Bouquet of Green

Today's blend was a base of Che Sen Lotus green with Cherry Rose Kyoto Sencha and Jasmine Yin Hao. With the recent warm weather I've been itching for green leaves and summer so this was just the thing to soothe my desires...temporarily at least. The tea was well complimented by the french toast with cinnamon and syrup also.

Chocolate Blossom

Today's blend: Chocolate Chai from the Bar Harbor Tea Company with Stash's Rosebud Black and Jasmine Yin Hao. It amazes me how much my son likes the floral teas when it took me so long to get used to drinking something that smelled like perfume. Perhaps it's because he's never smelled jasmine perfumes that he drinks it so readily.

We also enjoyed the toast with butter and cinnamon sugar that accompanied the tea.

Jasmintte

Today was off to a bad start and I needed a soothing tea just for me. I started with a base of Moroccan Mint and added Che Sen Lotus green tea (a tea from Vietnam) and Jasmine Yin Hao. The full-bodied mint was nicely complimented by the floral notes and actually kept the tea from being overpowered by the bagel with marmalade I had for breakfast.

Someday I will have the time for a second infusion of this blend as both the Moroccan Mint and the Che Sen are teas that take multiple infusions well. Unfortunately since I have two kids under school age it doesn't look to be something that will happen soon.

Lung Ching Pingshui

Since I hadn't had that omlet for breakfast as I had originally been considering I had it for lunch instead. And since I didn't have to worry about my son's tastes I went ahead and steeped a small pot of Dragonwell and Gunpowder green teas. At the first sip I found myself thinking "Wow, why haven't I blended more green teas before?" It was so good. I was quite sad to find the last cup at it's end.

Orange Blossom

Today's blend: Stash's Blood Orange black with Monkey King Jasmine and nutmeg. Glad I decided to go with the waffles instead of the omelet that I had been considering. And I got to drink the entire pot of tea again since my son decided he'd rather have orange juice with his grandfather.

Three teas later...

So this morning my son decided to sleep in. Getting tired of waiting I put together a blend of Sencha and Dragonwell green teas...and then he woke up. Ok, separate the teas , put them back, get out the big pot and grab a couple bags of Stash's Chai White tea. My son tried it and decided he did not like it so I got the small tetsubin out again and steeped some of the Blood Orange black tea with cinnamon and cloves. He liked that better but still only drank about half of what was in his small cup.

After he left the table I decided to take a break from the chai and try the tea I'd made for him. Of course. He'd been impatient for it to be done so I hadn't steeped it long enough and it was much too weak for my tastes. I'm now up to four pots of tea that have gone down the drain...but at least I didn't have to drink yet another pot of tea this morning...

Simple and Soothing

Today I decided to keep it simple and had some Winey Keemum with orange peel and cloves. It went very well with both the omlet and the banana bread that I had. It also did a great job at settling my son's tummy after a bit of an upset.

Tea and Truffles: Take II

So, I still have truffles left and had a bit of time this afternoon so I steeped a pot of Stash's Jasmine Yin Hao and Rosebud Black teas with a bit of orange peel. This blend worked MUCH better than my previous attempt with the Monkey King Jasmine tea paired with the truffles. Truffles are a very rich chocolate and I have found that rich flavors need rich-flavored teas to match them. The Monkey King Jasmine is more like a jasmine scented breeze compared to the Jasmine Yin Hao, which can be compared to standing in the middle of a garden full of blooming jasmine on a warm summer's day.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry

Today's blend: Chocolate Chai from the Bar Harbor Tea Company and EnjoyingTea.com's Strawberry Black teas with cloves. It was perfect with the banana bread we had for breakfast.

Sadly I am nearly out of the Chocolate Chai. Even more sad is that when I was in town earlier in the week I noticed their shop was closed for the winter. I'll have to wait for them to open up in the spring to replenish my supply. I am not going to pay shipping costs for something I can get just by going into town.