Andrews & Dunham Damn Fine Tea

Today’s teapot was this. Nursed it pretty much all day. I can’t believe I have had this a year and barely touched it. This will probably be my next work tea once I go through the Red Tailed Hawk at work.

Mmm yum! This is the exact type of Assam I go crazy for. Strong, sweet and deep with no bitterness. Absolutely perfect. I could drink this every single morning. I don’t take my tea with additions, but if you do I bet it takes milk and sugar like a champ.
Unfortunately, I think it’s just too close to Rishi’s Assam for me to justify a purchase (that tin though…). Since I can currently get Rishi’s for $3.92 per 45g it doesn’t make sense to buy this one as well. But I will definitely keep this one in mind should I not be able to find Rishi’s in the future.
Thanks for letting me try it Sil

So this weekend went nothing like we’d planned… Does anyone else ever have a weekend like that? We started The weekend off with big plans… Cirque Du Solei is in town and we had tickets, Good Friday and Passover fell on the same day for the first time in a long time which meant some series food prep … There aren’t many good Friday meals that also pass as Seder friendy or vice versa and we had plans to backcountry camp Saturday in the Sierra…. Well, the only thing that actually worked the the way we planned was our cirque tickets and I feel like we’ve acomplished nothing this weekend!!

Sigh!

So I’m sitting outside enjoying some calm before the rest of the household wakes up and I’m watching a cheeky little squirrel balance on our fence and stick his head into an orange on our tree to devour it’s insides which is quite funny because hes going to town on it and I’m drinking this tea because I know this can’t go pear shaped on me. Raising my rating as this is something I have fnd myself reaching for quite a bit over the last few weeks… I’m sad to see it go but happy to have another sip down under my belt!

Happy Easter and Passover to all those who celebrate!

Overboard TTB #2

Mmmm… this smells delicious! The dry leaf smells a little bit like Russian Caravan to me (although I don’t drink a lot of this type of tea anymore… maybe its just flashbacks to childhood memories?) with a nice amount of warm spicy smokiness… upon sipping the tea definitely has some good amounts of malt, sweetness and smoke. Nothing is too overpowering just the perfect blend of smoky, woody, leatheriness… Yum!!

I really love this tea blend! When I ordered this, I knew I would probably enjoy it; I was absolutely right, and have been drinking it a lot!
This has everything I love in a tea. Not fussy, good anytime of day, resteeps wonderfully for another cup, and most important – so delicious!
Beautiful dry leaf that brews a fulfilling, smooth and and perfectly balanced cup of tea, with notes of honeyed malt, cocoa, pastries and a hint of fruitiness.
This is my perfect anytime tea, and I actually wish I bought more than just one tin!

Oh my GOODNESS is this going so well with my red cabbage and weisswurst for lunch! The bite of this tea is just utterly fantastic with food… nomnomnom…
Baked some brownies (David Lebovitz posted an incredibly gooey looking recipe on his facebook page today) for my husband, and already have two loads of laundry done.
I’m sitting here, drinking this fantastically malty tea, listening to some podcasts and just really liking this Friday. :D Cheers, everyone!

Out of all the A&D blends I’ve tried so far, this is my least favorite. It’s certainly not bad but I find it a little bland. Especially in comparison to the Oktoberfest blend I tried previously. It’s malty and a little sweet but there’s not too much else there. I know this is a Ceylon blend and I’ve never been super fond of them so take this review with a grain of salt. I do wish I liked it more because I absolutely love the tin. But it’s probably not worth $20 for just that :)

Thanks to Sil for this sample. I’m so happy to be able to try all these blends before springing for the full sizes.

Farewell delicious tea. You might be back someday…though i think next purchase will be black sunshine.

kicking the morning off right. Work from home day since i need to hit the dr’s office today. I picked up a few fruit teas yesterday (400g) lol so i need to get some serious sipping done before August is upon us if i want to make my weight goal. On the upside, i’m ok if i don’t since i know that the new teas will be gone before you know it. This is another one of my oldest teas and very near the end of it’s life here. Only a couple more cups worth before it too will be gone. On the plus side it means maybe i can justify picking up another damn fine tea!

ugh. humidity is the suck. Only got around to a little tea this morning because i have nothing in my cupboard that i can/want to cold brew. getting down to almost no teas in my cupboard which is a scary thing. Even this one is finally getting on the low side heh. glad i still have it though.

on a missions today even if work is going to do everything it can to stop me. 1) drink up a few samples 2) get my review for justtea’s mint tea up 3) have at least 1 puerh

However before i got in to all that, i wanted a couple cups of black to kick off the day. Pulled this one out as it’s one of my oldest teas and i’d like to get around to finishing it off someday. It also tastes better in a mug than my work travellers, so good enough reason to drink it. Still enjoy this, though i think i now prefer some of A&D’s other blacks like black sunshine a little more.

Morning tea. Trying to take care of a few things around the house today without being on my foot too much. Needed something a little stronger to kick the day off so that i could be productive :) Figured i could work on some of my older teas this weekend as well.

Rest day today, so i’m working from home. Giving me a chance to not only try out the samples for the new teas we joint ordered but also drink up some oldies. Kicked off the morning with this one for fun :)

Working from home today so trying to get around to some of my older teas. Not a lot of samples left from friends so it’s all drink down the cupboard time! still enjoying this one

had a cup of this earlier today – i’m nearly out of samples to drink up so my cupboard is looking pretty empty. It’s good – because i’ll be able to focus on my older teas, but i AM looking forward to getting my AQ2T order in May sometime heh.

Another one from today.

It’s the holidays so this one came out of the cupboard today. I still enjoy this one quite a bit but i’m glad for the airtight tins since it’s taking me a while to get through this one heh

tis the season! Getting in the mood for the holiday party this evening. I relaly should drink this one more often – just a damn good cuppa!

Morning tea – great accompaniment to delicious breakfast with my other half.