I have decided that today shall be an “Orange” day. I have no idea why. It’s just worked out that way. So next on deck is an Auggy tea, which always makes me feel warm and fuzzy, because Auggy is quite the warm and fuzzy lady.
She picked this one up at the London Tea Room, which is awesome, and it’s Rishi, which is double-awesome! Anyway, I used a tablespoon of this lovely stuff. It’s very pretty. A rainbow of greens and yellows, and very… stick-like! Lots of flat, stick-shaped things in this blend.
Anyway, this one smells bright and summery! It’s less heavy on the orange than something like Blood Orange Pu-erh (Samovar, not Rishi), but it’s still orange-y. I’m really getting a smell similar to the gorgeous smell they used to pump out in the faux orange groves of the Horizons Disney World ride that they have since dismantled. It’s a nice scent!
So I steep this one up, and the resulting infusion is a medium goldenrod color. The scent coming off the wet leaves is actually pretty lemon-heavy, but the infusion itself… Deeper orange than I thought initially, with an almost floral-sweet edge to it. If I flounced around in fields, I’d want them to smell like this. Of course, I’m not the flouncing type, and I’m a city girl, so there are no fields, but still. You get the picture.
At first sip, I’m sort of shocked at how light this one is! And bright and happy! It’s a complete 180 from the tall/dark/handsome pu-erh before. Sunshine in a cup. I’m not good with citrus, so I can’t really expound on what’s going on here (since it’s really just blending together), but there’s an orange taste as well as a lemon myrtle taste, followed by a refreshing sweetness. This one is clean and fresh and light.
There is a slight Fruit Loops flavor, but it’s not as heavy as Citron Oolong by Rishi! Which is good!
I just finished a children’s book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, and this tea really reminds me of that 1899, rural Texas plantation kind of feel. Lazy summers in the heat, sweeping music, cicadas humming and a sunset in the distance.
Yum.
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Yay! I fully support Orange Day!
Me too! I’ve already had a lemon oolong and I’ve just written an orange pu-ehr post that is going live in 3… 2… 1…
Aww, I should have signed onto steepster before I started brewing my tea…I didn’t know it was citrus day!
AND ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK,
Awesome citrus day! And Shanti, there’s always time to brew up a citrus-like cup! I think I’ve run out of orange teas, but maybe I’ll do another citrus one if I could figure something out.
Yay! I fully support Orange Day!
Me too! I’ve already had a lemon oolong and I’ve just written an orange pu-ehr post that is going live in 3… 2… 1…
Aww, I should have signed onto steepster before I started brewing my tea…I didn’t know it was citrus day!
AND ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK,
Awesome citrus day! And Shanti, there’s always time to brew up a citrus-like cup! I think I’ve run out of orange teas, but maybe I’ll do another citrus one if I could figure something out.