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drank Prickly Pear by Old Barrel Tea Co
1358 tasting notes

TTB 2025. I rather like this! I agree that it’s probably more “melon” than “prickly pear,” but I made it iced with sweetener and it’s quite refreshing that way. The tin also suggests adding a squeeze of lemon… maybe I need to just go get some lemons now…
Anyway, progress on the TTB slowed today because I, uh, can’t be trusted to use a toaster oven. Thankfully everything is ok and nothing actually caught fire. But there was a lot of smoke and that kept me out of the kitchen for a while (don’t worry, the TTB isn’t being stored in the kitchen so it’s still safe!). I should be able to keep chipping away at it tomorrow.

gmathis about a month ago

Oh, my! Sounds like we could swap kitchen stories (over the years, mine involve exploding roasting bags and electrically conductive slug trails).

Kaylee 30 days ago

Nice to know I’m not alone, at least!

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gmathis about a month ago

Oh, my! Sounds like we could swap kitchen stories (over the years, mine involve exploding roasting bags and electrically conductive slug trails).

Kaylee 30 days ago

Nice to know I’m not alone, at least!

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Geek and nerd (shoutout to GeekSteep). Still trying to get a handle on this whole work/life balance while ALSO succeeding at work thing. I have some chronic illnesses that make that harder. Tea is my respite.

Favorite tea types, in order:
oolongs
green
herbal
white
yellow

Don’t drink:
black
pu’erh

A sampling of tea shops I like:
Te Company
Calabash
Volition
Tea Thoughts
Harney & Sons
Yunomi
Teavivre

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