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March Scavenger Hunt Prompt #5 – a sleepytime tea

I am actually drinking this packaged as Draught of Peace, but it is the same tea. I can’t believe it doesn’t even have a listing because I have had several pouches of it and could have sworn I reviewed it before.

Basically, the cuppageek caffeine free blends were just about the only such blends that I consider to be actually delicious and not just okay. Nichole avoided all the things I avoid in herbals, like stevia and everything single thing being hibiscus based.

This pretty blue tisane is lightly minty with appley chamomile. It is relaxing. I am on my last pouch and I will definitely miss it.

My fourth scavenger hunt tea! The prompt was to drink a green tea and I thought this would be a good pairing for waffles with baked apples and whipped cream this morning. It was super mild, with delicious apple flavor, but rather overwhelmed by the food.

After breakfast we had a couple of cups left (I had made a huge pot) and that was when I enjoyed it most. The green tea base was much more present and the apple flavor was very natural and sweet.

Honey flavor wasn’t an option when I was putting in the ingredients to list this tea, so I had to put honey instead.

I would love to see this available loose leaf someday, but it is good enough that if sachets are the only way to get it, I would still repurchase. It isn’t one I have to have on hand at all times, but definitely one I would like to revisit periodically.

I am attempting to complete the scavenger hunt for March in order, so today I am doing the third prompt in the list – drink a French tea.

I absolutely adore the aroma of this tea. It captivates me. I am not a huge Earl Gray fan but on the right base, I like bergamot fine. There are several teas with bergamot and additional flavors that I find much more charming. This tea has got to be at the top of the list for those.

This tea actually reminds me a bit of Parker’s Blend from Cuppageek. I still have a bit of this left, but when I run out I think there will have to be a TheOdor order placed.

I really like this tea and Nostalgia by the same company, especially for breakfast. This one is my floral tea for the scavenger hunt, but it is far from a sipdown. These are big bags!

The rose flavor is rich, and sometimes tastes like peppery rose. It reminds me of the scent of Fresh Cut Roses from Yankee Candle. The black tea base is pretty smooth and doesn’t make me reach for milk or sugar, but after drinking a couple of cups it does have an enjoyable briskness, which is why it goes so well with breakfast.

I am using this as my “no longer available” tea for the March scavenger hunt. I am really happy with how many teas I got squeezed into the bit of February after I found the list even though I didn’t finish it, but I think I can ace this month’s hunt in a week. This tea alone could fulfill three prompts, but I will just use it for one.

SAD! I have opened my last pouch. This was one of my favorite teas to drink late in the evening, and especially sitting in the rockers on the almost-warm nights.

The spices are perfect and so nicely balanced. It is easy to forget that this is caffeine free, and I love that about it. So many evening options lack flavor, but you can not say that about this tea.

Served with pound cake and chocolate covered strawberries that I made as a surprise for Ashman.

My cherry tea for the scavenger hunt! I do not expect to finish the list as I don’t even own a grapefruit tea right now, but I am happy with how many I have managed to do.

This tea is five or six years old now, and I was afraid the coconut chips would be rancid, but they seem to be okay. I chilled this for unsweetened ice tea and it is really good. The cherry flavor is still strong. I will focus on finishing this one so I can hopefully report another sipdown soon and that will be easy enough since I am really enjoying it iced and that tends to get guzzled down faster.

It’s a sipdown! But I see I never added it to my cupboard so I don’t get the pleasure of seeing it removed.

I am using this as my fairy tale tea for the scavenger hunt because I don’t have a fairy tale tea and a White Christmas where I live only exists in such. About 26 years we had ice that made everything look white. Does that count?

I went back and forth on this one. Did I like it or not? It does accomplish what it set out to do. It tastes like a nutty not-too-sweet baked pastry. I don’t get tons of white chocolate but maybe with milk and sugar one would. I certainly don’t hate this tea, or even dislike this tea,
but I don’t think it is a re-order for me. It was a nice change of pace from other teas, and I bet it would make an awesome latte, hot or cold.

I am counting this as my favorite muffin flavor tea for the scavenger hunt, because I don’t really like muffins but I do like scones, and my favorite one was a cranberry white chocolate one we have made a few times.

And…it is also a sipdown. Went very well with our blueberry waffles. Not sharp or tart. Today the black base seemed a little lighter and the cranberry is always berryish to me. Very nice, and while I am sad to see my Cuppageek Teas go, I am determined to drink them before they lose their luster so I can really enjoy them.

Fortnum Advent sipdown 24/24

This was a decent Green Earl Grey. We usually drank it with food. Not soapy, decent green base.

This morning was foggy and chilly so when three sisters arrived for lessons, I asked the eldest if she would like to make a pot of tea for them to share. (I always set out a cookie plate for them because the girls all have to wait for each other at the dining table throughout the lessons. They bring books, art supplies, and tablets to entertain themselves while they wait.)

They seemed to like it, and when I offered to send the remaining three teaspoons home with them for their other sisters to try they gladly accepted. Thus ends the 2021 Fortnum advent calendar! It was fun! And now it is time to move on to other things!

Fortnum Advent sipdown 23/24

One of my favorites from the advent, and now it is gone! Finished it at breakfast this morning, but determined to try mixing some Russian Caravan I have on hand with some plain Earl Grey to see if I can replicate.

Not too terribly smoky and the bergamot was not heavy or perfumey. It made a nice breakfast tea.