Adagio: Swing and a miss...

[neadods]

I've been trying a wide variety of Cara McGee's Adagio Teas. What I've mostly learned is that I cannot stand the taste of either black or green tea. The only ones I've liked so far are Anderson (herbal citrus) and Molly (which a co-worker dismissed as "potpourri in a cup") -- and then both as iced sweet tea, not hot.

I'm seriously considering throwing my hat into the ring and doing a couple of herbal blends myself on Adagio, because my reasoning is less "I want to support Cara" - not that this is a bad goal - but because there is unlimited candy in the cubical row next door and I want to wean myself from going there every time my attention drifts at work.

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[mustangsally78.livejournal.com]

I'm a terrible person with tea. I love cheap, hot black tea with milk and sugar. Herbs are lost on me. I go through HUGE boxes of PG Tips in the winter.

I drink coffee at school and tea at home.

The loose tea is too much work. I just want a teabag.

I am a bougie at heart.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Both the American tea drinkers and the Brits I work with disdain me. Well, on the tea side. I can tend to distract the Brits by discussing either Who, or Sherlock. Anything British but Downton Abbey, really.

[cedara]

I had a look at the website. Some of the mixes are a tad crazy - especially when black and green tea are mixed or when mixed with pu-erh tea. So it's always a try and find what you like thing, imho.

... that said, I adore tea and drink it in buckets.

ETA: I wish I could send you some of the teas I regularily buy.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

That might be a little cost prohibitive, considering where we live.

So far, I know I like chamomile, peppermint, blood orange, and I'm going to give white peach a whirl. So I know I can probably make a blend I'll like, if possibly no one else!

That said, I really admire how Cara found a unique niche in fandom. The lines for her tea and drawings were the longest at 221BCon.

[cedara]

I bet. I probably would have checked her out too, if I had been there.