This is a queued tasting note.
So, a mutual friend of both my roommate’s and I has never seen the LoTR series so Cathryn and I decided that we’d sit her down and force her to watch it. So far we’ve only watched the first one with her, but it was a blast. She was super into the movie and we had a great time providing our own commentary about the obvious sexual tension between Frodo and Sam. We also had LoTR themed shots! Well, shot. A few of them each, though.
The shot is called a “Hobbit” and for anyone interested here was the recipe:
- A splash of Kahlua
- 1/2 oz of Amaretto
- 1/2 oz of Silver Tequila
They’re not really the smoothest shots in the world, but they’re honestly not bad either. And it was pretty cool having themed “drinks” with the movie. I’ll have to find a different one for when we watch the second movie…
Apart from alcohol, I also had a nine steep Gong Fu session using this tea in my Wuyi dedicated yixing pot. I didn’t take notes during the session like I normally do because I was watching a movie with friends at the time, but I do recall really getting some stronger mineral and char notes with my first infusions and then eventually settling into a nice, roasty medium bodied flavour with most of the following infusions. Nutty notes, cinnamon notes, notes of wood, a touch of malt? But only a touch. Near the end more of a transition to somewhat floral notes and a fruity undertone.
Lovely session overall. Kind of liked the flavour profile paired alongside the movie; I’ll admit to not being the biggest LoTR fan and I haven’t read the books (apart from bits of pieces of The Silmarillion) so I don’t know if there’s a tea that the hobbits drink in ‘canon’ during afternoon tea or elevenses but I feel like I can see them enjoying this one. Those first few, rougher infusions also made me feel like it captured the overall feel of the grimy, ‘abandoned’ mines of Moria we see in the movie. You know, prior to when shit hits the fan and the fellowship gets attacked.