Vanilla Comoro

Don’t know about the papers, but does this mean you’ll get to revisit Little House on the Prairie and Trixie Belden and Little Women and all the books I mangled from multiple readings from 3-6th grade? :)

The professor hasn’t posted this semester’s book list yet, but previous classes (yes, Im such a nerd I checked) have included Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl, Oscar Wilde (his telling of fairy tales!!), the 3rd Harry Potter Book, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… all authors that I love and read as an adult on my own! I was joking with my coworkers that I would pay double to take this class :)

oh! and once I get the book list I’ll let you know what is on board for this semester :)

Congratulations, what an awesome result. :)

Hooray! That’s awesome :D Your next class sounds pretty mind-blowingly awesome as well — I can’t wait see your book list!

Wonderful! But you are brilliant and I am not at all surprised that you made a “A!” Your upcoming class sounds heavenly!

Congratulations and Happy New Year, Jacqueline! I must try Vanilla Comoro in 2011, preferably sooner rather than later.

Enjoy your upcoming children’s lit class … I hope you get to revisit Narnia as well.

Ooh, congrats!!

I now want to invite myself to any dinner party you throw ;)

God bless :)

Yikes re the stabbing. Ugh. To better days!

i played wheelchair rugby. i hope you don’t bruise =0\

Yeeouch!

Sorry you were stressed! Hope it is already all better…

Thanks! Much better now! I just needed to relax a bit, and I managed to. Even resteeped this bag for this morning!

go shopping! lol i kid ’cause i hate that..but yes..i picked up another dress…and skirt lol

Glad everything’s much better now! Let’s hope you’ll get more of this soon.

Hahaha. Yeah I know ALL ABOUT retail therapy! I guess I might need to figure out where to get nice dresses or something because I’ll need a new job in Toronto and I probably won’t be able to get away with jeans and a tee shirt anymore. :| But stressing about work, means shopping for work clothes to help relieve the stress!

I totally get the bitter dryness too! Will also try 2.5 minutes as opposed to the recommended 5

I find it makes a difference. Sometimes you need a bit more leaf to make up for the loss in time. Another option is to use water that has cooled for a minute or so. I think it is the decaf tea that lends the unpleasant bitter/dry aspect and these tricks help defeat it.

Thanks for the tips. I have a sachet of this that I need to try still.

I want specks! I even made up 4 T-sacs of this stuff to give to a co-worker and I still don’t have specks. I wonder if I could add some, : )

May the specks be with you!!!!

OK, I’m going to have to investigate this further. I don’t believe I’ve ever read a review of this that isn’t a rave. A friend tucked a tin of the decaf version into a gift box and truthfully, I wasn’t exactly enchanted. But all the smileys and exclamation marks make me feel sure I’ve missed something!

I thought the specks were dregs the first few times I made this so I poured them out of the bottom of my cup thinking they would be bitter. Then I tasted them. Now I am sneaky and I time it so that I pour the last cup from the pot in MY cup, then I lick my finger and get all the little specks just for me! Heehee! :) I guess it is bits of vanilla bean or vanilla seeds!

I agree with Gmathis, too many race reviews out there, I am going to have to try it!

I’m not sure how the decaf Vanilla Comoro compares but I really like the decaf version in the evenings.

Is there a non-decaf version?

I had some last night and it was a fail. Do you remember how you steeped it?

2.5 min but I don’t know what temp. I know I let the kettle sit for a little bit though

I noticed it’s hit and miss, even when (I swear) I steeped it the same. I gave up on it and started adding milk to maximize my enjoyment of it even though it’s cheating.

This is the one tea I always add milk to.

Adding milk isn’t cheating! I love this one with milk. I usually steep 3 min at 195F. However, Waves carries H&S and I get this one to go often in the evenings, and I don’t know what the stats are for that.

I put milk in all my tea. My stomach demands it. You get to the point where you can taste the sublety of the teas through the milk because the milk is the constant. There are purists, but I’m a milkist…and proud of it! :)

I get the Decaf Vanilla Comoro at a nearby grocery store. It’s in teabags. I haven’t had any particular trouble – 212F, 2.5 min. I use Stevia with it, no milk. Lovely in the evening when you want a black tea ;-P

lol @ the warning

Heh. Snitty is a great word!

