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drank Lady Londonderry by Metropolitan Tea Company
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Picture it: Tennessee. 2011. (Ah, Golden Girls, I love you)

Anyway, my parents and wife are watching Ghost Hunters, and I’m bored out of my mind, so I update steepster with the teas the wonderful SimplyJenW sent me. I look up the Lady Londonderry and squeak happily during a quiet moment in the show, scaring the crap out of everyone in the room XD. I opened up the package and the scent of Strawberry Lemonade washed over me….oooooh yes. I’m in love. I don’t care that it’s nine pm. I need a cup of this now.

The taste delivers on what the scent promised…it tastes like a strawberry lemonade tea and I love it. It is beautiful. I am very grateful to Jen for sending me so much, and I am very excited to find it is Metropolitan Tea Company. One of their warehouses is literally around the corner from our home, so I can find most of their teas in the area. I can’t wait to get to Kensington and see if they have it, though I’m sure they do.

SimplyJenW, I can’t thank you enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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SimplyJenW
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You are welcome! If you get to go to that warehouse, look for Bourbon Street Vanilla Rooibos. It is a Metro tea and one you really like, right? (I hit a free shipping sale at the English Tea Store and I am stocked!)

SimplyJenW
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Duh..not the warehouse, but look for it at the local places. That will teach me to read late at night…

Indigobloom
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Sounds like you’re having a nice trip! and that tea… oh yummmm

MaddHatter
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This sounds amazing! Where do I get me some of this?!

Daddyselephant
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If the tea shop I have in mind carries it, I will happily send some your way!

MaddHatter
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I would greatly appreciate a sample!

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SimplyJenW
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You are welcome! If you get to go to that warehouse, look for Bourbon Street Vanilla Rooibos. It is a Metro tea and one you really like, right? (I hit a free shipping sale at the English Tea Store and I am stocked!)

SimplyJenW
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Duh..not the warehouse, but look for it at the local places. That will teach me to read late at night…

Indigobloom
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Sounds like you’re having a nice trip! and that tea… oh yummmm

MaddHatter
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This sounds amazing! Where do I get me some of this?!

Daddyselephant
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If the tea shop I have in mind carries it, I will happily send some your way!

MaddHatter
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I would greatly appreciate a sample!

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Formerly aisling of tea, now you can call me ele .

“You can forgive a murder, but never a mistake while preparing tea.” Chinese proverb

Labels? Here you go: Femme, Wife, Lesbian, Homemaker, Happy. Don’t forget tea fanatic!

New label as of May, 2015: Diabetic. I’m using tea to satisfy my sweet tooth cravings and keep me hydrated without hurting my system or messing with my blood sugar.

Ah, tea. My love for you is ever changing. At my last update, I was all about the rooibos and now I hardly drink it. I only occasionally had an oolong and now I have one just about every day. I’ve learned the art of resteeping and coldbrewing and kombucha. I have a lovely little tea pet named…well, I haven’t decided on a name for him yet. I also have five! live pets, a tabby cat named Rosabella Francis (Bella for short), a ginger cat named Orange Julius Pekoe (Pekoe), a white and grey cat named Earl Jean Grey (Earlie), a tuxedo cat (and the only boy in the house) Prince Erik Darien Darjeeling (JiJi) and a red foot tortoise named Da Hong Pao (Pao). So if you see me referring to my girls, I don’t have kids, just animals.

As for tea, I love oolongs, herbals, and black tea. Since I am no longer working, I no longer feel the constant need for a mate energy boost, though I do still reach for it from time to time. I also drink less matcha, though I do throw a spoonful or two in when I’m making smoothies. Most of my tea I drink coldbrewed, and since I discovered coldbrewed rooibos was giving me headaches, I’m drinking less and less of it. Straight pu-erh is not a thing I enjoy, but there are a few flavored blends I like. Greens are still too finicky for me to bother with hot, but they make great cold brews.

I am by no means a tea purist. I greatly enjoy flavored teas and I put stevia in all of my teas. It’s just how I do.

I think I’m going to name my tea pet Mr. Turtle. Even though he’s a tortoise.

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