Tongmu Jin Jun Mei with cherries. This tea has a slick, coating texture and lovely fragrance that reminds me of wildflowers. Malt, cinnamon, and honeyed flavors. My cat Lexi took interest while I was taking this photo. If you look carefully you can see she left her touch on my gaiwan (cat hair.)
Just curious, in the future would anyone be interested in collabing together on a free printable zine about tea? I’m thinking mixed media- so anything from photography, recipes, poems, illustrations, etc? Alternatively, would you be interested in readingthis?
I’m already planning to brew up some Butterfly Pea Flower tea, painting it with lemon juice or Sekonjabin to have color magic.
I’m also planning to have a blooming tea.
But I have… So. Many. Teas.
Floral: I have both jasmine and rose flowers to add to the tea, plus actual jasmine green tea and several floral blends. I also have Linden flower tea.
Spice: I have spiced teas in both herbal and actual tea variants. Chai, cinnamon spice, Bengal spice, etc.
Herbal: I picked up that Greek mountain herbal tea a while back, and I have a whole host of other herbals.
Pur-eh tea: yep, I’ve got some of this, too, and an earthy tea might be more on-brand for a Goblin Tea Party, but my guests are kiddos. I don’t think it will go over as well.
Citrus: holy cow, do I have plenty of citrus and fruit teas, too! Casting Whimsey makes a dreamsicle blend called Dreamy, I have all the bergamont variants (Earl and lady grey, Make It So), and some actual fruit flavors like the Zingers and cranberry/apple. I don’t think I have any more of the strawberry champagne from Teavana, that’s a slam dunk for a kids party.
Mint: mint tea gets its own category. I have at least two mint/chocolate variants, plus straight up mint tea, mint blends, and watermelon/mint black tea that is like the best summer tea ever.
I’m not sure what I’m having either. I couldn’t make the black tea I was going for or at least doubted I could, and then fell in love with the green that looked kind of like Matcha (wrong cup, but oh, well) XD, and then discovered I could put a cat froth design in it and Cherry Blossoms! I’m just having fun here, I guess. Look, I even added a little kitty on the side, with a heart on her side! <3 <3 <3
@angrypaperearthquake and anyone else who wants to do it! <3 <3 <3
Thank you for tagging me! (even though I didn’t get a notification ) I LOVE tea!!!!!
Today, I’m drinking one of my favorites! It’s called Bella Luna and it’s only available for purchase during the full moon. The tea itself isn’t violet, but the tin the tea comes in is!
Bella Luna is an earl grey black tea with coconut flakes, cream flavoring, and blue corn flowers. Brewed at 212 F for 3 minutes. It’s a milder earl grey with a hint of sweetness!
I’m also not a tea drinker - it’s either coffee in my house, or what I call ‘fruit tea’ - which is actually hot diluting juice / squash my mum used to give me it as a kid and I never outgrew it. Have tried loads of actual fruit teas and don’t like any of them as much as my ‘fruit tea’
