I opened the bag, and sniffed. Wasn’t in love with the smell. I then dumped a perfect spoonful into a Davids tea bag. Oh look! My teabag is defective and the tea is now ALL over the floor :D
I should have taken this as a sign. I brewed it. Took one sip – terrible. I tried again. Sometimes it takes me a minute to warm up to a tea. Nope. Life’s too short to waste precious time on sub-par tea. Down the sink it went.
Tea literally gets me through the day. I start with something caffeinated in the morning, then usually a re-steep or less caffeinated tea mid morning and work my way to a herbal by night.
Green tea and oolong are top in my books. I recently discovered that I LOVE genmaicha – but I get why it’s not for everyone. My favourite flavours right now are lime, lavender and mint. I tend to dislike teas that have raisins or hibiscus, and I’m not fond of weak fruit infusions.
A lot of my teas come from Davidstea. I also have some Teavana and Tealish. When I can, I try to pick up unique teas. My most prized tea is a tea from Ste Anne’s Spa in Grafton, Ont called Cinnamon Glow.
Hamilton, On
