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This tea was such a surprise. It was fruity, so much so that it almost tasted like a flavored tea. I also detected some notes of citrus and even apples. I think it’s also a great value.

I have discovered that I like smooth and velvety qualities in my tea and this is indeed smooth and velvety and I’m having it with a pink frosted cupcake!
People who don’t like cupcakes must be evil :)
Just discovered this vendor: http://www.postcardteas.com/
I love the concept – well done!

I love the sweetness of this tea: it’s not sugary/candy like sweetness. It’s rather honey, smell of wild flowers kind of sweetness. Uplifts my mood instantly.

This tea does not disappoint. I’m having steep #3 and it’s still awesome.

I’m sipping Golden curls and having 2 tea cookies. What I like about these cookies the most is that they are small, for me it’s just the right amount. These are classic, old school cookies with butter and other good stuff in them.

It was indeed much sweeter than I expected. Very refreshing, smooth and sweet.

I have a soft spot for Darjeeling tea. It’s smooth, delightful, very little astringency. It’s not overly dark or intense, just very enjoyable.

I have added some new artwork with “I love tea” message here:
http://www.antemeridiemdesign.com/fun/tea/

If you like it feel free to use it :) Personal use only.
Intended for: printing on a t-shirt, bag, hoodie or anything you like.
Clarification: Keep in mind that on the monitor the size looks huge but when printed it will be much smaller.

Have to admit this one is not my favorite. It’s o.k. , just not my favorite. I can hardly taste anything but the mint. Mint is one of those flavors that just takes over and pretty much “kills” anything else.

Had this tea with apple pancakes. All the ingredients for the pancakes came from my local farmers market. This was most excellent combo.

It’s Friday and I feel it. This tea, however, keeps my eyes open and mind alert. I have it as usual: no milk, no sweetener of any kind. I like it just the way it is.

Here’s some tea related artwork I recently created. It’s free for anyone to use.
I have already printed the design on an off-white canvas tote bag.
Link: http://www.antemeridiemdesign.com/fun/tea/

If you like it feel free to re-post the link.

Sipping my moderately warm cup of Anhui Keemun and trying to relax a bit. The tea is malty/leathery/smokey and complements my French apple tart well. Just launched my website re-design so I feel I deserve a little break http://www.antemeridiemdesign.com/

It is official: tea disappears in our household at an alarming rate. I got a neat little package from 52teas and I’m trying Jasmine Grey right now. It smells like bubble gum or gummy bears … ah the simple pleasures of childhood. The taste is really pleasant: not overly sweet, with some underlying citrus tartness which I really like. Most of the time I drink unflavored teas but I’m not a tea purist so I do enjoy flavors as well and this is definitely enjoyable.

Here goes the last bit of Spring Darjeeling. I like this enough to reorder. Furthermore, I will probably order Darjeeling Sungma Summer as well. There are certain names that to me sound fascinating and “Dar-jee-ling” is one of them. I just like repeating it as the sound of it is beautiful. Or “Coconut Pouchong” – it’s bouncy and fun.
I look into my glass cup – only a few sips left. I will enjoy them as much as I can.

So many teas, so little time … I mentally examine the contents of my cupboard and yet again am drawn to Anhui Keemun. I never measure anything, just eyeball so sometimes my tea comes out great and sometimes not so much.
Tonight it perhaps could have been stronger but still very enjoyable.

After 5 cups (and I don’t mean smallish Asian style cups) of Anhui Keemun today is there room for more tea? Sure, there is: sipping the second steep of Spring Darjeeling and it does not disappoint. It’s fresh and smooth, slightly vegetal. Quite delightful.
Just ordered Apple Matcha and Jasmine Grey from 52teas – looking forward to try those.

It doesn’t taste like a black tea, it’s light, aromatic with hints of fruity sweetness. It’s one of my mid day teas, I find it refreshing and unobtrusive.

Browsing and sipping the third steep of Anhui Keemun to postpone writing client e-mails. I like that the smokiness is definitely there but it doesn’t smell or taste like smoked meat water or bacon infused tea. It’s just dark, smooth and smokey in the right kind of way.

I’m in awe of this tea. It’s smells like dark leather, horses, tobacco. It’s buttery smooth, sexy, strong. The difference between this tea and cheaper teas in my opinion is that you need just a tiny bit for a strong cup of tea and you can do multiple infusions and every time it will taste good.

No notes yet.

Slowly sipping this slightly tart green tea. It’s a nice kind of tartness though, not too overwhelming. The tea is luke warm which works out pretty well this hot and sticky evening.
Created a new signature blend AMERICANA http://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=13675&SID=43bf99bfa843428f1510b5151281c673
I remember the first time I came to the US as a tourist (which was quite a while ago) I noticed an ad that said: “Europen quality”. At the time that seemed so funny to me: are they assuming that American quality is not good enough? Anyway, this blend is a little/tiny tribute to fine American quality :)

My daughter thought this tea smells like rain water, my husband said it smells a little bit like chocolate and I thought it smells like hay/grass/ grains/barley. The leaves look beautiful: dark and twisted. Taste: nutty/grainy/hearty. Turns out I like Wuyi teas…
Leaving for vacation tomorrow, will be completely unplugged for a week but I will take some tea with me, that’s for sure.

I’m seriously addicted to this tea. I like the smoothness, richness, natural sweetness, the fact that you can do 5 infusions and it still tastes great (and I like my tea strong).
I basically drink it non stop :)

I had just a tiny bit left. Not really enough to make a decent cup. So I decided to improvise a bit and added some Huang Jin Bolero. That was not a good idea at all. Oh, well I have nobody else to blame for this fiasco … Anyway, just ordered Golden Curls again.

My mouth is slightly tingling from the spicy peppers I just had. I drizzled them with a tiny bit of rosemary sencha tea oil http://market.bonteavant.com/rosemary-sencha-tea-oil-AretteRosemarySenchaOil.htm which I got thanks to the promotion here. “Rosemary sencha tea oil” sounds so fancy and evokes so many images in my mind. It tastes really good and you need just a tiny bit. Finishing it all of with some jasmine tea which seems just a perfect match.