Story time:
I took my friend to Teavana (only local tea shop that was open after work) to get her an infuser and some tea of her choice. She’s just gotten into tea and I wanted to further the interest.
We go in and spend a lot of time looking at the tea ware and cups. She selects an infuser she likes and we go up to the counter to check out some tea. There’s a salesgirl and a new employee being trained. I asked the salesgirl what the minimum purchase was and she told me 2 ounces. The trainee shows us about five different kinds of tea and my friend and I choose three that we’d like to take home.
“I’d like a half ounce of these two and an ounce of this one,” I tell the salesgirl who’s ringing us out.
“The minimum,” she informs me, condescension dripping from her words, “is two ounces per tea.”
So I bought my friend two ounces of this, the tea she had picked out, and left the other teas on the counter. Maybe I’ll go back at some point and have them in a to go cup.
This is a tea that is good hot or cold. We tried it first hot, and it was very melony and sweet, even without sugar. A very nice, light after dinner tea. As the cup cooled, more of the mint came out and complemented the melon flavors nicely. Cold steeped this tea is minty and fruity and refreshing in a bracing way. I like it better hot.
It steeps well – not the persnickity nightmare that is Strawberry Rose Champagne/Peach Tranquility. It also resteeps well … once. Anything more than that yields vaguely pink water with no flavor.
