Murchie's Tea & Coffee

Goodbye, goodbye!

That’s one less Murchie’s tea in my cupboard. I’ve learned my lesson. It’s not really for me now that I’ve seen what else is out there!

#teasnob

(Woo – down to 125. Maybe I can get to 100 before my Verdant order arrives! I think it ships at the end of the month so that gives me some time).

It’s not Christmas (obvs), and it’s not a really great morning tea (in my head it’s more for afternoons or evenings), but I like it, and I want to have it now. I only have about 2-3 cups left! :O

Thanks ozli for the huuuuge bag of this. Hello Christmas Tea: ILU!

Even though we’re not doing a big Christmas thing this year, I am doing a turkey! His name is Frank. So today I’m getting everything prepped and straightened out. I’m looking forward to a nice Christmas dinner, and watching K open up all her presents (or try to).

We don’t have a tree and my bf and I basically bought ourselves a small gift, but the baby will be spoiled. We’ll have a few people over for games, and a batman marathon in the background! My roommate even surprised me with a mystery gift and it’s from DavidsTea!!!

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas. And that they find tea related gifts in their stockinged.

Very nice. This is a really pleasant blend, even though it’s not hit-you-in-the-face sweet like some of the teas I’ve been drinking. It may be one of my favorites from Murchie’s. It’s a big swirl of oranges and Christmas spices… Mmmmm. Sgoertz gave me this sample as it was one of her favorites – I can see why.

I might try this with milk later when I resteep it.

My favourite Murchie’s tea so far. It’s far better than their Golden Jubilee blend, and I think the grapeyness (or muscatel, if you will) makes the difference.

There is a Murchie’s not far from me that I’ve walked by many times without going in, as it always seemed to be full of naff “British” pottery. So I only got around to drinking this tea, which a friend gifted, this week when my supplies of David’s Tea were running low. Well, more fool me, because it’s FANTASTIC. If you’re a fan of Starbucks’ sickly-sweet liquid chai mix, there’s probably not much for you here, as this is a peppery, fiery, spicy chai that will tickle your nose and warm you up with a forcible kick. It tastes of REAL spices, rather than “spice mix.” I think it’d be just awesome with some frothed almond milk.

Had this yesterday, one of my fave Murchie’s teas. The flavouring just works so well with the black tea.

Oh man, this is a great tea. Apricot flavour is mellow but distinct and it smells amazing. Plus, you know, caffeine. gimme

Horrible

So I thought I’d drink this to see if I can tell the difference between this and Ceylon. I think this one is more tannic, while the Ceylon was sweeter and possibly creamier. More practice required.

I saw this chart from the aptly named tumble site: http://fuckyeahilovetea.tumblr.com/post/33309787977
Idk about accuracy but it looks helpful.

I think 3 min is the right amount of brewing tea. I’m sipping away at this straight and it’s pretty good, although a little mild.

Thought I’d drink this over my DT Darjeeling just so I could use it up.

The first few sips made my mouth pucker up and my tongue do that ‘thbt thpt’ sticky-outty thing, sorta like a dog chewing on peanut butter…

Getting past that, I get dank smoky wood. It’s potent! And I used 1 tsp for my mug at 4 min. Added cream, and it is much improved!

Now I’m gonna read in the near dark as the baby fell asleep on my bed and I don’t want to move her or leave her alone long enough for her to roll off. :)

Oh! I think I’ve been underleafing all my teas! When it says 1 tsp per cup, I’m thinking of my giant 14oz mug. Not as a cup in baking! (duh) I’ve also used pretty much the same quantity for a full tea pot. Soooooooo, whoops. Strangely enough, I seem to still get a lot of flavour, but curious how things will taste if I do it right.

I mostly forgot to drink this; damn.

Yummm. I love black currant teas.

Drinking this with milk and sugar because I feel all post-pizza-y. And whiny, like I deserve a coffee. But I have been drinking too much coffee! And now Kelly is on 2 weeks holiday to bring me coffees all the time… oh noooooooooo /o\

It’s raspberryish in that tea way, and I love black tea… so this is pretty much as I expected. Not as good as a raspberry earl grey, but good for those mornings when you rrrreaally just want to crawl back into bed.

Lil early? Nah. I was Xmas shopping online this morning – well, browsing and adding to my shopping cart, anyway. ;)

After a weekend of having coffee in the mornings, I needed a STRONG tea to get things going today. This one. The orange really kicks me in the ass & de-fogs the brainz.

So I started getting sick and I thought I’d have this tea, so I made some and walked off and found it a half hour later. Augh.

I shouldn’t like this tea. Damn cloves, and oranges. But it’s good. >:(

I’m not actually grumpy about it, though. It’s too good to be grumpy about. Gonna sit on the couch and watch Christmas movies with a cat on my chest.

Perfect winter morning tea. I think I’ve been having too many dessert teas because I sipped it and was momentarily shocked that it wasn’t sweeter, because of all the rich smells. But it’s excellent.

Not for me. Its got no real flavour and hits your throat like too much pepper. Smells good but the taste is lacking.

Earl Grey, hot.

We’re watching Star Trek so I ran off to make this, and added a splash of cream. Tasty, but not perfect. I’m looking forward to replacing this with a better Earl Grey.