My day started off so poorly, but somehow it managed to end in the best way possible! Catching Fire was SO FREAKING AMAZING (not gonna lie, I cried so much: I get way too emotional watching movies – and OH the sexy that is Sam Claflin had my heart racing the whole movie…)
Actually, earlier in the day right before leaving to go to the movies I got another parcel in the mail! This one was from LovelyLotus and I’m very excited to try out the teas in it: especially Coconut Grove. I’m kinda peeved though – Tre ended up trying that one before I got the chance (I’ll elaborate later in the note, though). Also, I wasn’t able to find the extra tea you threw in so I added it to Steepster myself, but if you know how it’s listed (and happen to see this) it would be awesome if you could point me towards it! I’m quite curious to try that one too…
After adding all that into my cupboard I went off to the movies with Robyn! Like I said earlier, the movie was SO AMAZEBALLS! Everything was perfect and everything hurt. I cried so much, I laughed so much, and I’m so excited to see how everything else unfolds (I have read the books though – I know how shit goes down, just excited to see it on the big screen). Debating rereading the series now…
I brought this tea with in a Timolino. I can’t resist David’s “challenge” on the tin to sneak this into the theatre (although I wasn’t too sneaky about it – I pretty much openly carried it in and I definitely openly drank it). Actually, this is the second time I’ve drank this AT the movies. First time was watching Mortal Instruments, coincidentally also with Robyn (but in Regina).
For prep. I used 1 tbsp. of leaf in my timolino steeped in near boiling water for about 4 minutes. It smelled heavenly: nice and buttery, just like it should be. At the theater, I actually downed half a large bag of buttered popcorn before breaking out the tea – and I can say having had both the tea and actual theater popcorn in close proximity (also having worked in a movie theater for over a year and eating a lot of/becoming very knowledgeable about popcorn) the taste is pretty close to bang on. Maybe it’s in part due to my over exposure to actual popcorn, but I think the tea form is actually better.
The blend I have is pre reblend where they included a butt ton of maple flavour – so it’s nice and buttery popcorn and very light buttery green apple tasting. It’s a GREAT flavoured green and one of few I keep stocked. I’m really hesitant to try the new maple version, though. Change is not always good…
On the bus ride home I was really shocked! I didn’t expect it at all, but Tre (my roommate) got on the bus at the same stop as I did, right after. Apparently he had gone to see Catching Fire too, and I’d just had zero idea. What was more shocking, he had a DAVIDsTEA bag with him too. I’d run into him on the bus after he’d gone Christmas shopping for me. I’m actually still laughing a little trying to imagine him in the store actually buying tea.
He said he tried a sample of Gingerbread and really liked it, and I pointed out that I have a 100g tin at home that I’ve been telling him he needs to try but he’s been refusing to because “it smells spicy”. Yeah…
Anyway, he said he might as well give me my present now since it wasn’t a secret. I think, considering he typically pays zero attention to what I’m saying in regard to tea, he did a pretty good job buying for me… He got me two coloured tins: the blue oolong one and the red rooibos one. If he listened he would have known I’m super specific about the tins I use: blends that are actually from DAVIDsTEA go in silver tins (if they’re blends I plan on restocking) with the DAVIDsTEA labels and the little coloured sticker tab that catagorizes them. Blends from any other tea store that I plan on restocking are labelled by hand and go in coloured tins associated with their tea type based on the DAVIDsTEA colour system. I’m sure they’ll get filled though – I have a large Butiki order on the way which includes rooibos and oolong blends and I’m sure there’ll be at least one of each I’ll want to permanently stock.
The other thing he bought me was 50g of Choconut Oolong: that means I now have about 190g of choconut oolong. Thankfully, unlike many others, I really like it. Hopefully I like it enough to drink 190g of it. It’s funny, he said he remembered me talking about how yummy it was (so it’s thoughtful he bought me some because of that) but somehow he doesn’t remember me specifically having him smell it like six times and each time having him proclaim it to be “the worst tea he’s ever smelled”. And, he doesn’t remember my saying that Robyn was coming over to specifically have it – or talking on and on about my excitement for “Nutella” tea, or my telling him about getting 100g for free after doing a random act of kindness and giving a to go tea to a homeless man outside the mall… Yeah, it’s a tea that gets talked about a lot at home.
