Dylan Oxford

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English Breakfast from Tropical Tea Company

Dylan Oxford drank English Breakfast by Tropical Tea Company

I’m not a particularly sophisticated guy. I like movies with things that blow up. Crude jokes make me laugh. I lounge around in athletic wear on the weekends with no intention to do anything athletic whatsoever.

I either lack the imagination or vocabulary to describe a perfectly innocent, stoic, pure black tea like this one. It has the earthy flavor that I love in black tea, the slight crispness, the lingering taste that reminds you that your mouth hasn’t completely purged itself of your last drink.

But that’s it, it’s just a good staple black tea. It’s like the tea you’d serve if the cops came over. You don’t want to serve bad tea, because you’d look like a schmuck. You don’t want to serve AMAZING tea, because you don’t want to seem like you’re trying to distract them. So you brew middle-of-the-road, English Breakfast. And here we are.

2012-03-24 18:31:25 -0400

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Azzrian 2012-03-24 19:23:23 -0400

In my tennis shorts thinking of you – not even planning to watch tennis.

Azzrian 2012-03-24 22:57:46 -0400

LOL i did NOT mean that in a creep way – just read it again and thought hmmm that sounds wrong. :p

Dylan Oxford 2012-03-24 23:34:30 -0400

Hahaha, yeah, I think I got you, no worries :)

Missy 2012-03-25 00:20:11 -0400

LOL too funny Azz. :D

Azzrian 2012-03-25 00:33:17 -0400

ROFL yeah every time I read it again it sounds more and more perverse!! Cracking myself up here. Missy lol thanks for having a great sense of humor lol I was thinking OH *&%! she is going to think I am hitting on her man hahahaha.

Dylan Oxford 2012-03-25 01:02:38 -0400

Now now girls, lets not have any hostili-tea!

Azzrian 2012-03-25 01:57:08 -0400

Ha! Punny aren’t ya!

Missy 2012-03-25 12:38:21 -0400

Heh, I’ve made that same sort of mistake many times in my life. Silly man! See why I like him, he is always a blast to be around.

Azzrian 2012-03-25 16:28:12 -0400

He was probably hoping for a cat fight over him huh? LOL

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My fiancé and I are beginning to enjoy tea infusion, and it’s slowly becoming an interesting hobby that the two of us can share. Maybe not slowly… it’s somewhat amazing how much tea you can buy when everything looks shiny and new.

Tea Rating system:

90 – 100: This is a tea I will always have on hand at work, and at home. I will leave it on altars as offerings of perfection.

80 – 89: This, or one of it’s close cousins, will likely be in my cabinet at home. When this tea runs out, I will buy more. I’ll always wonder if there is something better, but be too afraid to look to stray from home to find it.

70 – 79: Definitely good, but not a clear winner. I enjoy it, I’ll finish it, but I probably won’t buy it again until I’ve exhausted all other versions of this product from any reputable retailer. Though, it may enjoy a resurrection for custom blending.

60 – 69: This tea is okay, but definitely not something I’m going to brew again. I’m going to give what I have left away.

30 – 59: I didn’t finish drinking this tea. I actually poured it out, and went for something else. I’ll still give this tea away, but I’ll do it with a warning and a plead for forgiveness.

0 – 29: This tea is riding securely towards an iceberg at the helm of the failboat. I’ve taken this out of my tea tin, and laid it on a napkin as potpurri. I do not consider it fit for human consumption.