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Thanks to rosehips for the sample!

What a cute dessert decaf! This is a rooibos with lemon, vanilla, and coconut. It’s really light and sweet.

It’s like if you were coming home on a sunny day and found — ta DA — a baby unicorn on your doorstep! Turns out the stork dropped it off JUST FOR YOU. What a DARLING WEE GUY.

Oh, and that little unicorn? Is never going to get higher than, say, waist-high. And it poops nice-smelling glitter.

You’re never going to take your unicorn very seriously, but it will be very nice to have around.

NEW BAE ALERT.

This is my Tea of the Week. I bought this taste-unseen* based on its description. It was supposedly a sort of cinnamon bread pancake thing. It’s described on 52Teas’ site as “a lovely pancake-y, nutty, sweet flavor with just a hint of warm spice from the cinnamon.”

( * “Taste-unseen” is a phrase that makes no sense.)

There are malt notes, cinnamon notes, bread notes, sweet notes, and warm black tea notes.

I didn’t write a note last time (the first time) I drank this because I was shocked at how much I liked it.

I was like “I doubt it’s actually this amazing. I’m going to hold off until I’m in a more rational state of mind.”

Turns out I’m never in a rational state of mind. This is so good I almost can’t handle it.

A very mellow, unobtrusive tea. I typically like aggressive teas that show up and throttle you and yell things in your face while you’re trying to live your life, but a chill tea has a time and a place, too. It’s a nice ease-into-the-week blend.

There are good cops and bad cops. This tea plays good cop.

If you want to find out the reason for my impending jail sentence, you should read this post:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/08/white-chocolate-coconut-latte-east-indies-tea-company/

Thank you oodles to mtchyg for the sample!

I had a very strong anti-cherry stance until fairly recently. I associated cherry with cough syrup. But lately, I’ve been… growing as a person? Horrors. I hope that’s not it.

This tea is very bright and fruity and fun. It’s named after Nosferatu, which is silly, because it’s nothing like a vampire at all. It’s more of a fairy tea. But, you know, Vampyre Teas have a reputation to maintain.

Which reminds me of being a teenage goth. Every once in a while, I’d want to wear a color — but I’d feel like I was trashing my CREDIBILITY by doing so. I had to maintain a balance… so I’d wind up with some sort of shitty combo like a pastel blue GAP tee with black lipstick. Or a flowered dress with a GIANT DRAGON NECKLACE. The marketing for this tea is a little like that, a compromise that doesn’t quite land.

I think I under-leafed this tea. It doesn’t have as much kick as the dry smell would indicate. Next time, I’ll add more and re-evaluate if 80 is the correct number.

Fellow Steepsters, I… I… will always… love you.

In the post linked below, I talk linguistics, politics, and Whitney Houston:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/06/coconut-decadence-beleave-teas/

I loved this tea so much that I was inspired to “read my tea leaves.” I upended a bunch of wet tea onto my desk, photographed it, and analyzed it.

Full post (plus a visual of my mess) here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/06/midnight-melange-black-tea-plum-deluxe-2/

A tea that’s ALMOST identical to this can be purchased here:
http://www.plumdeluxe.com/product/reading-nook-blend

Today’s breakfast pastry accompaniment comes from Tupelo Honey Teas. This company is in the same area as my in-laws — a little village you might have heard of — Pittsburgh, PA. They’ve got a football team. I hear it’s pretty good.

You’d think that football people and tea people are different, but apparently not, because Tupelo has a Yinzer Line that includes a Steelers tea. I might have to pick some of this up for my mother-in-law.

full review here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/05/tupelo-honey-chai-tupelo-honey-tea/

My wonderful tea friend mtchyg made this to drink at his book club meeting for the book Furiously Happy by the Bloggess, Jenny Lawson. It has a strong woodsy rooibos base, but it’s brightened up by notes of vanilla and pineapple.

THERE ARE ALSO SPRINKLES.

THERE
ARE
ALSO
SPRINKLES

This decaf tea is a really cute way to wrap up a day. No matter how tedious your day was, when you come home to a decaf white tea/rooibos WITH SPRINKLES, my GOSH, SPRINKLES, that tastes like a CUPCAKE, you’ll be okay.

I just wish I had a really good book to sink into with this. Alas, I’m in the middle of something that’s just okay at the moment. I’m looking forward to finishing that book out and trying out the new Jonathan Safran Foer novel. Mmmm.

I’m not much of a facon person, but I think this tea is fascinating. This facon/rooibos/pineapple tea is totally unlike anything I’ve ever had. It’s juicy, salty, and throaty. It’s lush.

It’s also a little bit peculiar.

For the full review, click here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/03/pineapple-bacon-rooibos-52teas/