Lipton

Nott bad for Lipton. Malty, earthy, relatively rich, relatively intense. Certainly better than regular Lipton.

well, I sure was hatching something — COVID!
quickly made this in the kitchen (masked, of course) to bring to my bedroom; it’s not the best breakfast there is, but it beats getting my parents sick
this tea is not the worst thing out there, but it’s not really the best as well; I think not using boiling water was a good choice for this, as I can see the leaves burning easily

Having this on the hotel floor with some Bonne Mamman lemon tartellets, so it’s lemon galore!

On my phone so this log will be lacking details!

The hotel we’re staying at offers us tea, so this was a godsend after 20km of walking in a single day (yay Louvre!)
We are sharing a cup with our feet up, after a nice Italian dinner and anticipating tomorrow’s activities

What can I say here? It’s just a casual tea from a big company, nothi9ng spectacular, but not bas for “sipping while working”. A bit malty, with decent depth.

Used this guy to compose my Kombucha blend only. I don’t really like this one, although grassy, which is a good note, tastes too bitter for my taste.

Used mostly for brewing Kombucha. Plain old Lipton black tea, if you like sweetened iced tea, this tea will make you happy.

Very refreshing !

Cardboard with whiff of forest fruits, especially blackberries.

Applied to the PhD!
To celebrate both yesterday’s and today’s good things, I made the very wise decision of having double dessert — a fancy twix tasting yogurt thing, and an oreo petit gateau; both were really good!

now I’m going to drink a mug of this while enjoying a childhood favourite show, with my kitty on my lap and trying to focus on the good things

I’m already pretty tired (excitement does that to me), so this will also probably knock me out, meaning I won’t be stress-checking fogos.pt at crazy hours of the night

here’s to the good things!

went for this tonight, as I have a “big deal” meeting tomorrow and need to sleep well
I say it’s a “big deal” because, in fact, it’s supposed to be a casual 5-10 min chat, however, my PhD application is semi resting on it; moreover, I have to ask someone for something?? and a superior, no less??? my (new!!) advisor and all colleagues have calmed me, saying that this kind of request is very normal and not a big deal at all, but I just can’t seem to be, well, normal about any of this

As a side note, there is only one bag left on the box, meaning we’ve made our way through at least three boxes of Calm Head (or, as they say on the Portuguese box, SOS Head, which is infinitely funnier)
Lipton, if you ever start selling tins of this, or bigger boxes, know that my family will be a major client!!

made this because I was craving something warm, but the calming effects might be good for me today as well — bf got COVID on our travels, and I tend to be very anxious when it comes to health stuff (especially when it comes to him)
I’m fine though! he’s had symptoms for some days and we were together for the entire time we were in Paris, so if I were to have gotten it with him, I’d already be showing signs

tea in one hand, switch on the other, podcast on phone, life is good :)

my favorite night cap <3

Worse black tea ever. Full of lead and pesticides. <- facts

We have a ittle coffee/tea bar in the lunch room where I work and this is one of the offerings.
You pretty much get what is advertised; peach and mango with a little sweetness. Not a terrible choice if you’re after something strictly herbal but I prefer my tropical teas somewhat more juicy and flavourful.

So I bought something from Poshmark and the seller included a couple of fragrance samples and a bag of this tea (very sweet of her.)
I had coffee before work this morning and now I’m home from work, sipping this tea. I didn’t have high hopes as I’m not a huge fan of black tea but if you drown anything in enough honey, it’s going to make it nice and sweet and take away that strong bitterness and some of the astringency and that is exactly what I did. LOL
With the honey and some almond milk, it was quite good. I wouldn’t have enjoyed it otherwise. Still has a slightly astringent aftertaste but it’s nothing that I can’t tolerate.

This is a tea bag I picked up at a hotel in Kortrijk, Belgium a few months ago. I was quite impressed by the look of the Lipton tea bags nowadays, thinking that the tea might have improved as well, but there I was so wrong ;-)
The bag indicates “exclusive selection”, but I wonder what they consider “exclusive”. This is green tea without any flavour really, and any hotel that tries to guarantee a certain quality level should maybe ask a tea drinker for advice.

Straw-like nettle character and fairly natural mango make up a really nice, warming, pleasant aroma combination.
The taste is mainly nettle, with only a bit of mango showing through. It’s not bad but you can tell that this tea comes from a big company.

Aye, no. I don’t know what mum’s obsession with this tea is and why it’s most she drinks because… I actively dislike it. It tastes like rind. Don’t really have anything else to say about it.

I usually avoid this tea because of how I think it tastes weird, but when grandma makes you a cuppa…you drink it. Still think it tastes weird and I can’t put my finger on it. Here people claim this is “normal” tea and compare it to other “normal” tea which usually means Pickwick’s English Blend, but that one packs much more of a punch…

Do not be deceived: this is not green tea with citrus. This is weak lemonade. However, it’s not nastily artificially sweet, nor does it have enough citric acid to curl your tongue. And when it’s in triple digits and you’ve been doing VBS with a cluster of fourth graders , on ice, it’ll do. I brought the rest of the bottle home and halved it with some Brew La La strawberry green tea and it turned into a nice little fruit punch cooler.