2970 Tasting Notes
It has been an odd and stressful week, and I am sure that there will be a great deal of stress today.
Well, nothing for it on such a day but to prepare with the balanced perfection of the Queen.
May she reign forever.
Its going to be that sort of day- I’m up early to take a friend to the airport, and then into work, wherein something annoying has come up.
Sigh.
Sometimes you need a bold and firm tea to take you through, but today I will take this fruity delight to be a ray of sunshine in my morning cup.
Oh thank goodness, it’s cooling down. Mind you, that means that it’s only in the upper 90’s, not in the 100’s, but I will take it!
I do not look forward to my power bill this month.
I put in a big H&S order recently, and have refreshed my supply of this, which I always feel is especially nice in the late summer.
Ok, this time for real- I am going to get the hang of iced tea. It’s going to be 108 today, with tomorrow being around the same. I’ve done some trial brewing, but this is the summer where I really learn how this iced tea thing is done.
Whew. I do not like summer!
I agree, summer is the worst. :P
I’d love to swap living situations with one of you because I love summer haha!
Bring on the fall bebe! XD
And I complain here when temperatures hit 30°C for second week in summer. Yesterday I felt sleepy in the office. I checked the thermometer — 30.5°C ouside, inside 29°C. No surprise.
We had a heat index of 46.1C one day this week! It was absolutely disgusting.
That’s 115F, so you don’t have to convert!
So the only thing I can be said to really like that has come out of the pandemic is that there are a lot more classes offered virtually. I’ve been happily taking classes online for a few years now, delighted to be getting a lecture from someone far away and getting to indulge my passions for all sorts of subjects.
Yesterday I was in an all day long virtual lecture about Art Nouveau (offered through the Smithsonian), which was wonderful. And I got to be in the comfort of my own home, sipping tea and knitting while I got to look at gorgeous architecture, art, and jewelry.
So, as someone who loves themes and harmony, I decided that I would pick a tea that reminded me of the Art Nouveau movement.
Enter Eros, a delicate cloud of flavor. Ooooh, but this is nice. It lets me float off into happiness, and did indeed pair very well with my class.
Yum!
I escaped this weekend to the Bay Area, where I spent a day with my sister in Berkeley. It was a delightful change from the billion degree heat where I am.
When we were there she took me to a fancy international food store, where there was not only Marriage Freres tea, but Marriage Freres tea that was in bulk bins, where I could buy just as much as I wanted!
Oooh, this is dangerous and wonderful, and I am so, so glad to have Marco Polo again.
Yum!
So it’s been over 100 degrees for the last four days. We’ve been a heat advisory, and I have been hiding inside, hissing at the sky.
The only hot beverages I’ve managed was my morning cup, which has been this for the last couple of days.
This year is the one where I should get the hang of iced tea. I will develop this skill!
Hissing at the sky. I like that. We’ve been doing a fair amount of that ourselves: the precipitation that has been promised almost daily for two weeks splits in half and goes in either direction around us.
Code orange air quality alert here for two days, heat index in the triple digits. Hissing at the sky is a fabulous way to put it. On the other hand, we are more than halfway through our annual 40 days of 90+, so there is hope.
We are having a little respite from the killer heat! Wahoo! It won’t last, and a week of 100 plus temps is coming my way, but for today I will drink some hot tea in, if not comfort, at least not a sweaty mess.
This summer I will really get the hang of iced tea! I shall figure it out.
