My first tea of the year was supposed to be my green tea powder, but after one sip I realized the milk had turned nasty. So down the drain it goes. I grabbed a cocoa mix that came with yet another well meaning coffee mug Christmas gift (finally got them to stop buying bad tea – now to convince them I have too many cups). The cocoa was surprisingly not terrible but not tea.
I woke up this morning craving the grapey goodness of jasmine dragon pearls, then remembered I gave it to the newby. Found a packet of Jasmine Bi Lou Chun and forgetting how much it expands, placed it in the glass filter that goes in my teapot. Completely filled the filter. sigh. So the tea is more bitter than jasmine, but mostly muted.
Not a good start to the new year. Time to regroup and start again.