I’ve had this tea come out bitter several times. >:(

Thanks for the warning! I’ve been conserving my tin between it being the only decaffeinated black in the house and trying to use up other stock. I won’t hold off when I feel like it now (which should always been the way really!). :)

Still wonderfully yummy, just needs a light touch with the timer. Bathing it for 30 minutes just wasn’t bright.

be warned: sherlock is habit forming!

Love Sherlock! That sounds like a relaxing – and delicious – day. Have fun!

I’m about to go off to a Sherlock season 3 episode 1 viewing party! Welcome to the club :)

If you have the DVD, don’t miss the super camp/cheesy first version of the first episode. Wow. Epic overhaul.

i’d like to welcome you to Sherlock too! and it goes so exceptionally well with tea!!

I started watching Sherlock on the 31st and I was officially caught up last night. It is THAT addictive! I am glad you are also enjoying it :)

DH and I love Sherlock! The BBC one is so good, it’s sad that it’s only 3 episodes a year :(

Love that show! Did you see the new one?

Well, three episodes every 18 months, if the last one proves to repeat itself. I’ve watched all three episodes of the third series now. Loved them!

oh dear…. 18 hours of sick for 11 years of living…. not to bad an exchange, though still unfair. i wish i could say something more helpful than ’i’m sorry’. i’m sure he was lovely and will miss you too. XO

Thank you, James. I kind of dread going home, but I have another kitter who needs cuddles.

i think that’s probably a good balance? have a bit of a weep together? the beautiful thing abut pets is you can cry and leave strings of sneeze and they never judge…. it will be okay. it will take a bit, but it will. in the meantime… it will be sad. and i’m sorry for that =0(

:) It will take a while, for sure. My BFF lost both her cats this year. It’s been months and I still expect to see them when I go over.

Strings of sneeze. I read that as strings of cheese, and I really hope not.

nope… sneeze. comes with crying. the cats just huff and clean it off because they love you. =0)

I’m so sorry to hear that. They are such great companions, and such characters… Thinking of you, and hoping that you will feel better.

I’m so sorry for the loss of your kitty.

So sorry about the loss of your Kitty. I know what you mean about expecting to see them.. When I lost my 19 year old cat I swear I saw her and even felt her around for quite sometime afterwards.

So sorry about your kitty!!! Hugs!!

I’m so sorry to see this.

I am so sorry for your loss! Hug on that other kitteh. People who love animals are good people – you gave that kitty a good life!

Hugs! :(

Thanks, everyone. I currently have a barnacle who is also large, black and fuzzy. I hope he’s gonna be ok.

Huge hugs to you and your other furry friend as well.

I’m so sorry for your loss. Cats have a way of stealing hearts.

Just seeing this and so sorry for your loss. I had my first cat, Bob-cat, for 15 years and when he died after a long illness, it was very hard. I still miss that wonderful guy. Hope you and your other kitty are doing okay.

Thank you. He’s blossoming, and also super extremely clingy. I just wish he snuggled better. :) He’s so awkward!

Now I have to get the loose leaf. I’ve been waiting until my tin of sachets is empty—which it almost is… ;-)

I guess I am evil. I may have mentioned to my niece that should she wish to order loose leaf and didn’t want a whole pound, then…ahem…I can get tins and split it.

I’ve wondered whether there was much difference between the loose leaf and sachets. What about the difference between regular and decaf? I’ve just had the decaf sachets and I have loved them. Should I break down and buy some loose leaf?

I haven’t had the sachets of decaf but I thought the loose leaf was great! It didn’t taste all washed out to me.

Oh my, so sorry for your mother in law, that sounds terrible. Hope she gets all the care she needs…
And woot for the new convert , good job :-)

Oh no! That’s just awful – I hope she gets better soon

She is one of the toughest people you will ever meet, and has kept going when others would have given up and given in. She has a really great attitude.

Friends and pie. Excellent RX for what’s been ailing you :)

Offering to split tins isn’t evil. In my book that’s clever!

Hubby says I look like a drug dealer when a pound comes in that is being split because I have baggies out and a big scale, weighing the leaves and divvying up! He threatens to turn me in! LOL!

LOL