Sipdown (132)!
Thank you to Cameron B. for being awesome and sending me one of each of Numi’s savory teas so I could try them! Some seem super interesting to me, and others just downright terrify me, like Carrot Curry. Unless I grow some balls overnight, I feel like that’s the one I’m going to be having last. I honestly dread that one.
This one wasn’t on the top of my list either; something Steepster people don’t especially know about me is that I really dislike tomatoes. It took me a long time in my life to be able to get anything other than pizza sauce past my mouth – no actual tomatoes, no tomato soup, no ketchup; I do not like tomatoes. Funnily enough; I love the taste of fake tomatoes. We’re talking ketchup chips or ketchup popcorn seasoning. To me, those are almost two entirely different things. Fake Ketchup stuff is much sweeter!
So yeah; this one kind of intimidated me. But for whatever reason, it definitely tastes way more heavily like fake ketchup flavour stuff. Something in this is totally sweetening it up; maybe the mint or maybe the lemon? It’s good though, I think. My tastebuds are confused – but I think I like it mostly. Someone (I can’t remember who) in the Steepster chat told me to think of these ones more like broth and that’s definitely helping me wrap my brain, and my mouth, around this.
In addition to lots of fake ketchup type taste, there’s also a good deal of mint (mostly in the aftertaste) and what my tastebuds seem to think is black pepper, although going by the ingredients list I think it’s more than likely the cinnamon. When I got to the bottom of the cup, this particular flavour was overwhelming. Definitely the worst part; and kinda cringe worthy. But otherwise I liked this, and would probably drink it again (and maybe order it, just to have something crazy on hand).
In other news, it is one AM and Tre’s date just left. He’s pretty much as red as a tomato – he can’t stop blushing or smiling. Although, I sorta felt less happy for him when the first thing he said to me (despite being ecstatic) was “it was great but there was no sex”. Why was that necessary to tack on? Why can’t it just be great?
I mean, it was your first date – and your roommate was home. I feel like this was not the best set up if you were just after some action? But hopefully things go nicely; she seems really nice, and she’s crazy enough to like him so that’s something!
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I thought there was black pepper in here too. And apparently there was a small hole in my teabag, waaaaah!
Tomatoes are a very sweet fruit. People tend to forget that. Ketchup has a ton of salt added to it.
I hate tomatoes too. I can stand ketchup, it just tastes like salt to me. Pizza sauce, usually not.
I thought there was black pepper in here too. And apparently there was a small hole in my teabag, waaaaah!
Tomatoes are a very sweet fruit. People tend to forget that. Ketchup has a ton of salt added to it.
I hate tomatoes too. I can stand ketchup, it just tastes like salt to me. Pizza sauce, usually not.