Rosehips Send Message

It has been a week, lemmie tell you. Busy work week, an unpleasant anniversary, lots of people bothering me, both at work and in life.
Ugh. I wish to give it all up and move to some remote cottage, where I drink tea, read books, and work on my knitting projects forever. Hmm, not viable? Oh well, then I’ll go back to my normal routine, fortified with tea.
Noms. This tea is great when you look at the morning, think “ugh” at the world, but need to go deal with it anyway. Its light and beautifully fruity flavor shall keep me going.

My final cup of this, and I have managed to over steep it.
Ugh.
Its a perfectly respectable spice blend, with a touch of orange to it, but I’ve found it a little too heavy to bring it back into cupboard rotation. And its decidedly a one season tea, and that tea is winter. It would feel wrong to drink it in the warm weather.
So, a sipdown! Wahoo!

And sipdown!
This is a tea that I once really loved, but my love for it has waned a bit. I’m not sure if I’ll bring it back next year, as its no longer an obsession, just a very pleasant cup.
Another of the “winter” teas down! I am getting very pleased with the progress.

Rain! Yaaay!
I have no idea how many more rainy mornings we have on the horizon, so its time for some spicy tea.
In my sipdown mania I am looking forward to having this particular blend done. Its nice, but it doesn’t move me, and I’d like to spend more time with the teas that move me.

I am further through the tin of this than I thought! Good news!
I am still working on sipping down teas that seem “wintery” to me, as I’m really not going to want to even look at them when the really hot weather comes around.
I used to really adore this, and its still good, but its not perfect. I’m finding it heavier than it is in my memory, but hey.
Its funny how taste evolves. Or they secretly reformulated it….

And suddenly the rain, which made a brief comeback tour, is gone again, leaving me with the warmth and mild allergies of spring.
Well, time for the floral teas!
I don’t know whats with me this weekend, but I keep over steeping things, and alas this is no exception. It gets a touch bitter when oversteeped, so I’ve got to watch that.

I’m not sure that there is a happier state than an easy Sunday morning with a pot of tea and some toast and local honey.
Its on these sort of mornings that I reach for failsafe teas, warm and happy cups of joy, like this one.
The good news about my improved sipdowns is that I have more time to devote to drinking teas I really love, and I really love this one. Its sweet without being cloying, the stone fruit and honey blending perfectly with the base.
Aaaaah

Gack, I over steeped this today and it turned out bitter. Gack!

And this is a sipdown!
I liked the idea of this tea more than I actually liked the execution. The flavors didn’t quite meld together the way I was hoping for, but it wasn’t in any way unpleasant.
I don’t think its going to be a repeater, but I’d not turn a cup of it down, if offered.

Its a cooler morning, and we’re about to have a little streak of rain and cold, which makes me happy.
I’d really like to get some of my spicier teas drunk down before the hot weather really begins in earnest, and I won’t feel like reaching for Lapsangs or Chais.
This is quite spicy, but I keep thinking that its not as well balanced as I would hope it would be. But its not unpleasant, and its such a strong flavor that it really helps on the mornings like today), when I am so tired that it feels like an effort to sit upright.