Angrboda

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Angrboda drank Vanilla Almond by Custom

Goodmorning Steepster.

Continuing on the almond pandemic we’ve had around the site lately, after I went to bed last night and just on the verge of sleeping, this combination popped into my head.

Usually I have noticed a trend of preferring green and white in my travel mug in the morning, but today I wanted to try this, so black it was.

I took half and half (just about) of Adagio’s Vanilla black tea and the black almond tea from my local shop, Den Lille Tebutik (they’ve changed their name since, though, due to having been sold, so now I’m debating whether or not to edit the teas I’ve logged from there).

It worked really well. The two flavours suited each other and the vanilla countered some of the enormous sweetness of the almond and making it less of a dessert tea. I really liked this combination and will have to see if aforementioned local shop have a vanilla tea so I can try to recreate it.

2009-11-06 01:48:14 -0500

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Cofftea 2009-11-06 09:52:51 -0500

If you like that blend, check these out!

http://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=4403&sid=d5b63f6502d37aab8c22901116bceba4&scrollTop=0

52teas also has a vanilla bean cheesecake chai

http://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=7667&sid=d5b63f6502d37aab8c22901116bceba4&scrollTop=0

Angrboda 2009-11-06 11:23:01 -0500

The thing about Adagio is that their European store has a very limited selection compared to the american store. And since I’m in Denmark… shopping from Adagio is just WAY too expensive when I have to pay a third to a half of the price of the tea just in shipping fees and VAT and customs. I’ve shopped there once and I liked it a lot. But it’s just too expensive to do again. I can’t do any better than try to imitate.

Jillian 2009-11-06 13:06:34 -0500

What is this now? Pimp My Tea?! LOL XD

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Angrboda felt her bio needed to be re-written, but she failed to consider what she wanted it to say instead.

Um…

Okay. Ang prefers black teas and the darker sorts of oolongs. She has to be in the mood for green and white and she enjoys, but knows little to nothing about, pu-erh.

Her preferences with black teas are the Chinese ones, particularly from Fujian, but also Keemun and just about anything smoky. She occasionally enjoys Yunnans but they’re not favourites.

She is sceptical about Indian blacks as she generally finds them too astringent and too easy to get wrong. She doesn’t really care for Darjeelings at all.

She likes flavoured teas as well, particularly fruit flavoured ones, but also has an obsession with finding the Perfect Vanilla Flavoured Black.

However, she thinks Earl Grey is generally kind of boring. Cinnamon and ginger are also not really a hit, and she’s not very fond of chais. Evil hibiscus is evil. Even in small amounts, and yes, Ang can usually detect hibiscus, mostly by way of the metallic flavour of blood it has.

Ang is not super impressed with rooibos or honeybush. She doesn’t care for either, really, but when they are flavoured, there have been known to be surprising exceptions to this rule.

Ang has a number of teas that she regards her Standard Panel and will always try to have on hand.
-Lapsang Souchong, any brand really, but preferably AC Perchs.
-Blackberry flavoured black or similar, any brand.
-Late Summer Blend, AC Perchs
-Raspberry Oolong, AC Perchs OR Red Fruits Oolong, Le Palais des Thes
-Caramel, Kusmi OR Toffee, Le Palais des Thes
-Something orange flavoured, black or pu-erh, any brand.
-Tan Yang Te Ji, Teaspring OR Bai Lin Gongfu, Teavivre
-A good Keemun, any brand.
-The Perfect Vanilla Black if and when she ever finds it…

Angrboda is almost always open to swapping. Just ask her.

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