#tumbling tea

[starfightervicki]

I was Googling about tea, milk in tea to be specific, and found:

The tannins lead to bitterness and also astringency, which is a drying sensation on the palate.

Is that drying sensation why I go through tea so quickly? Is it making me thirsty?

[starfightervicki]

Blueberry superfruit tea.

Smells more floral than I expected from something with a fruit in the name, but the ingredient list has plenty of flowers so no mystery there.

I wondered if it'd be blue, immediately thought it'd be dyed blue, immediately got annoyed that it would be, and now I'm watching it go from purple-red to red with a tinge of purple.

I'm not super optimistic about this one. I don't really like blueberries.

[starfightervicki]

Jasmine Blossom.

My dad planted star jasmine in the walkway to our house, and I expected this tea to smell the same. Maybe there's a little of that scent, but not much.

It has a nice greenish color. Green-tinted yellowbrown to be more specific, but I imagine that's what green in tea is like. Why do I keep not drinking green tea? It's a classic.

[starfightervicki]

Cinnamon apple chamomile tea? I like chamomile, but what's it doing in the mix? Softening the flavor, maybe. I used to mix chamomile with ginger tea, when I was getting used to ginger. Though I've since learned that I was oversteeping my ginger, and probably never needed the chamomile.

Damn, though, this tea smells amazing. I don't have much of a sense of smell, but cinnamon apple gets me every time. I feel a new candle purchase coming on.

[starfightervicki]

Tea, Earl Gray, hot.

I'm a huge fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and of Captain Picard. Of course I'm going to try Earl Gray.

I like the smell, though I can't place where/if I've smelled it before. Are there candles scented like Earl Gray? I bet there are. And I bet there are mugs with TNG uniforms on them. Must remember to investigate further.

It's a darker color than the other teas. Google says it's a variant of black tea, so I suppose that's to be expected.

[starfightervicki]

Today, I'm going to try mint tea.

[starfightervicki]

How do you get so many types of tea?

I searched for "tea sampler" on Amazon. [Thing] sampler's a good way to get a large variety with small amounts, so you're not stuck with a lot of extras if you don't like a flavor/smell/other. "Assortment" is a good search term, too.