Tea
I am a tea feind. I love tea, and the following list of what teas are currently at my disposal in the house makes that self-evident. What do you think–obsessive? What’s in your cupboard?
Sachets:
- Adagio– English Breakfast
- Green Pekoe
- Pu Erh
- Ti Kuan Yin
- Bigelow– Green Tea
- Mint Medley Herb Tea
- Celestial Seasonings– Black Cherry Berry
- Country Peach Passion
- Gingerbread Spice
- Lemon Zinger
- Peppermint
- Sleepy Time
- Tangerine Orange Zinger
- Tension Tamer
- Wild Berry Zinger
- Davidson’s Dessert Teas– Spiced Peach
- Vanilla Cream Spice
- Éléphant– Tilleul-miel
- Gourmet du Village– Christmas tea
- Festive tea
- Lipton orange pekoe
- Spice Garden– Green tea with peach
- Stash– Peppermint
- Twinings– Darjeeling
- Earl Grey
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Loose Leaf:
- Adagio– Caramel
- Ceylon Sonata
- Chestnut
- Chocolate
- Christmas
- Cinnamon
- Cream
- Currant
- Darjeeling #22
- Darjeeling Rhapsody 2
- Darjeeling Rhapsody 22
- Earl Grey Bravo
- Ginger
- Golden Monkey
- Gunpowder
- Irish Breakfast
- Keemun Concerto
- Lapsang Souchong
- Oolong #8
- Oolong Symphony 8
- Ooooh Darjeeling
- Organic Rooibos
- Peppermint
- Pisces
- Pu Erh Dante
- Pumpkin Spice
- Raspberry Patch
- Rooibos
- Rooibos Berry
- Rooibos Earl Grey
- Rooibos Mango
- Rooibos Tropics
- Rooibos Vanilla
- Sagittarius
- Silver Needle
- Snowbud
- Song Yang
- Sour Apple
- Spearmint
- Strawberry
- Vanilla
- White A Cappella
- White Peony
- Wild Strawberry
- Yunnan Jig
- Best Friend’s Tea– Candy Cane
- Fairhope Tea– Oolong
- Lipton– orange pekoe
- La Manufacture de Thé– Breakfast
- Darjeeling – 2nd flush
- Earl Grey
- Soleil Vert
- Taiwan– Jasmine
- Twinings– Prince of Wales
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Blooming:
- Adagio-Jasmine Bloom
- Red Bloom
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Blooming
Update::
I just got some more Constant Comment at the store, and I found two more teas here at work which I forgot to include in the original 40. Also, I added teas which I don't have right now but which I do have from time to time. Like this, I can keep track of all the teas I've ever owned.
5 new teas!:
I just got my order from Adagio today. Instead of the four teas I ordered, I got five! In addition to the Earl Grey Bravo, Peppermint, Oolong Symphony 8 and White A Cappella, I got a sample of Pumpkin Spice free for the holidays! I've got some Earl Grey brewing up right now. In addition to the teas, I also received free (with $19 purchase) a book on tea and the various varieties. Score.
New tea from Adagio:
For having Adagio on my links page and for having a Google rank of 2, I got a free sample of a black tea today! It's Ceylon Sonata, a traditional tea from Sri Lanka. They also included three of their tall paper tea sachets to use!
Three new!:
Adagio had a 2-for-1 deal with their gourmet sachet teas, so I grabbed some English Breakfast and some Jasmine Pearls in their strange little pyramid silk bags. For my order and for the holidays, they also included a sample tin of Chestnut-flavored tea. That'll keep me toasty over the holidays. 🙂 The Adagio sachets will be going to work with me so I can easily enjoy Adagio goodness without bringing in an infuser ball or the IngenuiTea. Score!
My first rooibos:
I picked up a rooibos today at Kroger's. It's Kalahari Red Tea, a basic, non-flavored rooibos. I had a rooibos at Mogger's a while back and decided to grab one for the house. I'll have to give it a try later.
New Celestial Seasonings:
My officemate Heather gave me Gingerbread tea for my birthday since it's in season for Christmas. Haven't tried it yet, but it sounds very unique.
Christmas tea gifts:
I got a $25 gift certificate to Adagio for Xmas, so I spent it on samplers of tisanes and a few flavored teas. I got Cinnamon, Strawberry, and Ooooh Darjeeling as well as the herbals Raspberry Patch, Wild Strawberry, and Sour Apple. I also picked up a regular-sized tin of Rooibos since I'm acquiring quite a taste for the red tisane. Thanks, Jill, for the awesome gift of caffeine and flavor!
Rooibos-fest:
Lushbaugh gave me an Adagio Rooibos sampler which includes: Organic Rooibos, Rooibos Earl Grey, Rooibos Tropics, Rooibos Vanilla, Rooibos Berry, and Rooibos Mango. A bit fruity for my tastes, but who can turn down free tea? 🙂
Blooming tea:
I got my first blooming teas from Adagio today: Red Bloom and Jasmine Bloom. Along with them, I also got a beautiful, airy tea glass with saucer from Germany which Adagio sells. I've added a section for blooming teas because they're not in sachets nor are they really loose leaf either. Maybe I'll find new varieties later.
Celestial Seasonings addition:
I picked up a tisane by Celestial Seasonings because I've been needing more soothing, caffeine-free teas for late evenings to prevent staying up all night. The main ingredients of Tension Tamer are eleuthero, peppermint, cinnamon, ginger, chamomile, lemon grass, licorice, catnip, tilia flowers, and lemon flavor. I wonder if the presence of catnip will make Kitty want some…