“Sipdown (288) I drank this last night and realized that I had enough for one more serving. I decided to just take the sipdown and finish this one off. It’s a fine tea but never really wowed me. The...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (807)! It’s interesting that this is inspired by a “Dark and Stormy” – I had my sample, from Kittenna, today without looking up the ingredients prior and I found it had a very strong cola...” Read full tasting note
“Finished this one off today! Down to 14 teas bwahahaha. Tomorrow I may end up finishing off two more if kiddo cooperates and let’s me have some quiet time. I do have tea on the way though, so...” Read full tasting note
“When combined with rooibos, citrus flavors (other than orange) often wind up tasting like cleaner to me. Unfortunately, that’s where this one falls. When it was warm, it was bearable, but when cold...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for April 22, 2019:
For our Fourth tea of this Game of Thrones series, I went with a Honeybush/Rooibos blend – and a phrase that we heard several times from Melisandre (aka the Red Woman or Witch) while aligned with/working with Stannis Baratheon. I liked the phrase and thought it would make an interesting name for a tea, so I decided I’d create a tea around the name.
My original idea for this tea was to create a blend with a black tea base (because “dark”) but I had my mind set on two black teas already (I Drink & I Know Things and Mother of Dragons) so I almost forgot about using this name for a tea, until after sorting through some of my other ideas for teas – for future blends – I thought that the idea of this honeybush/rooibos blend would work wonderfully with the name.
I started with organic honeybush and rooibos, then added rum and vanilla essences (don’t worry, it’s alcohol-free), ginger root & dried lime wedges. The basic inspiration behind it is a Dark & Stormy cocktail, which seems to me to fit in really well with the name “The Night is Dark & Full of Terrors” – right?
This is really tasty – a strong note of both rum and vanilla – while going a bit softer on both the ginger and lime . . . as I have done at least one or two teas featuring ginger and lime in the last year or so, I decided to go a little lighter on these, making them more like an accent flavor than a key component to the cup.
This is all organic, VEGAN, gluten free, allergen free & yes, alcohol free!
organic ingredients: honeybush, rooibos, ginger root, limes & natural flavors
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