1598 Tasting Notes
“OMG, this is so good.” – me, 30 seconds ago.
:)
The meringues in the tea contain gluten! :O I hope that isn’t a commonly undisclosed ingredient.
Oh wow. Looks yummy! Do the rose bits make it really floral though?
At least the packaging is clearly marked with an egg/gluten allergy warning.
And I didn’t think so. I don’t like really floral teas, especially rose, and I wasn’t distracted by it at all. I count that as a good sign!
Twenty minutes until Season 2 of Hannibal starts! We need to Save Will!!!
From the tea description: “Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me.Help me. This is my design.”
I can’t wait for it to start. Will be so good!!
LOL
Totally re-watching last nights episode. It is SO good. I am so jealous you get to work on this series. Totally in love with Mads Mikkelsen!! <3
I don’t have cable, so I didn’t watch it, but I think at the end of the season they’ll give me a copy of the dvd for being on the crew list(even though I’m just in the office, or out on the floor cleaning up the leftover silicone/clay/etc. I know what’s going to happen in the second half of the season because I’m reading those scripts, but I don’t know all the details for the first, so that’s exciting. :D I can’t wait to see how it goes.
And Mads seems like a really awesome guy. My sister-in-law works at the shop with me and goes on set to help apply make-up and set up the prosethetics, etc. She met Mads when he came to our shop last year so we could mold part of his body for something (I can’t remember what scene), and since then he’s remembered her. When he saw her in February, he ran over to where she was on set and gave her a hug and said Happy New Year as he hadn’t seen her since December. Just shows he really pays attention to people and is friendly and doesn’t think he’s better than everyone else! Too bad I won’t have a chance to meet him!
That sounds super awesome Cavo. I’m still jealous. Ha ha.
Dark roasted coffee notes, and rich hazelnuts. It’s dark, and everything is spinning. Time is out of joint. Spice! Cream! Apple! Coffee: there’s so much and yet not enough!
There’s no actual coffee here…
How long have I stood here over this cup?
And what… what is this I’m looking at? It, it can’t be… What have I done?
/a deep charismatic voice whispers from across a nameless abyss, ‘this is my design’/
My cup shatters.
My teas from Aun-Juli arrived JUST IN TIME. Today is the premiere for Season 2 of Hannibal. You guys – watch it! Set your PVR’s or whatever and check it out!
I love the show, and I want to keep working on the show, so lets get the ratings up there so we get Season 3 and more!!!
To celebrate I am drinking my Hannibal themed teas.
First off, the man himself… This is an interesting tea. It’s black, it’s dark, there’s spice, and a little bit of sweetness. It’s complicated. Thought provoking. Contemplative. Also, maybe just a little not right. But I’m still compelled to drink a little more…
And more…
Who’s consuming whom?
Oh, btw, Mads was on Twitter and Tumblr last night to help promote the show. It was his first time and he was awesome. He loves us Fannibals! :D (even though NBC showed him fanart, and fannish/pornish art and the Fannibal fandom basically exploded with shame and fear, and he was totally cool with it all!)
Tre is very excited about the premiere tonight! I’m gonna have to watch it tomorrow though, tonight I’m going out to a metal concert with a friend. Very out of my league, heh…
Hahaha. Yes, fandom always explodes with shame and fear when that kind of thing happens. There was a huge SPN brouhaha a few years back, because people were forwarding things that weren’t theirs to the actors. :)
Maybe it’s cruel of me to laugh, but I think I’m allowed to because it worked out and he was cool with everything? Which makes me love him more?
I’m not watching Hannibal yet, but even with TeWo I avoid fanwank because of my years spent in SPN fandom. I usually can refer everything good & bad back to that fandom, too :) But if Cumberbatch and Freeman can be super cool about it all, everyone really should be. It’s usually only the showrunners who get pissy ;/
This was the first of the samples that I snagged from Aun-Juli. They all came today!!!
I love this series. I love the fact that she’s making a bunch of teas dedicated to Sean Bean and his many, MANY, deaths.
This is a nice sweet black. There’s lots of different sweetness in this, and a little bit of cinnamon bite. Just a little bit of bite. I like it, but I think it should have a bunch of cinnomon bite to represent all the arrows.
Oh. I get it now. THE SPRINKLES ARE THE ARROWS.
Hahaha these were the teas that called to me when I looked at her samples. Mostly because I thought they were hilarious. I am glad they taste good as well.
oh my goodness, lol, I am definitely going to have to check those ones out!
They’re pretty silly, but I like that. :) Can’t wait to try the rest!
So I totally meant to drink Sugar Cookie and not Sugar Plum, as I rummaged through the tea bags that VariaTEA was nice enough to send me, but whoops?
This was actually ok. I was worried it’d be a little too tart so I added a little bit of sugar and it was pretty great. I drank a mason jar of! Awesome. :D
It sucks that Canada doesn’t get these holiday blends.
Canada does get these! I’ve found them at Bulk Barn every year and stocked up.
I remember them being easier to find though! I think I used to buy them at safeway but I had trouble finding them this year. I didn’t realize I had a Bulk Barn so close, or I might have done that!
I couldn’t find any in my town :( Luckily, VariaTEA sent me a bunch.
Ummm….you might be getting more Roswell Strange :S. I know you said no but I won’t drink it so I figured this was it has the chance to be enjoyed.
Hah, that’s ok :) At least it wont increase my cupboard number ;)
I had no idea Bulk Barn carries them! Even the cookie one?
I saw them at Superstore (but they’re long gone now), but they all have gluten in them so I just pretended they didn’t exist. :)
I don’t know about the cookie, but I’ve got 3-4 boxes of Candy Cane Lane and Sugar Plum Spice stocked up to get me through the year!
OMG
I would not have expected to enjoy this as much as I have been. It’s so rich and creamy, and the lemon is like a custard: tart, yet sweet.
I will have to order teas from this company with the name I cannot pronounce or spell!
Thanks MissB!
I’m seeing so many great reviews for this company! I’ve shortened it in my mind to “TeaG” haha.
A lot of companies are actually sourcing their teas from them. Most of the tea at Tin Roof Teas and the place in Florida whose name I can’t remember was actually TeaG tea. Same picture, same description.
YUM!
This one sounds so cool! I think MissB is including some in my TeaG stuff. :)
I didn’t realise that, ashmanra! I wonder if that makes it easier to compare companies for shipping to Canada etc.
Nice, I’m going to have to bump them up on the priority list. :)
Their shipping to Canada is really reasonable, although you can only order 50-100g of their teas at a time, so sampling is definitely mandatory. So glad you’re enjoying it!
That’s pretty decent. I’m used to 50g minimums and I haven’t been disappointed yet by them, so I’d be willing to take a chance. ;D
Did I sent you any of their whiskey tea, or the bamboo pomelo? Both come to mind when I think of stellar teas from them.
giggles O’Connor’s Cream… :D
You did! I had the bamboo pomelo! :D Thanks again – I wouldn’t have tried them anytime soon if it wasn’t for you.
And hehe. I loved O’Connor’s Cream. :P
I’ve tried the Bamboo Pomelo too thanks to MissB. Wow, this one sounds great. I’ll add it to my wish list for when I place an order down the road.
