Teas, continued

This one was last Thursday, so Day 8- Genmaicha Yama- "green tea and roasted rice." Not gonna lie; I did not have high hopes for this one. It tasted like green tea and smelled like cooked rice. Nuff said. I guess truth in advertising DOES exist!

As you have perhaps guessed, Day 9 was delightful. So much so that a friend joined me for tea. However, I did not swim in HIS drink. Oh well. Upon fishing out my unfortunate fruit fly friend, I finished my passionflower, valerian and chamomille tea. It was quite pleasant!

Day 10 was oolong, flowers, and lemon and I enjoyed it so much that I made a second cup. It's called Dreamy Tea by The Des Songes and you can check all of these out here if you're interested. I'll also confess to forgetting to have Day 10 ON Day 10 so I had it on Day 11.

Day 11 Hmm, my teabag scribble says "11 on 12" so I must have pushed this one back a day also. Oh, that's right. I thought about it before bed and didn't want to try it then. It was Jardin tropical so that translates to "tropical garden" and contained "exotic fruits." It smelled amazing and I'll probably make a second cup of that at some point. Tasted good too!

Day 12 was Earl Grey so I channeled my inner Captain Jean-Luc Picard and murmured, "tea, Earl Grey, hot" to nobody in particular, twice, and was relieved that it tasted less of bergamot than it smelled. It's not my favorite scent and I was a little alarmed at how strongly scented it was, but it settled down and was a cozy mug of tea.

Day 13 was another double cupper. It's Hammam Tea which was a green tea with flowers including roses and red fruit. So pretty in my mug and delightful to drink so I did it again.

I'm drinking Day 14 right now- China Yunnan "Pu erh Imperial" on my teabag I guess translates to Imperial tea of some kind. The tag says, "dark tea ideal after a meal" so I'm enjoying it now that I've had my lunch. It reminds me of the Celestial Seasonings Morning Thunder black tea I have, "with energizing roasted mate" though that e should have an accent mark on it and I don't know how to add that. It's not thick but it FEELS dense like it could almost be a broth if it tried a little harder. 

What are YOU drinking to stay cozy? 

 

Thank you, God, for food.

 I do believe we have a herd of Cookie Monsters loose in the house. I made chocolate chip cookies last week and I swear the next time I turned around there were three left.

I baked Monday Morning Muffins yesterday. Don't get excited- they're just blueberry muffins out of a box, but I figured they'd work some magic to kick off the week. I'm debating freezing six of them so they last until next week's Monday, haha.

Dunno if you've seen these, but they make edible glitter and put it in chocolate chips. Woohoo! Had to try some. I made another batch- my first with glitter chips- since the first batch of cookies didn't stick around long. I figure it's because we've been out of ice cream *gasp* for several days now. I'm not sure this batch will last long enough for anyone to notice the glitter, but I had a good time making them so that's enough.

Last weekend I made pork bone broth but this weekend it was chicken. I can't even tell you how good my house smells with this simmering overnight. I'm sure it had nothing to do with why I couldn't sleep. That's not drool on my pillow...