So, I guess if anyone wants to try a bit I have some to spare?
Then when we got home I gave him his Christmas gift early (a Doctor Who calendar) and offered to make him tea. This is where the Coconut Grove from LovelyLotus comes in. Of course he asked for that one – and I haven’t had the chance to personally try it. But, I had said he could have anything so I made some for him anyway… He was patient enough with me to listen to me rant about the steeping parameters and to actually follow them. I think he felt my pain about not being the first in the house to try it. Dear God did it smell amazing… Can’t wait to try it tomorrow. Maybe in the morning for breakfast.
Anyway, this is a long tasting note and I stopped talking about Movie Night a while ago, so I think I’m going to end here…
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Glad you had a good night.
I almost never buy concessions at the movies. We’ve been bringing in stuff for years. The only place I didn’t was at a theatre I used to go to that charged $2.00/movie ( they were in a price war with another company, and this was a long time ago now). That theatre made all it’s money on concessions so we obliged.
Love it! and I feel like you usually describe tree as a bit of a bumbling fool (bless his heart) and so I think it’s so sweet he bought you tea! :) :)
I worked for Cineplex for more than a year, and prior to working there I usually snuck all my food in because I felt gouged by ticket prices, but after working there I learned that just like the smaller theatre company you’re describing about 95% of the money from buying tickets does NOT go to the theatre company – nearly ALL their money and profit comes from concession. So, I very rarely sneak in food now or, at the very least, sneak some food in and buy the rest. I know that concession is overpriced (in fact I know the exact mark up on most concession items) but I guess I feel sympathetic having worked there. I also always try to buy concession combos because I know that 99% of the employees there are making minimum wage and I know exactly how shitty a job it is with super shitty hours… That ties into the combos because as employees we make a small commission on each one we sell.
I didn’t know about the commissions. Actually, the theatre was owned by one of the larger companies. It was just in a a battle for business with one of the other chains. I do buy food now and again but usually not the combos because the drinks are too huge. Most of the time I don’t go to the theatre anymore anyways. The volume is so loud at most of the theatres that I have to wear ear plugs or be in pain for most of the movie, so I guess I’m not one of their major customers. My mother mostly brought in snacks because she was a bit of a health nut and wouldn’t buy most of what was on offer at the time. Thanks for letting me know.
Glad you had a good night.
I almost never buy concessions at the movies. We’ve been bringing in stuff for years. The only place I didn’t was at a theatre I used to go to that charged $2.00/movie ( they were in a price war with another company, and this was a long time ago now). That theatre made all it’s money on concessions so we obliged.
Love it! and I feel like you usually describe tree as a bit of a bumbling fool (bless his heart) and so I think it’s so sweet he bought you tea! :) :)
I worked for Cineplex for more than a year, and prior to working there I usually snuck all my food in because I felt gouged by ticket prices, but after working there I learned that just like the smaller theatre company you’re describing about 95% of the money from buying tickets does NOT go to the theatre company – nearly ALL their money and profit comes from concession. So, I very rarely sneak in food now or, at the very least, sneak some food in and buy the rest. I know that concession is overpriced (in fact I know the exact mark up on most concession items) but I guess I feel sympathetic having worked there. I also always try to buy concession combos because I know that 99% of the employees there are making minimum wage and I know exactly how shitty a job it is with super shitty hours… That ties into the combos because as employees we make a small commission on each one we sell.
I didn’t know about the commissions. Actually, the theatre was owned by one of the larger companies. It was just in a a battle for business with one of the other chains. I do buy food now and again but usually not the combos because the drinks are too huge. Most of the time I don’t go to the theatre anymore anyways. The volume is so loud at most of the theatres that I have to wear ear plugs or be in pain for most of the movie, so I guess I’m not one of their major customers. My mother mostly brought in snacks because she was a bit of a health nut and wouldn’t buy most of what was on offer at the time. Thanks for letting me know.