BlueKittyMeow

BlueKittyMeow drank Silver Needle by Adagio Teas

I tried cold brewing for the first time last night – I set up a pitcher with silver needle and let it sit in the fridge overnight.
This is so refreshing! I love that there is no heat involved – it seems like magic or alchemy. The flavor is pretty good and it is so novel for me to have tea cold.

On a side note: My dachshund, Mycroft, is mad about this tea. He was trying to drink it through the thermos. I let him have two tiny tea leaves from the second steeping and he loved them. I wouldn’t let him have any more than that little taste because of the caffeine, but he loved what he got. Weird, huh?

2012-09-02 00:04:08 -0400

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Tawny Kira 2012-09-02 09:56:37 -0400

You have a dachsund named Mycroft… that is AWESOME.

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I’m a writer and as such, am obviously an emotional rollercoaster. I used to drink tea a lot more, but kind of stopped and switched to coffee. Now, after too much stress, I’m completely unable to drink coffee anymore, so I figured tea would fulfill some of my “awake” needs as well as calm my emotions. I’m working my way through a huge selection of samples of pretty much everything, leaving notes so I remember what I like.
I love being adventurous and trying new things, even (especially?) things that sound strange or off-putting. Aside from tea I also enjoy tasting wines. The last really interesting one I tried was a dandelion wine! (And yes, it actually was delicious. Extremely bizarre and herby, but delicious).

I don’t have a set of numerical ratings set down yet, mainly because I’m very intuitive (read: disorganized and opinionated) about how I rate things. Basically, If something is in the 70-85 range, it’s pretty good, totally drinkable. Below that, in the 50-69 range, it was probably incredibly boring. I really hate boring tea. Below 50, I wouldn’t drink it again and might not have finished it (I actually really hate leaving ratings below 50, it makes me feel bad. I’m probably too nice). If it’s above 85 then I really liked it. Super high ratings are reserved for teas that totally blew me away.