Auggy

It seems to be super-fashionable to flavour tea with cucumber these days. I must admit I can’t really see the appeal at all. Especially not after Ricky shared that cucumber white from Adagio with me. That was horrid.

Someone once gave me a sample box of Tazo bags. I think it had maybe twenty different bags in it or something. There wasn’t a single one of them that I liked. Some were tolerable and the others were full of the dreaded hibiscus. It was years ago, but it was a sufficiently bad taste experience to turn me off the brand completely.

Hmm. I don’t see the appeal either. Cucumber is so non-flavorful. And OMG, wasn’t that Adagio cucumber tea weird and horrid?

I can see how massive amounts of Tazo could turn one off of the brand entirely. Thankfully this one wasn’t bad. I don’t think I’d intentionally buy it or anything, but very drinkable (and hibiscus free!).

It was! I have rarely been subjected to something so vile. O.O For a while I was fairly curious about those Adagio blends with sweet potato and whatever the others were, I forget, mostly because they sounded so bizarre, but after trying the cucumber, I rather lost interest. I prefer my cucumbers raw or pickled, thank you. Absolutely no exceptions.

Yes, that was a flop indeed. The sender wasn’t a tea drinker himself, I think his thought was just to send me something that I couldn’t get in Denmark. So I got the Tazo box and some variety boxes of Celestial Seasoning, only one of which was actual tea. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts and he did his best and such.

I liked the toasted sesame since it made me think of unadon (grilled eel rice bowl), which is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. But still, that’s pretty weird.

I suppose I am naive, but part of me really believes that there could be hidden tea gems in the mass market teabag lines, like Tazo or Stash. I’m probably wrong, but my optimistic nature continues to believe.