Global Tea Time

Which one to choose, oh, which one to choose? I've bloomed half of these now. Given last week's disappointment of the canopy that flopped over on its side, I decided to choose one with a more vertical presentation this week. I chose the strawberry one. I opened the package to smell the worst fake strawberry ever. It smells like the strawberry candy a kid would stop and think twice before eating. A kid would still eat a hypothetical candy that smelled like this of course, because it was candy after all. However, I'm an adult now, and there are certain things that I would just pass up. I thought that the top of this one looked intriguing with its little bits of red poking out. As I watched it unfurl, I got the bright idea of taping it on my phone. I turned everything off to give a silent background... until the timer on the microwave went off. It was to tell me that the tea I was planning on drinking was finished steeping. In the end, it didn't matter because I disco...

Ugh, my allergies have been going crazy the last few days. I took a hard look around the house, and banished the lavender plant to the outdoors and turned on all my air filters to see if things get better. Right now I'm looking at my sinuses with a glare saying this is why we can't have anything nice. My anger at my sinuses is about as effective as a parent's anger at their child. A child can't help being a child, and my sinuses can't help the fact that they are irritated by everything (or so it seems everything). I've even been cutting back on my tea guzzling a bit to see if that would help. That brings us to today's blooming tea. I won't be tempted to drink this stuff. I was a bit amused when I pulled the tea marble out of the package. It had a bit of a different shape. Isn't that sweet, floral sunset looks like a heart... or a butt depending on the angle and your perspective on life. As you can see from the package, it is supposed to be anothe...

Yesterday a friend dropped by and brought me some flowers. A lavendar plant and some roses. It seemed only appropriate that I sample a rose tea in honor of those flowers. This tea was a sample from the box of disappointing tea I ordered over the winter. I had actually debated buying a bag of it, but I decided to get the chocolate teas instead. At least I got a sample of a tea I was curious about to try. Given the bad luck I had had with other new tea flavors, I approached the bag with a bit of trepedation. I opened it and smelled... grapefruit. So far, so good. It is a pretty tea with with bits of flowers mixed with sencha. No strange smells emerged when I brewed a pot of tea. It's a pleasant green tea with a hint of grapefruit flavor. Darn, I should have boughten a bag of this instead. Oh well. Many agree that 2022 is possibly the biggest poop show yet of the last 3 years, and my first tea order of the year showed me just how bad/disappointing the year would be. Hopefully t...