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Nxtdoor drank Caribe by Harney & Sons

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I’m trying to avoid this 1.75 L bottle of Bacardi Coconut Rum that my in laws gifted us for watching their dog for five weeks. Uuuuugh. The bloody thing is so delicious. Think of your favourite treat, your guilty pleasure. Whatever it is. Now imagine a large quantity of it in on your living room table. But it’s not good for you so you do your damnedest to resist having it. But all you can do is circle the table, like a dog, eyeballing it and trying to distract yourself. Yeah. Like that.

I made this iced this afternoon and it’s good, I prefer the iced version for sure. I never noticed before how murky the colour is though. My tea mugs are not clear glass and aside from times when I specifically want to assess the colour I never use the glass gaiwan or glass teaware; this is why I never noticed this colour until today. Mmm yeah, colour bad, taste good :) I bet it would be real good with coconut rum in it.

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I started drinking loose leaf tea in the spring of 2013 (why do we feel compelled to mark the date of tea drinking somewhat like addicts counting their sobriety days?)

Never been much into tea before. Growing up in Romania, tea was something mom made for you when you were sick. As an adult, my hot beverage of choice has been coffee, both flavoured and regular. I’ve recently stumbled upon Teavana and DAVIDs TEA and quickly got addicted to the latter. Then came steepster and all else followed.

Formerly a mathematician and insurance adjuster, I gave up the corporate world and am now a professional chef. I drink wine and sometimes cheat on it with tea.

I lean heavily towards flavoured black teas. I’ve started to crave the occasional straight oolong and green but so far unflavoured black teas leave me unimpressed.

I’m learning so I drink them all. Am even introducing myself to pu’erh. So far I can do fine with the sheng cause frankly, they don’t taste like pu’erh to me. The shou is another story.

Note*: The virtual cupboard does NOT contain any of the samples I hold since most of them are one-cup quantity.

Note**: My partner, our home improvements, gadgets, mortgage, travel, wine and food have budget priority over tea.