Mmm! Perfect Thanksgiving tea is perfect. Happy Thanksgiving to all the fellow Canadians on Steepster! It’s a lonely Thanksgiving for me – Tre went back to Regina to see his Dad and Grandma, Robyn and her roommate Casey are both with family and out of town (I’m not even sure when they get back), my new friend James is probably going to be busy this evening having supper with his mom and sister, even our landlord Rob and his daughter Maria are off at their cabin celebrating, and all my family is back in Regina…
I could have gone to visit for a few days, but I thought I’d be working so I stayed in Saskatoon. However, I ended up with the day off so it’s just me, but I’m making the most of it! Instead of turkey I’ve made myself a yummy tofu chicken burger sandwich with cucumber and some Pumpkin Chai tea instead of Pumpkin pie. Plus, I have ANTM episodes to catch up on, and Pokemon Y to keep me company!
For anyone currently playing through X or Y right now, this is how my team stands: I’m using a Farfetch’d (Churro), Frogadier (Ebonezer), Fletchling (Jaqcuimo), Dunsparce (Chinoko), and Floette (Titania), all of which are currently level 23. I just passed route 5 and anticipate that I’ll be facing the second gym leader soon. Also, kudos to you if you can get any of the (relatively stretched) references for my nicknames!
But anyway, back to the tea! I added some milk and honey since I really enjoyed the last cup I had of this which was prepared that way. I steeped 1 1/2 tsp. for the full 6 minutes. I’m finding this cup to be a bit more spiced tasting than I’ve had in the past, but it hasn’t reached an undesirable level of spice, so that’s good. Maybe it’s because it’s Thanksgiving and I’m finding myself waxing nostalgic for some actual Pumpkin Pie, but I’m really wishing this was sweeter with the pumpkin taste just a touch more prominent. If I had vanilla creamer or flavoured agave, I bet I could really replicate the taste of Pumpkin Pie and vanilla ice cream, minus the flakey crust. Oh well, this is still really good and hitting most of the right buttons today.
I’m not sure whether the follow up tea to this should be Cantaloupe and Cream since I have leaves to resteep, Goji Pop which is nice and melony also and which I’d love to try as a soda or S’mores/Minty Cow because I could go for chocolate right now too… Tough choices.
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m glad you still celebrated. I was in the same boat yesterday.