When Teavivre offered to send me more samples, I immediately had to request this one. Both because the school I went to had a mascot named Big Red (think McDonald’s Grimace, but red) and because our newest baby, a little redfoot tortoise, is named Da Hong Pao! We have three cats and a tortoise, and after the first cat, we got into the habit of tea names. We’ve an orange cat named Pekoe and a grey cat named Earlie. So, of course, when we decided on a red foot tortie, Da Hong Pao made perfect sense! We call her Pao or Pao Pao for short. For the record, our first cat is a brown tabby who is named Rosabella, but would have been Chai if we had been thinking of tea names back then.
Anyhoo, I don’t know that I’ve ever had a Da Hong Pao before this, and I’m not going back through 1000+ notes to figure out if I have. But dang, I should have! This is roasty, toasty goodness and I think I’m in love. Reminds me of home, with tobacco smoke and an underlying nuttiness that takes this tea to another level. I’m on my second steep of a sample packet in a Bubble Teapot (24 ounces) and, as is my habit, I dumped the leaves into a DT Mason Jar (25 oz) to coldbrew overnight. I want to get every last drop of goodness out of these amazing samples, but I’m way too lazy to gong fu. But I see an order in the near future, once the moneytree comes into bloom.
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….you went to WKU?
LOL Yes, yes I did!
Wow small world, so did I!
That’s awesome! I was there from 2003 until 2008.
You didn’t have a teacher named Renaud did you?
Off the top of my head, no, but maybe? What does he teach?
It’s a she, she teaches speech or public speaking or something in that department.
I don’t think so, but I’m terrible with names :(
She is my sister, and you would probably have hated her! Haha.
Ha! I remember now, my public speaking class was a summer course taught by some guy. The only thing I remember from the class is one of the speeches we had to do was a demonstration, and so someone showed how to cut a pineapple. I learned that fresh pineapple makes a hangover much, much worse XD
Parties at Western? Nah. At least not that my parents knew.
It’s a dry campus, dontcha know ;)
….you went to WKU?
LOL Yes, yes I did!
Wow small world, so did I!
That’s awesome! I was there from 2003 until 2008.
You didn’t have a teacher named Renaud did you?
Off the top of my head, no, but maybe? What does he teach?
It’s a she, she teaches speech or public speaking or something in that department.
I don’t think so, but I’m terrible with names :(
She is my sister, and you would probably have hated her! Haha.
Ha! I remember now, my public speaking class was a summer course taught by some guy. The only thing I remember from the class is one of the speeches we had to do was a demonstration, and so someone showed how to cut a pineapple. I learned that fresh pineapple makes a hangover much, much worse XD
Parties at Western? Nah. At least not that my parents knew.
It’s a dry campus, dontcha know ;)