earl of grey

one of the girls I work with got some fancy earl grey, yum!

mango peach

one of my coworkers gifted me a set of teas from hawaii! she hasn’t tried them though but what kind of maniac blends green and black tea in a single bag?! opted for 175° F for the green and steeped for 3 mins for the black it smells super familiar… oh! reminds me of barney’s…

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ugh @ the time change

winter spice

smells so apple-y I expected it to be sweet even though I didn’t sweeten it. will prolly sweeten my next mug

chamomile & lavender

morning got away from me and mostly drank it cold so gonna hold off on any assessments until I can try it again

lean and fit

I hate this tea. added two creamers and 3 squirts of stevia and just ugh am gonna toss the rest

tropical green

this tea expands SO MUCH! filled my strainer about 1/3 of the way and it’s almost full after being steeped

hot cocoa

the wife of one of my coworkers makes the best hot cocoa mix! been gorging myself on this cold snowy day but just had the last of the mix so oh noes! also mb for calling it “hot chocolate” in the past

blackberry sage

gonna make my next mug with rock sugar to see if I can taste a difference

manoomin maple

this tea is just so dreadful y’all stoked I only have about 1 serving left the milk didn’t really help =/

prince of wales

feels more artificial but also used 3 bags instead of 2 like the last mug

hot chocolate

hot chocolate and pan de semita (looks weird but tastes great)

earl grey

think bigelow is my favorite earl grey

kava stress relief

hah and I thought I was stressed before at least this is the nice toasted rice I was looking for

manoomin maple

I bought this for the toasted rice but ugh it’s terrible

jasmine green tea

there’s something just so pleasant about jasmine green tea did two bags, one of straight green tea and one of jasmine green tea so opted to steep for 2 mins

congou

squee my favorite SIL gifted me tea from the boston tea party museum ^_^

silent night

y’all…. it’s like a dolled up version of constant comment and I love it

silent night

goes well with the scones but think I used too much sugar

saigon chai

fairly mild after the chai powder.. still quite nixe, though

stay well

I’ve got some lemon blueberry bread that I think this will go well with

thai rooibos

went with thai rooibos first since it’s available year-round it’s spicier? more cinnamon-y? possibly due to age, though

zingiber ginger coconut

thought I had forever frosty up here but turns out I don’t… so pivoted to zingiber ginger coconut to compare with davidstea’s alpine punch and harney’s thai rooibos

traditional masala chai

went much better mixing the tea, sugar, and water then adding milk still cools down the tea a lot but that means I can drink it right away and I weighed the water and milk so I won’t hafta keep washing my measuring cup each time I make a mug maybe I’ll bring the smaller…

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traditional masala chai

I know it looks half empty but the directions say: 4 oz water 4 oz milk 1 “rounded”spoonful with the provided spoon well let me tell you that I put in about one and a half spoonfuls and only reached 1.4 grams (serving size indicates 85g) aaaaand I forgot milk at home (the apple fritter…

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