in Sept. :| I really like the benefits I have with this job! I’m my own boss, basically. I can manage my time – come and go as I please. I can wear jeans and a t-shirt to work, and sit cross-legged at my computer. I can surf the net while I work. And I get paid a pretty decent amount. How the hell am I going to manage to find something like this again? :O Trial and error I suppose…
I guess I should probably update my LinkedIn profile, in case that is a thing that actually helps you find work for people who aren’t programmers etc.
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Strange. I’m getting a lot of mint this time around – almost in a mouthwash sorta way. :| But then I DID oversteep it, so I suppose that’s all my fault. Tea abuse is a bad way to achieve a sipdown. I’m sorry Pu-erh Berries!
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You gave mouthwash a 76? Geez. I want to see who you give less than 30 to.
Hahaha. Only because if I steep it properly it’s pretty nice. But if you forget about it, the mint takes over.
There – I knocked the rating down 2 points to remind that it’s good, but not essential to my cupboard!
