Darjeeling-Ceylon Iced Tea Blend Tea by Upton Tea Imports

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On my way home, I was thirsty so I stopped at a QT gas station for a quart of soda for $.69, horrible. But $.69 for that much fountain Coke Zero, count me in. The cups they have are so nice I can’t imagine throwing them away; it’s a nice sturdy plastic cup and blue lid, so I thought it would be perfect to reuse to make iced tea. I cold steeped 4 teaspoons of this overnight and am now enjoying it with my mall pretzel. I went to return pants for my mom and returned with lipstick, a candle, and a pretzel. Oops.

This is delicious without any additions. I thought I may need to add like a flavoring syrup for a bit of a punch, but no way. Definitely needs no sugar. It’s very refreshing, and I’m glad I got 125g of it because I can see myself going through the quart cup of this a day! I can taste both the Darjeeling and the Ceylon and they really make a great iced tea combined like this. Sometimes you just need an iced tea that isn’t flavored, and I think I found mine without really trying…of course it helped that they label it as an iced tea blend.

2012-05-31 13:22:13 -0400

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Is anyone watching the transit of Venus? So cool! I wish I knew sooner than yesterday morning so I could have gotten some of those eclipse glasses, but at least I can see it online. NASA oddly enough has on someone from my university right now! I didn’t know there was even an astronomy program, although it looks like it might be graduate studies only and that’s why I had no idea.

I got a new bottle for taking tea along with me to summer classes, 28oz and it’s supposed to stay cold with this cold pack inside of it…didn’t really work yesterday and it wasn’t even hot outside.

So I filled it up with this yesterday, but I didn’t finish it so I’ve been working on it today too. I made it a bit weaker than last time, but it’s still really good. I almost want to try a different Darjeeling cold brewed since this one works so well, but for the price this seriously cannot be beat, even if it’s a blend.

If you’re looking for a good, cheap black tea for iced tea, this is definitely something to consider…one note though, you might never want to touch unsweet tea not made at home ever again. I may have gotten some earlier today while out and immediately tossed it because it just tasted gross after having this lovely tea.

2012-06-05 19:11:49 -0400

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Iced tea time again! Although my head’s still pretty messed up, I can kind of taste things again. I can’t tell that it’s somewhat hot outside. Feels so good to me because inside, I’m cold and it’s 74 in here…hahaha.

It’s been awhile since I’ve had this one though it feels like I went through at least 1 1/2 oz of it last year. This is definitely going to be my staple iced tea though. I have 3 pitchers and I’m ready to make iced tea out of them all summer long.

I’ve had my Takeya pitcher since last year and I realize it’s quite difficult to make sure all the tea actually infuses. When I took the infuser tube thing out, the tea up top was bone dry. Anyone have a preferred method for preventing that? I was thinking of just dunking it in the water I put in the pitcher before attaching it to the lid. I really wish I had one like the one DavidsTea is selling where the filter goes down much further into the pitcher :(

Anyway! This is like my ideal straight black iced tea blend. And it’s so cheap! Not even $6 for 125g. It does get a bit plain, I really should just try sweetening it a tad. But honestly I don’t know if I can taste things still, I kind of gave up and have only eaten bread today. Still tastes like Darjeeling and Ceylon to me though so that’s good.

Mostly it’s just thirst quenching, you know. Just refreshing. If the sound of cars didn’t make my head spin, I’d sit on the patio with the pitcher and enjoy being warm.

2013-05-15 15:17:45 -0400