You know, Ark: Survival Evolved is definitely the kinda game that is geared towards people with no lives, especially when you look at the taming mechanic. Currently I am taming a Carnotaurus, after more or less giving up on ever finding one I just took my raptor (named Diego from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, because he can turn into a raptor) out hunting and lo and behold, Carno time! So after shooting it full of tranq arrows and loading it with meat and narcotics I sit and wait and make sure nothing tries to eat it or me…for two and a half hours. True there are quicker tames, like using kibble, but I lacked the proper amount of Anklyo eggs, so I play the long game. This game makes me feel like I am accomplishing something with my life and this pleases me.
Today we are looking at one of Adagio Tea’s custom blends, designed by yours truly, because my love of Minecraft is endless and I wanted teas to match my obsession. This one is the Charged Creeper, basically you take a Creeper and strike it with lightning and what you get is a glowing blue super charged explosion. It is a blend of Gunpowder Green (for the explosion of course) Houjicha (because they are said to feel crunchy like autumn leaves) Green Chai (for the spicy extra explosion) and to evoke the blue glow some Blueberries and Cornflowers. The aroma of this blend is very sweet and toasty, the Houjicha mixed with chai spices gives a real warmth and toasted marshmallow quality, while the sweet notes of blueberries linger underneath. At the very end there is a touch of orange and very gentle smoke.
The aroma of the brewed leaves and berries is still pretty toasty and sweet, again reminding me of marshmallows with a touch of smoke and a slight vegetal undertone. Really strong Houjicha notes, the addition of blueberry vaguely reminds me of pie. The liquid once freed from the leafy embrace is pretty similar, strong notes of toasted marshmallow and blueberries.
Tasting this tea, it is pretty roasty toasty and a bit smoky! It starts with marshmallow sweetness and toasted grain and then moves on to smoke and gentle vegetal notes, it is a pretty mellow tea. Around the midpoint notes of gentle spice and oranges show up and at the finish is a nice juicy burst of blueberry. I think the most fun I had with this tea was the color, it is so purple and dark, not quite the color I envisioned for a Charged Creeper, and the green notes from the other teas really don’t show through much, but the mix of toast and blueberries is quite tasty.
For blog and photos: http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2016/01/adagio-teas-minecraft-charged-creeper.html
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Honestly it sounds like an awesome game. I am so easily distracted though – do you really have to sit there and just watch things for 2.5 hours or can you wander off and putter?
It is probably the most fun I have had in a game in a while, true I love the building of Minecraft, but with Ark it is intense! Just today I was trying to corner a Spinosaur for taming and it ate me!
I can wander around some, I gather rescources in the area and hunt locally, I try to drop them close to the little encampment I have with the other members of my tribe but sometimes that doesn’t really work. If I get them into the taming pen or close by I can do stuff there…the big risk is something eating them, another player from a different tribe killing it (we are on PVE so this is the only time a fellow player could kill it since until it is totally tame it is considered fair game) or I miss up and don’t give it enough narcotics and it wakes up running away with all my meat! Luckily the bigger the animal the larger its time being knocked out is so I can wander farther.
Hmmm. Interesting. :) It’s totally on my wishlist.
Honestly it sounds like an awesome game. I am so easily distracted though – do you really have to sit there and just watch things for 2.5 hours or can you wander off and putter?
It is probably the most fun I have had in a game in a while, true I love the building of Minecraft, but with Ark it is intense! Just today I was trying to corner a Spinosaur for taming and it ate me!
I can wander around some, I gather rescources in the area and hunt locally, I try to drop them close to the little encampment I have with the other members of my tribe but sometimes that doesn’t really work. If I get them into the taming pen or close by I can do stuff there…the big risk is something eating them, another player from a different tribe killing it (we are on PVE so this is the only time a fellow player could kill it since until it is totally tame it is considered fair game) or I miss up and don’t give it enough narcotics and it wakes up running away with all my meat! Luckily the bigger the animal the larger its time being knocked out is so I can wander farther.
Hmmm. Interesting. :) It’s totally on my wishlist.