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May Sipdown Prompt – your tea farthest from sipdown

Over a decade ago, I bought a pound of this tea. I thought I was not only going to drink it, but also make sachets with it. I never got around to making sachets and I forget to drink it! I blame the fact that I haven’t tried it out on Ashman yet and he is picky about florals. He loves jasmine but not rose in tea, so I haven’t had him try this.

I like to make lavender syrup with it and make a tea pop. Ice cold Perrier in a fancy glass with a dollop of the syrup stirred in makes a lovely treat, and even Ashman likes it! I found some borosilicate glass straws with little lavender flowers on them from 123 Farm at a local apothecary/curio shop and naturally I use those to drink my tea pops.

I had a bit of a brain storm today as I was choosing tea for two young ladies who were coming for lessons. They have very different taste in tea and I have a hard time choosing what to make. One loves rose black tea so that was easy, and I decided to give this plain lavender a try for the other young lady. The twist was – instead of having cream and sugar on the table, I filled the creamer with lavender syrup.

We tried both the rose black tea (St. Valentine’s by Czar Nicolas II) and this one with lavender syrup as the sweetener. It was wonderful! The lavender was so lovely with rose, and it sweetened and intensified the plain lavender tea, which I had both unsweetened and with the lavender syrup.

I have kept this tea in a dark cabinet in a swing top and rubber gasket sealed glass jar that seals very well, so it still has lots of flavor, but man oh man is it old. In spite of how long it is taking me to get through it – which should be faster now that I have moved it to an easy to see and reach spot – I will definitely reorder when this runs out. It will definitely be a smaller amount next time, though, unless I get my act together and start using it for all the things I bought it for.