There is only one middle eastern restaurant in town, and the food is decent, but they use waaaay to much raw garlic in their tzatziki. Coming back from lunch today I knew I needed a tea that would have a strong enough flavor to cut through the garlic, but also not clash too badly with it. Ginger might have worked, but I don’t have any gingery teas here. Then I thought of puerh, but again all of my puerhs are at home… until I remembered I had a few of these little tuochas stuck in a drawer.
Shu puerh, especially ones like this, are not my favorite. I mean, I don’t dislike the earthy, woody flavor, but it’s not really my favorite either. I talked about changing tastebuds yesterday, but my tastebuds have not changed favorably toward this tea. It’s still very earthy, sawdusty, woody, barn-y, and I still can’t taste any rose in it. Is it killing the garlic taste in my mouth? Kinda. But I still don’t know when I am going to get around to drinking the last two tuochas that I have. They’re just not really my kind of tea.
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I had a falafel sandwich for lunch today. I’m trying to decide what my afternoon tea should be based on garlic as well! Hmm…
I think Chinese greens go well with remnant garlic flavors. They already have a veggie savory quality. Add garlic and it’s like drinking a light veggie soup. :D
I decided to go with something with both mint AND fennel in it. Take that garlic!
Great for digestion!
Yeah, mint and fennel sound like a good combo, but I definite don’t have any of those. I wasn’t sure I wanted veggie soup, so I went with citrus for my next tea
I had a falafel sandwich for lunch today. I’m trying to decide what my afternoon tea should be based on garlic as well! Hmm…
I think Chinese greens go well with remnant garlic flavors. They already have a veggie savory quality. Add garlic and it’s like drinking a light veggie soup. :D
I decided to go with something with both mint AND fennel in it. Take that garlic!
Great for digestion!
Yeah, mint and fennel sound like a good combo, but I definite don’t have any of those. I wasn’t sure I wanted veggie soup, so I went with citrus for my next tea