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Coldbrewed this overnight to see if it was worth using one of our rewards to pick up more. But before I even put it in the fridge, I knew my answer. We had a 25 g pack, and it took most of that 25 grams to make a 24 ounce cup of tea, and I underleafed. Even free, that’s a bit rich for my blood. No, Gold Rush will forever be one of those teas I enjoy to go, but I can’t bring myself to keep it in the house, it angers me too much. It’s 11.50 for 50 grams now, so that would be 5.75 per coldbrew. Not worth it.

….but it’s so good. Sooooo good. I wish they would take the white tea out and sell this as an herbal. The other flavors overwhelm the white tea anyway, there’s no point to it except to make it bitter when oversteeped. But this coldbrew was a butterscotch dream. So I would recommend getting it as your to-go cup, but I would not recommend buying it.

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I suspect it’s also the white tea that makes it so damned expensive, which is so annoying since it doesn’t serve any purpose being in there.

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I suspect it’s also the white tea that makes it so damned expensive, which is so annoying since it doesn’t serve any purpose being in there.

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Formerly aisling of tea, now you can call me ele .

“You can forgive a murder, but never a mistake while preparing tea.” Chinese proverb

Labels? Here you go: Femme, Wife, Lesbian, Homemaker, Happy. Don’t forget tea fanatic!

New label as of May, 2015: Diabetic. I’m using tea to satisfy my sweet tooth cravings and keep me hydrated without hurting my system or messing with my blood sugar.

Ah, tea. My love for you is ever changing. At my last update, I was all about the rooibos and now I hardly drink it. I only occasionally had an oolong and now I have one just about every day. I’ve learned the art of resteeping and coldbrewing and kombucha. I have a lovely little tea pet named…well, I haven’t decided on a name for him yet. I also have five! live pets, a tabby cat named Rosabella Francis (Bella for short), a ginger cat named Orange Julius Pekoe (Pekoe), a white and grey cat named Earl Jean Grey (Earlie), a tuxedo cat (and the only boy in the house) Prince Erik Darien Darjeeling (JiJi) and a red foot tortoise named Da Hong Pao (Pao). So if you see me referring to my girls, I don’t have kids, just animals.

As for tea, I love oolongs, herbals, and black tea. Since I am no longer working, I no longer feel the constant need for a mate energy boost, though I do still reach for it from time to time. I also drink less matcha, though I do throw a spoonful or two in when I’m making smoothies. Most of my tea I drink coldbrewed, and since I discovered coldbrewed rooibos was giving me headaches, I’m drinking less and less of it. Straight pu-erh is not a thing I enjoy, but there are a few flavored blends I like. Greens are still too finicky for me to bother with hot, but they make great cold brews.

I am by no means a tea purist. I greatly enjoy flavored teas and I put stevia in all of my teas. It’s just how I do.

I think I’m going to name my tea pet Mr. Turtle. Even though he’s a tortoise.