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Given that my Butiki order is on its way, I decided it would actually be quite acceptable to have myself a cup of this after work. Although the morning flew by, the afternoon seemed to drag on, and my eyes were dry and begging for sleep. I keep telling myself that I’m going to go to bed early tonight, and that I “mean it this time” but somehow, that never quite pans out. I don’t even know why. It’s not like I have children or anyone to take care of!

Anyway, back to the tea. I got home, brewed this up, and sat on my couch to read (I’m reading Orange is the New Black). The tea seemed to perfectly reflect the weather: it was light-hearted and beautiful, and full of flavour and creamy goodness. It’s one of those teas where, depending on how you drink it (gulps vs. loose sips vs. tight-lipped sips vs. swirling around in your mouth vs. greedily sliding your tongue along the roof of your mouth) it will all yield different facets of the tea, and I was having a lot of fun exploring all of them by “drinking differently”. It was as if with each sip, I met and danced with another little intricate pink fairy! weeeeeeeeeee!
I even gave this a second steep! I used slightly less water, and let it steep for like six minutes instead of my usual four, and I can confidently say that the tea retained at least 90% of the flavour from the first cup. This bodes amazingly well for me, because there are very few teas I feel happy resteeping, especially because a) I rarely feel second steeps are as potent as first ones; and b) I’m always worried I’ll resteep it wrong and thereby change my opinion of the tea, which when I fall in love with a tea, especially a new one and my love for it is new and fragile and potentially shakable, I don’t want to do anything that could possibly disturb our blossoming relationship! It’s like meeting someone who you feel instantly attracted to and find intriguing, and then you see you have a chance to snoop their journal. Tempting, but do you really want to go there just yet?

So that’s it for me tonight, I think. I have an underlying grumpiness to contend with that’ll likely last for the next few days, and then it’s off to Toronto to visit the family this weekend.