52teas 12 Teas of Christmas Day 10
“Is it something floral?”
You’ll never guess this one.
“Orangina. laughs No. Let me get my device. I see you. I see you sneakin’ around.
(We have a few neighborhood sistercats that moved into the house the way neighborhood cats do after my cat Sophia passed away in September. The fast and feisty grey one I call Little Piggy or Junebug is playing in Kiki’s bedroom.)
Starfruit. No. laughs, plays some slot machine game on her phone Cantaloupe? sips Honeydew. She’s a troublemaker, that one. Like a monkey. Gotta get into everything. smacks lips I’ll never get it, huh? I’m not even close."
What do you taste in the aftertaste?
“Kinda like a hard candy like a lilikoi or something. Like that fruit berry with a little seed in it that we used to get in Chinatown. And kinda like jello. An orange, orangey, an orange color.” sips
You’re not too far off.
“Um, what are those candies you get at the Chinese, uh- "
-Oh, lychee.
“Kinda like that, that lychee. It’s good, I like it. It kinda has a little astringency like hibiscus does but not as extreme. More of a smooth astringent, a creamy astringent. It tastes just like a candy. I could drink it hot or iced. I like it. Not grapefruit. Cuz grapefruit’s kind of astringent isn’t it? I give it a 9, I give it a 9 out of 10.”
It’s called Crisp Cranberry Soda Green Rooibos.
“Oh, that’s soda.”
Can you taste the lemon-lime, like 7-Up?
“Yeah I guess so but it tastes more like the… not the loquat… whatever that candy is. Cranberry — I guess it’s astringent like the cranberry. I guess it is that dusty dirty thing like the rooibos but it’s not upfront. Maybe it blends the rest of the flavors. It fills in the spots between. I like it, I do. I think it’s good. It’s discriminating.” cackles
You mean- (I’m buzzed from some ancho chile liqueur I cracked open this evening and am thus slow to form words :D )
“-Yeah. For the finer tastebuds of life. chuckles, pause of several minutes For the discriminating palate.” cackles
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I really like this tea. Like I said earlier — short for words. Bummed there’s not enough for 3 servings in this bag :P
Flavors: Candy, Citrusy, Cranberry, Crisp, Drying, Dust, Effervescent, Floral, Lemon, Lime, Mineral, Tangy
