1473 Tasting Notes
Picture it: Tennessee. 2011. (Ah, Golden Girls, I love you)
Anyway, my parents and wife are watching Ghost Hunters, and I’m bored out of my mind, so I update steepster with the teas the wonderful SimplyJenW sent me. I look up the Lady Londonderry and squeak happily during a quiet moment in the show, scaring the crap out of everyone in the room XD. I opened up the package and the scent of Strawberry Lemonade washed over me….oooooh yes. I’m in love. I don’t care that it’s nine pm. I need a cup of this now.
The taste delivers on what the scent promised…it tastes like a strawberry lemonade tea and I love it. It is beautiful. I am very grateful to Jen for sending me so much, and I am very excited to find it is Metropolitan Tea Company. One of their warehouses is literally around the corner from our home, so I can find most of their teas in the area. I can’t wait to get to Kensington and see if they have it, though I’m sure they do.
SimplyJenW, I can’t thank you enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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You are welcome! If you get to go to that warehouse, look for Bourbon Street Vanilla Rooibos. It is a Metro tea and one you really like, right? (I hit a free shipping sale at the English Tea Store and I am stocked!)
Duh..not the warehouse, but look for it at the local places. That will teach me to read late at night…
Sounds like you’re having a nice trip! and that tea… oh yummmm
This sounds amazing! Where do I get me some of this?!
If the tea shop I have in mind carries it, I will happily send some your way!
I would greatly appreciate a sample!
My dear older brother surprised my wife with ticket to a Star Trek convention today. She had a blast, and she got me some awesome finds, including a Doctor Who mug with a TARDIS that “moves” from one side of the mug to the other when hot liquid is added. I used a cup of Vanilla Oolong to break in my new mug of timey-wimey awesomeness and my Rubber Ducky infuser. I played a game of Munchkin Booty with my Dad and over the course of the game, my tea cooled to the point that the TARDIS moved back to the other side of the mug XD. Still, this tea was delicious as always and very wibbly-wobbly ;)
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When I found we would be coming to the States, I immediately placed an order on Amazon for a teapot I’d been eying that they wouldn’t ship to Canada. I also got a book for De, a cloth tea strainer, and a bag of this tea.
To break in my beautiful new tea for one set, I made a cuppa this. The cooler it got, the more pronounced the vanilla became. I liked it more as it cooled, it became richer and tastier. I need to try it again, though, before I rate.
