Steepster is back! I’ve been super restless without it this week, especially because I’m still sick so I haven’t been able to do much except rest and recuperate. Thankfully work has been pretty understanding; I’ve basically worked half days all week and punted everything significant to next week.
So! My senses of smell and taste are still dulled from covid. Hopefully they come back, but in the meantime I’m focusing on sick teas and familiar, cheap teas that I don’t care about fully savoring. This is a sick tea that I picked up in Taiwan. Hat tip to the DavidsTea podcast episode about licorice root’s soothing qualities. After that episode, I started actually paying attention to licorice root as an ingredient and have found that I do indeed find it soothing when I have a cough/sore throat. So that’s what I find most appealing about this tea right now. I can taste some sweet and tart lemon and feel the licorice root and that’s great when I’m coughing so hard it feels like my brain is slamming against the inside of my skull.
Side note: I miss the podcast and hope Marika brings it back!
