Made this to-go in my travel mug to enjoy on the drive up to Apple Hill yesterday. That’s right! It was time for our annual trip up to Apple Goodie Land!!! This tea was still amazingly delicious in my travel mug…again, chocolate-y with a hint of smoke. The drive up there is about an hour and a half and so worth it! I was worried it was going to rain, but it stayed dry the whole time! We met friends there, and they just got a new puppy, a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, who we got to meet. Super cute!!

As I always do when we go up to Apple Hill, I inhaled an apple dumpling with cider sauce and vanilla ice cream first thing. We also bought two trays of apple strudel, apples, apple chipotle grilling sauce, apple pumpkin butter, honey, a pumpkin,…oh, and my favorite soap vendor is up there too! So fun!!! I wish we could do this more than once a year. Maybe I can sneak in one more visit!

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Another profile facelift! My tastes have changed a lot from when I first discovered loose leaf tea.

I can trace my tea journey back to October 2012, when I discovered DavidsTea. Before that, I had the occasional cup and enjoyed high tea at An Afternoon to Remember, which has since closed.

I went through a period of wanting to try all the teas, and was really into flavored teas, especially dessert blacks, but my tastes have substantially changed over time.

I still enjoy the occasional flavored black or rooibos, but I’m more into unflavored black teas right now and recently, puerh. Chinese black teas are amazing…with their notes of chocolate or sweet potato, who needs a flavored tea? I had a much steeper learning curve when it came to puerh. I used to dump out cups of puerh for tasting like leather. Now, I am really enjoying them. I think it took finding good quality puerh and steeping them gong fu style to really enjoy them.

I also, on occasion, enjoy a good oolong, white, or green tea.

Favorite tea companies right now include: Mandala, Teavivre, Butiki, Golden Moon, Lupicia, and DavidsTea (for teaware mostly).

Just a note: I don’t rate my teas numerically because my iPad doesn’t like the scroll bar. Maybe someday that will change…hint hint, steepster! ;)

P.S. My profile picture is of one of my 2 cats, Holly, who is a little princess but very photogenic, and she loves boxes, including those that bring me tea! :)

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