Today I have not been lucky with tea. First I spilled my cold brewed EGC all over the floor, then I had a mishap with this one! The top seems to be kind of loose, and it exploded EVERYWHERE when I tried to move it. Thankfully, it exploded over the floor I’d literally just cleaned because I spilled iced tea… so at least I was able to salvage all of the leaves. However, they didn’t all fit. Somehow they fit before the explosion, but not after? Anyway, I wasn’t planning on making any of this today but I had a heaping teaspoon of extra leaves with no place to go so I made it hot over ice.
It’s a way I haven’t used to make iced tea in a long time, and I’m so used to cold brewing that I found myself pretty sensitive to the bitterness here. Granted, it’s very very mild and is probably because I spazzed out and the water was too hot, so I won’t count that against the tea. It’s just funny how smooth cold brews are compared to the over-ice method! This is a mildly tart, fruity tea. The raspberry is definitely front and center, though I don’t know if I would really identify the other fruit as pomegranate if I didn’t know it was there. To me, pomegranate is rich and silky while this is bright and fruity. Not exactly a negative, but I did expect more, well, punch and tartness.
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Dang rough day! Hope it gets easier!
I followed up this mishap by choking on a piece of pizza while watching Project Runway haha. Definitely not my best day ever!
I think their tins are packed a little too tight and are a little too narrow.
They’re stuffed pretty full which makes me a bit nervous about opening them until I’ve used up a few cups, but the top on this one was extra loose. I had to tape it down since it popped off twice after the first incident!
I appreciate lots of tea-but what good is it if it gets spilled?
Regarding the lids-I had one or two get dented in shipping-maybe that’s why you have a real loose one?
I just checked and indeed, the tin is dented quite a bit which I think is making the top too wide. :/ I do like their teas but I wish they were packaged a tad better.
Yeah, I realize the tea is in tins, but they are brutalized in shipping, so some protective packaging is needed.
I have heard (but not sure if this is true) that when a tin gets dented, it’s no longer airtight and you lose a lot of the benefit of having your tea in a tin.
That’s a little worrisome, perhaps I’ll transfer it to a different container then!
Dang rough day! Hope it gets easier!
I followed up this mishap by choking on a piece of pizza while watching Project Runway haha. Definitely not my best day ever!
I think their tins are packed a little too tight and are a little too narrow.
They’re stuffed pretty full which makes me a bit nervous about opening them until I’ve used up a few cups, but the top on this one was extra loose. I had to tape it down since it popped off twice after the first incident!
I appreciate lots of tea-but what good is it if it gets spilled?
Regarding the lids-I had one or two get dented in shipping-maybe that’s why you have a real loose one?
I just checked and indeed, the tin is dented quite a bit which I think is making the top too wide. :/ I do like their teas but I wish they were packaged a tad better.
Yeah, I realize the tea is in tins, but they are brutalized in shipping, so some protective packaging is needed.
I have heard (but not sure if this is true) that when a tin gets dented, it’s no longer airtight and you lose a lot of the benefit of having your tea in a tin.
That’s a little worrisome, perhaps I’ll transfer it to a different container then!