Angrboda

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I’m having this one this morning, not because I wanted to (I’d rather have had some Tan Yang) or because I’m particularly fond of it (actually I took the rating down a little), but out of some feeble hope for relief.

I woke up with my throat feeling terribly sore and I’ve eaten a strepsils which helped some but not totally. I don’t know if it really is something or if I’ve just been snoring a lot while sleeping, but either way, it still hurts. So I picked this tea not because of the flavour but because it often feels kind of viscous to drink and I figured it might be easier to swallow than other teas. If my throat hurts, I find it easier to drink viscous things like for example milk.

I gave it a pretty short steep because that’s what the timer was set at from last night and I couldn’t be arsed to change it when it was much easier to just press start, and it hasn’t actually developed much of that viscosity at all.

I might as well have made a Tan Yang after all. Can’t win them all, I guess.

2010-10-06 01:40:10 -0400

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Auggy 2010-10-06 10:05:43 -0400

Awww, poor Angrboda. I hope you feel better, too!

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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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