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Anlina drank Blue Mountain Twirl by DAVIDsTEA

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Major reading comprehension fail caused me to miss my flight back home from Toronto (seriously, I can’t even count how many times I looked at my itinerary and read 8:10 as 8:30.) So I’ve been up since 5:30am for pretty much no reason at all. I’m running on about four hours of sleep and I have more than an hour to wait for my rebooked flight. And here I am, sitting in Pearson, sipping a take out cup from DAVIDs.

I knew I was wanting a straight tea this morning and I figured that I should give this one a try. And I’m quite impressed.

The nose is very fruity. The liquor a warm, reddish brown and very clear. On the palate, there are lovely notes of sweet, fermented grapes and something that might be chestnuts. No bitterness, but a drying sensation that builds quite intensely toward the bottom of the cup. A hint of vegetal on the finish, giving it a bit of a tangy quality. This reminds me a lot of a Darjeeling black actually.

This is a pretty delicious and unique green tea. A very short steep is probably called for. I can’t imagine steeping this for the recommended 3-4 min.

Edit: Second steep was even better – some malt in addition to the previous flavours, and very smooth. almost no astringency.

Flavors: Astringent, Chestnut, Sweet, White Grapes, White Wine

Preparation

170 °F / 76 °C 1 min, 45 sec

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Daddyselephant
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Oh no! At least Pearsons has a Davids. Hope you can get home soon!

Kittenna
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Yikes, not cool! I’ve almost missed flights due to unexpected gate changes, but never actually failed to make it, thankfully. Also, lucky you’re in the terminal with the DT – the Westjet terminal (3) is the most boring ever to have to wait in.

Anlina
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Made it home! I’ve had bad luck with missing flights with trips to Toronto. Years back we missed one and we were on a tiny airline that didn’t have another flight for three days! Also we were both near broke and didn’t have a cell phone, laptop or contact info for anyone in Toronto. We got incredibly lucky and a friend happened to just walk by while we were sitting in the airport and gave us a place to crash till the next flight.

Last year I missed my flight going to Toronto, because the airport had changed the cut off time for checking in, which wasn’t announced anywhere. I was so stressed out I very nearly just went home, which would have been bad, since I was meeting friends there, and presenting at a conference.

I thought I was doing really great today, but alas, no.