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drank Cranberry Pear by DAVIDsTEA
768 tasting notes

The past few days were rotten at work. But I got through them. Shew! And I fought through my income tax forms (I owe lots of money. Yay. Not.) so I brewed a 2-cup pot of this tea to comfort myself. I actually over-steeped it slightly. It’s still good though. I am putting myself on a very strict tea diet. NO MORE tea purchases until late summer/early fall. Between the $800 vet bill and moving expenses, I can barely pay my taxes. I’m trimming every bit I can off the budget for the nest few months. I have plenty of tea though, so I really doubt I’ll feel any pinch.

Tomorrow is supposed to be quite warm, like 74F (is that about 24C?) I am going to get my DAVID’s iced tea carafe out and cold brew some tea for the late afternoon. Now, I just have to decide which tea to ice.

Fjellrev

Oh no, I hope everything will work out financially. I can’t imagine how stressful that must be.

Maddy Barone

Thanks! Really, it’s okay. I had put money aside for taxes and the move, and if it wasn’t for the poor kitty and the upcoming surgery I would have been fine. I’m still fine, really, but the “spontaneous fun” portion of the budget will be empty for a few months. I rarely drink hot tea in the summer, so I’ll get a chance to use up lots of tea making it iced. Then in the fall I’ll be ready to order more!

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Fjellrev

Oh no, I hope everything will work out financially. I can’t imagine how stressful that must be.

Maddy Barone

Thanks! Really, it’s okay. I had put money aside for taxes and the move, and if it wasn’t for the poor kitty and the upcoming surgery I would have been fine. I’m still fine, really, but the “spontaneous fun” portion of the budget will be empty for a few months. I rarely drink hot tea in the summer, so I’ll get a chance to use up lots of tea making it iced. Then in the fall I’ll be ready to order more!

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I love cats. I love alone time. I love sitting indoors on a cold winter night with a book or my knitting while drinking tea. I don’t have a sense of smell, so many of the more subtle flavors of tea escape me. Two of the things I CAN taste are bitter and sour, so any tea that has even a slightly bitter taste is nasty for me. And what others might perceive as pleasant tartness may be horribly sour for me.

I’m also a writer. I love writing, and a mug of hot tea helps me get through the hours sitting in front of the computer. Although I’m a comparatively new tea drinker, I’m jumping in feet first. Feel free to recommend any teas you think I might enjoy.

100-91 – Wowza! I want to keep this tea in the cupboard all the time.
75-90 – Very nice. It would be good to have this tea on hand from time to time.
60-74 – OK. Wouldn’t keep it in the cupboard, but I would drink it again.
45-59 – If a friend served this I would drink it to be polite, but it’s not really my cuppa.
Lower than 45 – Blech. It was too sour or bitter for my taste. Would not drink it again.

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